Does Your Local Quilt Store.....
05-20-2012, 06:23 PM
#81
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Location: New York
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I've taken a few classes. If book/pattern required- I can bring with me or buy at the LQS for retail or on sale. Fabric- can bring mine or buy onsite- usually at 20% discount. No separate shipping fee! Tax on pattern/book/fabric is charged as required by law. Any shipping the LQS is charged to obtain the above is always an integral part of the cost of the materials, to which they add their profit and determine the price. I think your LQS needs some education. It may be an honest mistake, but I don't think so. Let us know how it turns out!
05-21-2012, 09:35 AM
#84
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Location: Western Nevada
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Originally Posted by NanaCsews2
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.
To the original poster -- if your LQS is charging you full cover price for the book, and not shipping it to you, they should not be charging you an additional shipping fee. If they are sending it to you in advance of the class, or selling it to you at cost, then they probably should be charging you for shipping.
05-21-2012, 10:10 AM
#87
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Missouri
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If the instructor was from out of state, you basically purchased from her as if she was located in her state. She possibly charged you her state sales tax. She had to show that sale from her location.
On the shipping charges for the book, the shop may have had to order those as a special order from someone that did not deal through their standard distributors thus they could not combine order amounts to place a minimun order to get free shipping. Occasionally I have to do this, but not often.
OzarksGma
On the shipping charges for the book, the shop may have had to order those as a special order from someone that did not deal through their standard distributors thus they could not combine order amounts to place a minimun order to get free shipping. Occasionally I have to do this, but not often.
OzarksGma
05-21-2012, 10:31 AM
#88
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Kauai, Hawaii
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Working at a LQS, we only charge shipping on special orders, where the customer does not want to wait for the item to come with a regular order. Every business out there will tell you how shipping is raising prices -- almost on a weekly basis. Everything in this world is transported, and often many times, between point A and it's final destination.
However, this shop owner needs to consider her customers - she would probably be the first to complain if Walmart or Safeway had an additional shipping fee on the purchase of hamburger, buns and mustard!
However, this shop owner needs to consider her customers - she would probably be the first to complain if Walmart or Safeway had an additional shipping fee on the purchase of hamburger, buns and mustard!
05-21-2012, 11:15 AM
#90
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Southeast Georgia
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I would find another LQS, but not before I told the first one that I wouldn't be back and why! That's ridiculous! For the price of the class and the fabric, you would think they would throw the book in at their cost. Somebody is definitely taking advantage of the quilting students.
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