Does Your Local Quilt Store.....
#55
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Join Date: Jan 2011
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The smart shops charge the price listed on the book. They get a deal on the shipping. They get a deal on the books they purchase. By charging the cost on the book, they are recouping their shipping costs, plus making a profit of the difference between costs they initially paid and what you paid. The smart shops don't tell you what you are being charged for shipping. It is included in the other costs. And then no one says anything. Everyone wins. Repeat: The Smart Shops.
#57
I agree. I have had numerous shops order patterns and books and material for me and I have never been charged a shipping fee. I would talk to them about it and if that's their normal policy I wouldn't buy any more books from them. Besides as someone else said you can usually get them way cheaper on the internet.
#60
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Location: So Plymouth, NY
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That seems like very "small potatoes" on the LQS's part......Getting whatever is needed into their shop for a class would seem to be part of the expense of being in and doing business. If nothing else, they could have been a little more discrete by tacking on a couple extra $$ on the class fee to cover their costs if need be.
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