Online Shopping -- What's your poison?
 

I LOVE to window shop online for fabrics, but rarely do I purchase. I fall in love with bright colored quilts like the one below, but when it comes to buying the fabric...I chicken out. I just have to fondle it to see if it meets my fabric snob tendencies!! lol -- j/k -- I can't afford to be a fabric snob.

Maybe I just wish I had the disposable income to buy everything I see....yeah....that's got to be it!

How to do control your desire for the latest fabrics?


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I check to see if I can purchase at my local quilt shop or big box. Going to have to pay for shipping anyway since they figure that into the cost. I can feel it and decide.

I am afraid to order from any place that won't take pre payed cards. I have had my bank account hacked into twice and my DD has had her credit card info. stolen. Just last week she ordered from a very popular store and within ten hours her whole bank account was wiped out. She also had her pay pal account hacked into. So if I can not mail order by check or use a pre payed card I won't order.

I purchase on line when certain criteria are met - Must be on sale enough to make it worthwhile - shipping must be free or what I consider to be a bargain. Generally buy only brands I'm familiar enough with to feel confident about. I also buy locally, but probably more on line than anything. Although I see lots of fabric I think is pretty, it has to really speak to me to want to buy it and that doesn't happen very often.

I buy what ever calls my name!!! I am a relatively new quilter so I have been buying coordinating fabric lines in 1 or 2 yard cuts. I am trying to build a stash . I order online as there are no quilt shops near where I live and only a Joann's 20 minutes away. My husband says nothing about my fabric purchases as his hobby of classic cars is far more expensive!!!

I have a document on my computer where I write down all my fabric desire, and when it's time to order I look through it and a lot of the desires have lost it's charm. Beacuse I live in Sweden I only order from the US 2-3 times a year, so I might have a benefit in just that. If I would have the same range of fabric in Sweden I would order a hell of a lot more :)

I buy from lots of online shops. I rather use PayPal. I don't have my checking account info on Pay Pal, just a local bank credit card. Never use a bank debit/credit card to shop online. I use a local bank credit card with a very low credit limit for online shopping. We use LifeLock credit protection too. Discover is the only card I've had trouble with. After getting three new accounts because the others were compromised I dropped them.

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I have to touch a fabric, before I really fall in love with it. Too many times, I've seen GORGEOUS fabric, only to touch it and find it rough or stiff. Hobby Lobby is my weakness. :rolleyes:

I buy quite a bit of fabric online but only brands that I know and when shipping is free or reasonable. can you please tell me what site you saw the fabric you pictured on. I love it.

I've been primarily shopping on line shops for over 10 years now- and I guess I am lucky- I have never had any problems. I have messed up (my error) a couple times over the years- but nothing I could blame on the shop- I do try to support my lqs and spend a lot there- but they are small- I've been shopping at fabric.com for 11+ years- I also shop with Connecting Threads, Superior Threads, Keepsake Quilting and Nancy's notions- fairly regularly- there are times when I need a specific item I shop at different places- but those are the ones I hit most often. I always want free shipping (fabric.com @ $35- I can always meet that) and Connecting Threads@ $50- I like hitting their batting sales...anyhow---I have loved the opportunities the internet provides me with- my quilting would be so very limited if I could only shop locally.