Today I went to our closest Joanne's to buy some vinyl chalkboard cloth for a craft project. Several weeks ago, I called them to ask about it, and was told they had it in stock. Of course, when I got there, they couldn't find it. I wasn't too optomistic today either even though they had assured me that they normally had it in stock. I couldn't find it today either, but I did locate a manager. He couldn't find it, so I asked if hecould special order some for me. Sure, he said! But then, he couldn't even find the sku # in any of his books. Finally, he went into the back and called their main Service Department to get the ordering information while I waited and waited. He wrote up the order, I gathered up all the other stuff I'd found, and headed for the checkout. The total bill seemed a little high, so I checked and found out that they charged me $7.00 to have it delivered to the store in "about two weeks". I sure wasn't happy, but I needed it for a craft group that I help with at our church. The item was $4.99 a yard. That delivery charge brings it up to over $7.30 a yard!! It'd be different if they were shipping it to my house! Now I'll have to make another trip there, and it had better not be wrinkled or creased! OK, I've vented now, so I'm off to bed.
If anyone knows of a good source for this stuff, please let me know. Thanks,
Alice in PA