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02-21-2011, 08:39 PM
#11
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Walmart is not always the cheapest or best place to buy anything anymore.........
Walmart tends to be my last ditch effort to shop.
Walmart tends to be my last ditch effort to shop.
02-22-2011, 01:47 AM
#12
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and to think i had a silent hissy fit when i saw price tags over $5 per yard on quilting cottons at my local wallyworld. :shock:
the fleece and decorator fabs are higher, but i automatically pass them by anyway.
the fleece and decorator fabs are higher, but i automatically pass them by anyway.
02-22-2011, 01:53 AM
#13
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thats crazy. its 4 and 6 around here. for that price you should be getting high quality fabric
02-22-2011, 03:27 AM
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I noticed my Walmart went up about a dollar a yard on the better fabrics to about $5.47 or so. I don't know if this is in response to the price of cotton (and everything else, it seems) going up or what.
02-22-2011, 05:03 AM
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Our WalMart did away with fabric last year. Not a store I shop at but went in yesterday...thinking I needed a serger for a little project. They now only have precut fabric and kits hanging on the wall.
02-22-2011, 05:29 AM
#16
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Our Walmart doesn't carry fabric anymore. I have noticed something similar at our JoAnn's though. I saw quilt fabric for $13/yd which is $3 more than any fabric at either of my LQS. I turned and walked out the door. I won't pay $10-$13 for JoAnn's quality fabric unless the prices at my LQS are $15/yd.
02-22-2011, 01:06 PM
#17
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Ours recently went up to $5.97. I sure hope that is where it stops! $9??!! Wow.
The frustrating thing is that one day the fabrics were $2.97 and the next day they were $5.97. The exact same ones!
I think it is cheaper to buy at Joann's now. And, believe it or not, the service is a lot better!
The frustrating thing is that one day the fabrics were $2.97 and the next day they were $5.97. The exact same ones!
I think it is cheaper to buy at Joann's now. And, believe it or not, the service is a lot better!
02-23-2011, 01:50 AM
#18
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Location: Southeast Georgia, USA
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it seems odd that the prices aren't standard across all communities, but neither is the cost of living.
my personal purchasing strategy is the same, no matter where i shop. if it isn't on sale i pass it by. if it's on sale for a price i don't consider reasonable or can't afford at the time, i pass it by.
we can sympathize with each other, but that won't solve the problem.
- similar fabrics now cost a lot more from other sources than they do at walmart.
remember: when a business adopts a strategy you don't like, complain to that business. we can't fix it. here.
my personal purchasing strategy is the same, no matter where i shop. if it isn't on sale i pass it by. if it's on sale for a price i don't consider reasonable or can't afford at the time, i pass it by.
we can sympathize with each other, but that won't solve the problem.
- similar fabrics now cost a lot more from other sources than they do at walmart.
remember: when a business adopts a strategy you don't like, complain to that business. we can't fix it. here.
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