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Buying Fabric online
Due to the current exchange rate
I am seriously considering buying some fabric from the USA Who have you purchased fabric from ? Was it a good experience? Who do I avoid ? Are Handcocks of Paducah pleasant to deal with ? What do I need to be wary of ? Thanks in Advance Dee in Oz |
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On Oct 7, 11:16*pm, "Dee in Oz"
wrote: Due to the current exchange rate *I am seriously considering buying some fabric from the USA Who have you purchased fabric from ? Was it a good experience? Who do I avoid ? Are Handcocks of Paducah pleasant to deal with ? What do I need to be wary of ? Thanks in Advance Dee in Oz Goodness...I've purchased fabric from Keepsake Fabrics, Bug Fabrics, Fabrics.com, The Quilted B, Hancocks of Paducah, many more I can't recall right now. They have all been just super. Keepsake Fabrics was a little slow with shipping. Hancocks of Paducah sent me the wrong batting, but made it good. The Quilted B owner is just a lovely person and usually sends a little gift. Her, and also the Bug Fabric owner are both just like dealing with a local store, very good communication. Fabric.com has great prices. The only thing I can think of to be wary about is, The Virginia Quilter often does not have the fabric in stock that they say they do. I guess they jut don't update their website often enough. I have twice ordered from them just to get an email that said they are out of that fabric. Except for that, they're fine. Sherry |
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I have bought from the following, only a couple of times each, but have had
very good luck with both. The second one often has good prices, sales and end of bolt sales. I know that you are much further away than I am, but I often have to pay extra shipping as well to Alaska, but they have still been reasonable, and I have asked them to ship a certain way, which is faster and cheaper, and they do. www.keepsakequilting.com www.thousandsofbolts.com Steven Alaska "Dee in Oz" wrote in message . au... Due to the current exchange rate I am seriously considering buying some fabric from the USA Who have you purchased fabric from ? Was it a good experience? Who do I avoid ? Are Handcocks of Paducah pleasant to deal with ? What do I need to be wary of ? Thanks in Advance Dee in Oz |
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Thanks Steven, I will check them both out.
Dee in Oz "Steven Cook" wrote in message mmunications... I have bought from the following, only a couple of times each, but have had very good luck with both. The second one often has good prices, sales and end of bolt sales. I know that you are much further away than I am, but I often have to pay extra shipping as well to Alaska, but they have still been reasonable, and I have asked them to ship a certain way, which is faster and cheaper, and they do. www.keepsakequilting.com www.thousandsofbolts.com Steven Alaska "Dee in Oz" wrote in message . au... Due to the current exchange rate I am seriously considering buying some fabric from the USA Who have you purchased fabric from ? Was it a good experience? Who do I avoid ? Are Handcocks of Paducah pleasant to deal with ? What do I need to be wary of ? Thanks in Advance Dee in Oz |
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Hi Dee,
I have dealt with the following company and had excellent service: Don and Cindy at: www.quilt-kits-online.com Cheers, -- Di I'm creative! You can't expect me to be neat too. Vic Australia "Steven Cook" wrote in message mmunications... I have bought from the following, only a couple of times each, but have had very good luck with both. The second one often has good prices, sales and end of bolt sales. I know that you are much further away than I am, but I often have to pay extra shipping as well to Alaska, but they have still been reasonable, and I have asked them to ship a certain way, which is faster and cheaper, and they do. www.keepsakequilting.com www.thousandsofbolts.com Steven Alaska "Dee in Oz" wrote in message . au... Due to the current exchange rate I am seriously considering buying some fabric from the USA Who have you purchased fabric from ? Was it a good experience? Who do I avoid ? Are Handcocks of Paducah pleasant to deal with ? What do I need to be wary of ? Thanks in Advance Dee in Oz |
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I've ordered from Hancocks, very fast, efficient and good service.
Remember, because you are importing, you may be liable to import duty. I'm in France and had to pay customs when the parcel was delivered to my door - the same happened when I lived in the UK. The fabric still worked out cheaper than buying here, just something to keep in mind. Janner France On 08/10/2010 06:16, Dee in Oz wrote: Due to the current exchange rate I am seriously considering buying some fabric from the USA Who have you purchased fabric from ? Was it a good experience? Who do I avoid ? Are Handcocks of Paducah pleasant to deal with ? What do I need to be wary of ? Thanks in Advance Dee in Oz |
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On 08/10/10 05:16, Dee in Oz wrote:
Due to the current exchange rate I am seriously considering buying some fabric from the USA Who have you purchased fabric from ? I have bought many times from eQuilter http://www.equilter.com/ Was it a good experience? Excellent - I almost always buy from their clearance section and the prices are very keen. They are even better when they have big sales - Labor Day, 4th July & Christmas/New Yearr. Are Handcocks of Paducah pleasant to deal with ? I have only had H of P ship to my sister-in-law in the States so I don't know what their overseas service is like. What do I need to be wary of ? As Janner said - customs duty. eQuilter ship in Global priority envelopes which often (but not always) come in without getting import duties and taxes. Also our duty is calculated on the value of the goods PLUS the postage paid, so that can bump it up on a fast & expensive service. Have fun shopping Lizzy |
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I've used www.fabric.com many times and have always had good
experiences with them. On the one occasion I rec'd the wrong item, they cheerfully corrected the problem immediately. I usually get my package within a couple of days of ordering. They are good about notifying receipt of order and mailing of order with tracking information and accept returns with no questions although that would be less useful for out of country orders. They also cut oversized 'yards' which is nice for those of us that pre-wash/shrink. If I've calculated a full yard for something, I don't need to buy a little extra. Diana - PA On Oct 8, 12:16*am, "Dee in Oz" wrote: Due to the current exchange rate *I am seriously considering buying some fabric from the USA Who have you purchased fabric from ? Was it a good experience? Who do I avoid ? Are Handcocks of Paducah pleasant to deal with ? What do I need to be wary of ? Thanks in Advance Dee in Oz |
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On Thu, 7 Oct 2010 23:16:04 -0500, Dee in Oz wrote
(in article ) : Due to the current exchange rate I am seriously considering buying some fabric from the USA Who have you purchased fabric from ? Was it a good experience? Who do I avoid ? Are Handcocks of Paducah pleasant to deal with ? What do I need to be wary of ? Thanks in Advance Dee in Oz I've bought from keepsake quilting and hancock's of paducah both. And several places on quiltshops.com. All of them were good and so far no bad experiences. Maureen |
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I have purchased fabric from Keepsake Quilting several times, and have
been VERY pleased with the quality of the fabric and with the service! Several others have already provided the web address, so I won't repeat that here. Enjoy! |
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