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    Old 05-02-2017, 06:28 AM
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    Do you feel "guilty" if you leave a LQS empty-handed?
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    Old 05-02-2017, 06:30 AM
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    Um.......no. If I don't find what I'm looking for, I don't buy. I need that money for when I DO find what I want.
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    Old 05-02-2017, 06:37 AM
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    Every LQS owner has her own taste when she buys. It doesn't take long to see if they mesh with your own. Some stores you could take it all home, others, you walk out empty-handed.
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    Old 05-02-2017, 06:37 AM
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    ​I don't feel guilty if they don't have what I'm looking for.
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    Old 05-02-2017, 06:41 AM
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    I can always use a spool of thread and like to try new brands so I buy a new brand if there is nothing else I really want. I don't feel guilty if I don't. I have been in quiet a few quilt shops that have no thread at all for sale. That makes no sense to me but there are more then you think that don't sell thread.
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    Old 05-02-2017, 06:43 AM
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    I wish I had a LQS near me.....
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    Old 05-02-2017, 07:27 AM
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    If the people in the shop are nice I always buy something (when we travel and I stop at a shop). If the people aren't nice I don't feel guilty. 4 times a month I have quilt clubs at LQS's around here. I don't feel guilty leaving without buying something because I'd be really broke if I felt I had to buy 4 times a month at the shops.
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    Old 05-02-2017, 07:46 AM
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    not at all. i leave many stores empty handed. owners like lookers, too, because shoppers then know where to go to get what they want when they need it
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    Old 05-02-2017, 08:22 AM
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    No, sometimes disappointed that I could not find what I was looking for, but not guilty.
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    Old 05-02-2017, 08:29 AM
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    I always buy something - even just a fat quarter, because I do feel guilty. And I feel even guiltier if the shop is going out of business and I buy a ton of stuff at rock-bottom prices. My favorite quilt shop in Wisconsin went out of business last week, and my local here in Minneapolis is going out of business currently.
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