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#31
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Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Blue Ridge Mountians
Posts: 7,075
I am happy you are getting a JA. They carry most everything you need. Prices are up and down, hard to follow and coupons are kind of mean. But I buy there when I have to and need to and am glad they are there. When it is not an emergency, I play the coupon game with them, if the coupon doesn't work,, I leave the purchase behind - on the counter if I am in the store or in the wish list if I am on line. After all, new and different coupons come out every week, so I just wait. It can take me months to make a quilt, or I can work on another (I have too many quilts in process with no real dead line to meet).
#32
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: in the heart of the awl
Posts: 1,015
Our Hancock's building is still empty. I am hoping another fabric- related will move in. We have a Ben Franklin in Old Town-about an hour and a half away and it has a wonderful fabric section.
#33
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: north Alabama
Posts: 1,907
I wish!!!! The closest Joann's is 45 miles away from me. Hancock's Fabrics was about 9 miles and I stock-piled fabrics, but I still need solids, so I'm doing it online right now. The Hancock's closest to me only had mostly blends in solid colors, and there were times I just didn't feel like fighting the strings from the cut ends of the blends nor the shrinkage from an iron that was too hot.
Just a side note: I had never been to a Joann's Fabrics until about 11 yrs. ago when we moved to Wisconsin. They didn't have any Hancock's there, and we didn't have any Joann's in north Alabama. I loved Joann's there, and thought I'd miss it, but the Hancock's here was just as good.
Just a side note: I had never been to a Joann's Fabrics until about 11 yrs. ago when we moved to Wisconsin. They didn't have any Hancock's there, and we didn't have any Joann's in north Alabama. I loved Joann's there, and thought I'd miss it, but the Hancock's here was just as good.
#35
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Hattiesburg,MS 39402
Posts: 1,458
I saw an ex-Hancock employee last night and the JoAnn's here will open in October. I also heard a rumor that our Michael's is going to start handling fabric anyone else hear anything like this?
#38
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Florida
Posts: 17,636
the coupons and finding a regular priced item used to annoy the
phooey out of me until I realized that their "sale" items were as good
or better than I could sometimes get on a coupon-deal.
I do think they make it difficult for customers though.
I think if they made using the coupons easier their sales would increase.
They would seem more friendly, not "tricky".
I sure wish someone would open up a fabric store in the town nearby.
I can't/won't comment on why I will not go to the only one there is.
You have to be careful what kind of ppl you support with your business.
phooey out of me until I realized that their "sale" items were as good
or better than I could sometimes get on a coupon-deal.
I do think they make it difficult for customers though.
I think if they made using the coupons easier their sales would increase.
They would seem more friendly, not "tricky".
I sure wish someone would open up a fabric store in the town nearby.
I can't/won't comment on why I will not go to the only one there is.
You have to be careful what kind of ppl you support with your business.
#39
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Florida
Posts: 17,636
We have a Michael's and if they started doing that it would be fab-u-lous!
#40
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 1,857
If I have a 50% JAS coupon and the item I want is on sale, I always have a couple items on my wishlist - interfacing, quilted fabric, rulers and templates. I know all these will not be on sale, so I pick one up. Then my workroom is always stocked and I have been able to use the 50% (or for sure a 60%) coupon. I do not use this plan with a 40% because they have items at 40% often. About 8 years ago, they stopped letting customers change the sale price to regular to use a coupon. They were the only store that still did this and it was an inventory/sales nightmare. One area that seems to cause problems is the difference between instore and online coupons. Most are good both ways, BUT, if there isn't a bar code printed on the coupon, look at the top of it. It will say online only and can not be honored in the store. Hope this helps.
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