Guilty?
05-02-2017, 11:55 AM
#14
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Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Kansas
Posts: 4,433
Yes, I do feel guilty, but I still generally leave empty-handed because I just go in to dream
Last time I went in I bought some fusible webbing because every time I've been in I tell the sales lady "I'm just browsing..." That works the first couple of times but not forever! If there is a nice sale with prices below $4 a yard I will buy same fabric too.
Last time I went in I bought some fusible webbing because every time I've been in I tell the sales lady "I'm just browsing..." That works the first couple of times but not forever! If there is a nice sale with prices below $4 a yard I will buy same fabric too.
05-02-2017, 12:14 PM
#15
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Sonoma County, CA
Posts: 4,299
I do, sort of. Not truly GUILTY like I've done something wrong; maybe "awkward and uncomfortable and sometimes a little sad" is a better description.
It really depends on the shop - if it's busy and bustling, or if it's a shop where I frequently DO buy things I don't worry about it one bit; I'll lookie-loo all day and not buy a thing and not feel the least bit weird about it. But if it's one of those deserted little shops with the desperate shopkeeper who you can tell would do ANYTHING for you if you'd just PLEASE BUY SOMETHING...I always feel bad for those people, trying to make their dream come true and struggling. So I feel very awkward just walking out, empty handed, and always wish I'd seen something I liked.
Yes, it's business, but there's a sentimentality to it, too, or else none of us would care about LQS's at all and just shop online, right? I WANT them to succeed, just sometimes there's nothing there for me, and there's a regretful feeling when that happens, particularly if I can tell the shop is really struggling. I probably empathize with the shopkeeper a little too well.
It really depends on the shop - if it's busy and bustling, or if it's a shop where I frequently DO buy things I don't worry about it one bit; I'll lookie-loo all day and not buy a thing and not feel the least bit weird about it. But if it's one of those deserted little shops with the desperate shopkeeper who you can tell would do ANYTHING for you if you'd just PLEASE BUY SOMETHING...I always feel bad for those people, trying to make their dream come true and struggling. So I feel very awkward just walking out, empty handed, and always wish I'd seen something I liked.
Yes, it's business, but there's a sentimentality to it, too, or else none of us would care about LQS's at all and just shop online, right? I WANT them to succeed, just sometimes there's nothing there for me, and there's a regretful feeling when that happens, particularly if I can tell the shop is really struggling. I probably empathize with the shopkeeper a little too well.
05-02-2017, 12:27 PM
#17
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Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Southern United States
Posts: 481
I only go to my LQS when I'm looking for something specific that I need at that moment. Since I'm retired there's no disposable cash most of the time so I have come to terms with working through what I already have.
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