I've been living in France for 6 years where fabric is very expensive and am soon moving back to the UK. While I will then buy online from the States, because I believe that import duty is differnt to the UK than France, read it somewhere recently, can't remember where. I still plan to support the English LQS of which there are several within an hour's drive of my new home in rural Somerset. Try www.cosman.nl to locate them, UK members. If we don't give the local shops our business, we'll lose them. As someone else said, this is a luxury not a necessity and I'd rather have less and quality than quantity. Also, I'm really looking forward to being able to see and stroke before I buy.
PS Didn't mean to imply that US fabric and/or online stores are lesser quality than LQS, just that in person, I can judge that better. :-D