Are bussinesses trying to go out of business?
01-14-2010, 08:13 AM
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Well I too bought the kenmore elites washer and dryer 18 months ago from sears.....there was nothing wrondg with my last washer and dryer except they did such small loads of laundry.....DH had those when there was only three of them as a family and now there are 8 of us...and we need something that did bigger loads of laundry....this new set that cost over 2500$ is a painn in my neck. They don't make things the way they used to ...and they cost more! We have had the repair guy come to fix said washer already..and my husband is constanty working on it.
01-14-2010, 08:49 AM
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Office Depot cracks me up, if I order a pack of pens and a roll of tape it comes in a huge box, big enough for 3-4 reams of paper, but they don't skimp on the padding, just go overboard with the box!
I have a roll of velum that I haven't tried yet, my plan is to draw a quilting design on it and see if I can follow it. I doubt it, I do real good on pantographs but can't get the hang of sewing on the lines.
I have a roll of velum that I haven't tried yet, my plan is to draw a quilting design on it and see if I can follow it. I doubt it, I do real good on pantographs but can't get the hang of sewing on the lines.
01-14-2010, 09:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Windy Canyon
Now, I haven't used this for quilting yet, but I buy sandwich wrap 9" x 12" at my local restuarant supply store. Originally I purchased this for my art work as pallet paper or something to protect my table from glues, etc. that I might be working iwth. It seems similar to vellum, is lightweight but not a tissue, see-through, not waxy, and runs $10.80 for 1000 sheets. They also carry 1000 - 14" x 14" sheets for $16. This works out to less than 2 cents per sheet. Hope this is helpful to someone.
01-14-2010, 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Windy Canyon
Now, I haven't used this for quilting yet, but I buy sandwich wrap 9" x 12" at my local restuarant supply store. Originally I purchased this for my art work as pallet paper or something to protect my table from glues, etc. that I might be working iwth. It seems similar to vellum, is lightweight but not a tissue, see-through, not waxy, and runs $10.80 for 1000 sheets. They also carry 1000 - 14" x 14" sheets for $16. This works out to less than 2 cents per sheet. Hope this is helpful to someone.
01-14-2010, 10:22 AM
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Bellaboo - I think you now know why their vellum is priced so much lower. :roll:
Billy - I had a friend who worked for UPS and you wouldn't believe what they do to those boxes! If you think it looked like it was tossed from the back of a truck, likely it was. In the warehouse they stack boxes twenty feet high and often times the stacks fall down. :shock: I couldn't believe some of the stories she told me! Sad!
As for all the problems Sears is having...I have to wonder if it has anything to do with their being bought out by K-Mart a couple years ago. I know K-Mart's quality is horrible and when they bought out Sears I remarked to hubby that it likely wouldn't be long before their quality dropped as well. Looks like it's headed in that direction.
Billy - I had a friend who worked for UPS and you wouldn't believe what they do to those boxes! If you think it looked like it was tossed from the back of a truck, likely it was. In the warehouse they stack boxes twenty feet high and often times the stacks fall down. :shock: I couldn't believe some of the stories she told me! Sad!
As for all the problems Sears is having...I have to wonder if it has anything to do with their being bought out by K-Mart a couple years ago. I know K-Mart's quality is horrible and when they bought out Sears I remarked to hubby that it likely wouldn't be long before their quality dropped as well. Looks like it's headed in that direction.
01-14-2010, 11:43 AM
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I work at a company that sells small electronic devices and we always ship in boxes and use bubble wrap or peanuts to protect our product. Our product has a very good warranty on it. I can't believe how many people ship their products back to us in a padded envelope... It's electronics, for goodness sake. Then I have to call them and tell them that I can't replace their product under warranty because of the damage that was caused by improper packaging. And if they call or email us, I always ask them to use a box NOT a padded envelope but at least half the time it still comes that way...Yes the dumbing down of America!
01-14-2010, 11:58 AM
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The sandwich non waxes wrap papers are great for foundation piecing. Sam's Club has the double package of 500 each cheap. Some of the fast food places will sell you a box if you ask. They won't do good in a printer so that's why I don't use them for PPiecing. I don't trace PP designs, that's too time consuming.
01-14-2010, 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by BellaBoo
The sandwich non waxes wrap papers are great for foundation piecing. Sam's Club has the double package of 500 each cheap. Some of the fast food places will sell you a box if you ask. They won't do good in a printer so that's why I don't use them for PPiecing. I don't trace PP designs, that's too time consuming.
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