I'm sure that some people abuse the photo-taking, but you were approached unnecessarily rudely and I would never go back to that shop either.
As an aside - I don't go back to a shop where I bought a lot of wonderful fabric, made what I thought was a beautiful quilt from the fabrics and then sent a photo of the finished quilt to the shop owner. She never responded in any way. Alrighty, then . . .
I shop both online and at my LQS. My LQS will help me find fabrics for projects that are underway where I'm not sure what would coordinate. I'm appreciative and post my appreciation on their website. I've also taken photos of completed quilts at the shop, mostly for color combination inspiration because I'm really bad at colors. Like most of the above posters have said, online shopping doesn't allow you to feel the fabric and see the true color so I shop online only when I need more of a fabric that my LQS has run out of.
Last edited by ArtsyOne; 04-02-2015 at 09:04 AM.