The UPS guy just came to deliver my new sewing machine (xmas gift from hubby), but there were duty fees that could only be paid by cheque or credit card...well, hubby is at work and the cheque book and plastic are with him, I only have cash and my debit card for our joint account...I had to turn the man away and tell him I'd pick it up later at the depot. I closed the door and shed a few tears...I wanna play!!! :(

Oh my - that is so sad! I feel your pain.

Will be worth the extra wait - then you can "play" twice" as much! Merry Christmas

awe that is sad! Can you go to DH's work? lol

That is true! On the bright side, my order from Connecting Threads came today and I didn't have to send that one away! :D I'll have to start cutting so I can start playing with the two of them together when I can pick up my machine! :lol:

This is a great way to look at it :D:D:D

Hard to believe it has come to a point where you can't pay with cash!! What is that about? Hope you get your new toy home soon!

So sorry. Why does this stuff happen?

Gosh -- sorry to hear that. But, check into your bank....I don't have credit cards and my debit card can be treated like a credit card....

Can't you run your debit card as a credit? Works for me. The credit union prefers that I use it that way.

I'm glad someone's order from Connecting Threads arrived. None of my cyber Monday purchases have arrived. Just an ebay purchase from Emerald City Fabrics in California. They are very prompt shippers.

Nope...doesn't work like that here.

My CT order isn't from Cyber Monday, though. Actually, I'd made an order and received it, but there was an error in the order. This delivery was my correct purchase.

oh, deema, my heart took a hit for you. nothing worse than that feeling that you finally got it, but, no, it slips away.

kind of like me chasing my dog around the neighborhood yesterday for almost an hour. i would get close enough to grab him and he would dart off. lol! i think he is part evil beast, even though he weighs only twenty pounds and leaps like a deer. love him anyway.

hope your gift comes back real soon.

oh no, I hope you can go to the depot tomorrow and pick it up, call and see what the hours are

:lol: I already checked - I'll be there bright and early!!

[quote=deema]The UPS guy just came to deliver my new sewing machine (xmas gift from hubby), but there were duty fees that could only be paid by cheque or credit card...well, hubby is at work and the cheque book and plastic are with him, I only have cash and my debit card for our joint account...I had to turn the man away and tell him I'd pick it up later at the depot. I closed the door and shed a few tears...I wanna play!!! :([/quote

I can understand shedding a few tears. Let me ask you this, if someone were to send you a box of fabric, would you have to pay duty on it as well? If you order fabric from a store in the USA, must you pay duty on it also?

[quote=oma66]It depends on the price of what's coming across the border - there's a number where you don't have to pay duty fees until you exceed it (don't know what that is, lol). Also it depends if it is a gift or a purchase. Typically, when I purchase fabric online, the store includes duty fees in the total purchase price, so it's taken care of, and if (for example) a friend sent me a huge box of fabric as a gift, I wouldn't be charged duties.

Even still, buying fabric online, paying for shipping AND duty fees is cheaper than buying locally, sadly.

I am curious too. Will watch this thread for an answer...

We must have replied at the same time - look just above your reply :)

[quote=deema]I think I must feel a little guilty complaining about the prices of fabric in the quilt shops - but I am retired and need to watch my pennies and get the most I can for every dollar. Still it is better than in Canada from the sounds of it. Thanks for answering my question.

I really feel for you!

I bet you won't forget to keep a few blank checks in your purse after this. What kind of machine are you getting? A new machine is exciting!

[quote=oma66]Well, in reality, I bargain shop online...I pay 1/4 (or less!) of the price of fabric in my local shop, for higher quality fabric. Paying the shipping and duty fees brings it up to about half the price I'd pay in my local shop. An example - I bought 7yrds of fabric, and 2 spools of thread in a recent order. With shipping and duty fees, I paid less than $50. That is less than $7/yrd, and here I'm paying up to and over $20/metre (39") for comparable quality of fabric. It's waaay worth it to shop online, especially if I can find a good deal.

A Brother XR 9000. I can't wait to give it a test run! I already told my hubby - "You're not expecting this to get wrapped and stuck under the tree...right?" Hubby rolled his eyes and told me to crack into it whenever I want. LOL

I think this is about not wanting the drivers to be receiving too much cash. Because they are in and out of their package cars they would be an easy mark for theft.

That is very true.

Duh...unbelieveable that places can't take cash...you would also think that if they could take credit, they could take a debit card.

Enjoy it when you get it!

you need to get your husband to leave you a credit card for emergenies. I have my own credit card Just one and it's in my name had it before I married and I keep it as you never know what will happen. If God forbid something happen to your husband and everything was in his name you would not be able to have any access to things you might need. JMHO

On the other hand the waiting is part of the enjoyment of a present so you will have the excitment of getting it twice. Hope your machine is all you want it to be and many happy things will be made on it.

Why would he not take the debit card. That is the same as a credit card except the $$ comes right out of your checking account. I have done that in stores that would not take American Express, which I use all the time. The debit card says VISA on it. I know there are others also.

The debit card should work as a credit card. Or at least mine does. feel your pain though. It will be worth the wait though.

That is torture!

Why do things happen like this. Hope you get it soon and have lots of Fun!

Now you have something to really look forward to!! Excitement ahead for sure! One note~ I use my debit card as if credit card all the time.. Not sure if all banks that way or not, but I know many are and with my account I get 4 pts. for each dollar I spend and I get rewards for what I spend... :D

This is a system I am not familiar with...We have debit cards and then there are credit cards. They are not interchangeable. One requires a signature, one requires a PIN. In this particular instance, it wasn't an electronic device to pay the fee. I was the old school way of using credit cards - filling in a form. That can't be done with a debit card.

You may want to double check.. My debit card is a pure debit card with withdrawl coming from my checking account.. Even so I run it through or say credit and it goes through that way... Perhaps your bank is not that way, but I know of so many that are that I would be surprised to find one that is not... Mine I use this way all the time... some stores require signature, some don't and so on, but it does still work this way...

I'm Canadian. I have never heard of this here, with the exception of there being a line of credit within one's bank account and tied to the debit card.

So sad for you!

They wouldn't take cash??? It's a sad state of affairs when even your cash is no good. It reminds me of a funny time when my husband used cash to pay for something at Home Depot and the cashier asked him what kind of scam he was running. She was kidding, of course.

It's here It's here It's here It's here It's here!!!!!!!!!!

Of course, I'm sitting here staring longingly at the box because the baby needed to be nursed....OH the anticipation!!!

Oh, I'm sure you'll get to open it shortly. At least you know it arrived safely. :)

That's the Spirit, always think positive!