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10-31-2010, 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Aully
Also our quilting stores here have to pay an 18% customs fee to them shipped here, that is why the tend to get marked up so high, which is crazy. :(
The owner said that he ships lots of fabric to Australia and other countries. He said that some fabric in Australia was up to $26.00/yard for the same thing he sells for $2.65. He sends entire bolts at a time. Will look for his phone # for you.
10-31-2010, 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by DeniseP
Originally Posted by Aully
Also our quilting stores here have to pay an 18% customs fee to them shipped here, that is why the tend to get marked up so high, which is crazy. :(
The owner said that he ships lots of fabric to Australia and other countries. He said that some fabric in Australia was up to $26.00/yard for the same thing he sells for $2.65. He sends entire bolts at a time. Will look for his phone # for you.
10-31-2010, 08:45 AM
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I have lived in many places in the US and what I have found is prices are tied to salary's.In Texas the house I bought was was $75,000,our Realtor in Colorado said it was a $225,000. house there and in Oregon it would have been closer to $400,000. With that said the salary went up from Texas,to Colorado to Oregon.Is this true in Canada,Australia ect.. Are the salary's higher there fore fabric,gas ect.. is higher?
10-31-2010, 08:55 AM
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Originally Posted by cbridges22
I have lived in many places in the US and what I have found is prices are tied to salary's.In Texas the house I bought was was $75,000,our Realtor in Colorado said it was a $225,000. house there and in Oregon it would have been closer to $400,000. With that said the salary went up from Texas,to Colorado to Oregon.Is this true in Canada,Australia ect.. Are the salary's higher there fore fabric,gas ect.. is higher?
10-31-2010, 08:58 AM
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Originally Posted by EasyPeezy
Originally Posted by Aully
It is beter to have it cut by the meter because we get extra here. :)
:-D
10-31-2010, 09:27 AM
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Every child in the US is required to learn the metric system before graduating from High School because it is required for science classes. They start learning it in elementary school. Realistically the metric system makes a whole lot more sense.
The question WHY should be WHY are Americans so determined to be stuck in a system of measurement that is not used in most other countries? The scientific community agreed to only use the metric system long ago. American money is divisible by 10 but inches are by 8 and feet are by 12? No wonder our children fall behind in math after 4th grade. They are required to memorize doofy measurements. Ever wonder why we were required to memorize multiplication tables to 12?
I'm fortunate. Besides living overseas, my degrees are in chemistry and physics. I automatically convert in my head. We all do it without thinking. It just depends on what you are comfortable with using. There are 39.25 inches in a meter, 2.54 cm in an inch, etc. I find it easier to work totally in metric. 100 cm = 1m, 10 mm= 1 cm, ...
When I'm squaring awkward measurements I convert to metric. It is far better to be off by 1 mm than 1/8 inch.
The question WHY should be WHY are Americans so determined to be stuck in a system of measurement that is not used in most other countries? The scientific community agreed to only use the metric system long ago. American money is divisible by 10 but inches are by 8 and feet are by 12? No wonder our children fall behind in math after 4th grade. They are required to memorize doofy measurements. Ever wonder why we were required to memorize multiplication tables to 12?
I'm fortunate. Besides living overseas, my degrees are in chemistry and physics. I automatically convert in my head. We all do it without thinking. It just depends on what you are comfortable with using. There are 39.25 inches in a meter, 2.54 cm in an inch, etc. I find it easier to work totally in metric. 100 cm = 1m, 10 mm= 1 cm, ...
When I'm squaring awkward measurements I convert to metric. It is far better to be off by 1 mm than 1/8 inch.
10-31-2010, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by lab fairy
Every child in the US is required to learn the metric system before graduating from High School because it is required for science classes. They start learning it in elementary school. Realistically the metric system makes a whole lot more sense.
The question WHY should be WHY are Americans so determined to be stuck in a system of measurement that is not used in most other countries? The scientific community agreed to only use the metric system long ago. American money is divisible by 10 but inches are by 8 and feet are by 12? No wonder our children fall behind in math after 4th grade. They are required to memorize doofy measurements. Ever wonder why we were required to memorize multiplication tables to 12?
I'm fortunate. Besides living overseas, my degrees are in chemistry and physics. I automatically convert in my head. We all do it without thinking. It just depends on what you are comfortable with using. There are 39.25 inches in a meter, 2.54 cm in an inch, etc. I find it easier to work totally in metric. 100 cm = 1m, 10 mm= 1 cm, ...
When I'm squaring awkward measurements I convert to metric. It is far better to be off by 1 mm than 1/8 inch.
The question WHY should be WHY are Americans so determined to be stuck in a system of measurement that is not used in most other countries? The scientific community agreed to only use the metric system long ago. American money is divisible by 10 but inches are by 8 and feet are by 12? No wonder our children fall behind in math after 4th grade. They are required to memorize doofy measurements. Ever wonder why we were required to memorize multiplication tables to 12?
I'm fortunate. Besides living overseas, my degrees are in chemistry and physics. I automatically convert in my head. We all do it without thinking. It just depends on what you are comfortable with using. There are 39.25 inches in a meter, 2.54 cm in an inch, etc. I find it easier to work totally in metric. 100 cm = 1m, 10 mm= 1 cm, ...
When I'm squaring awkward measurements I convert to metric. It is far better to be off by 1 mm than 1/8 inch.
10-31-2010, 06:35 PM
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You are soooooooo right - fabric here is priced outrageous compared to the US - so when we get an extra 3 inches of fabric it still doesn't compare pricewise to a yard of fabric.
Too bad more fabric websites don't ship to Canada - they could have a booming business here - and only the recipient pays all customs duties and taxes if the amount is over the limit allowed. The seller only has to complete a customs declaration and putit on the package and the rest is in the hands of the post office and customs office.
Too bad more fabric websites don't ship to Canada - they could have a booming business here - and only the recipient pays all customs duties and taxes if the amount is over the limit allowed. The seller only has to complete a customs declaration and putit on the package and the rest is in the hands of the post office and customs office.
Originally Posted by jayelee
I agree my friends in Canada pay alot more for a meter than I do a yard sometimes as much as three times what I pay
11-01-2010, 02:43 AM
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Too bad more fabric websites don't ship to Canada - they could have a booming business here - and only the recipient pays all customs duties and taxes if the amount is over the limit allowed.
Do you know which online shops do not ship to Canada? I know that Hancock's of Paducah, Over the Rainbow, Dakota Cabin Quilts, Missouri Star Quilt Company, and Quilting By The Bay all do ship to Canada. Actually, I don't think I've come across one that doesn't.
Do you know which online shops do not ship to Canada? I know that Hancock's of Paducah, Over the Rainbow, Dakota Cabin Quilts, Missouri Star Quilt Company, and Quilting By The Bay all do ship to Canada. Actually, I don't think I've come across one that doesn't.
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