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Old 04-01-2013, 12:20 PM
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Default Reading this board can be expensive!

I read here frequently and often, thoroughly enjoy. All too often I'll read comments to threads and they'll be a discussion of a product I didn't even know I needed.

A recent thread on cutting mats took me to a site where there were mats on sale...had to have just that one! Well, I really did need a new mat

Luckily most of the time I can use restraint and not purchase everything I look at.

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Old 04-01-2013, 12:41 PM
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Yes, I know what you mean. I have bought several products that I learned about here on the board. All to help us do a better job. Now if I could just stay away from the online quilt shops!
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The Board has also helped me not purchase things that others have bought and found they didnt work.
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Old 04-01-2013, 12:43 PM
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What gets me most often is someone posts a note about some terrific fabric sale. I tend to rationalize some spending on new gadgets with how much I have saved by learning about repurposing or upcycling things on the board..... That works doesn't it???
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I feel the same way, I have gotten an itch to buy any old sewing machine I can find. If I pass one up I get withdrawal symptoms, LOL!!!
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Old 04-01-2013, 04:04 PM
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What gets me most often is someone posts a note about some terrific fabric sale. I tend to rationalize some spending on new gadgets with how much I have saved by learning about repurposing or upcycling things on the board..... That works doesn't it???
Absolutely! After all, don't "they" always say: "THE MORE YOU BUY, THE MORE YOU SAVE!"
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"They" do, but in response to the statement that there is a 50% off sale, my father always said, "I know how I can save 100%."
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It is tempting, I admit!!!!
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All the above comments apply to me too. I've learned so much from the threads on this board .... and I've found some that didn't work out also - at least for me. It makes me feel normal to know that others have some of the same difficulties that I have, things that others do with ease.
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Originally Posted by charsuewilson View Post
"They" do, but in response to the statement that there is a 50% off sale, my father always said, "I know how I can save 100%."
a very wise father!!!!!!
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