Re: inexpensive thread

In article <Aiz7g.6634$DT5.5052@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Angrie, dammit" <noemail@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

itsjoannotjoann@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
jclark wrote:
Hi,

Do you know if there is any way to buy Gutermann thread inexpensively?

I usually scurry off to JoAnn Fabrics when they offer the coupons.
Have you tried ebay to see if anyone is selling spools there? Just a
suggestion.

If it's normally expensive, I'd be leery of buying it off eBay. So much
stuff there is counterfeit.

I honestly wish that the regular stores I deal with hereabouts were as
dependable and honest as the vast majority of sellers I've personally
encountered on eBay. Ebay does have a good rating system and you should
never buy anything of value from someone with very few sales or a rating
less than 98%. If it looks too good to be true, you can be sure that
something is indeed awry. You have to read all the seller's terms and
what people say about him/her, ask questions when you don't know
something, and *never* make assumptions. Where most people get into
trouble is not reading the sale ad and not being careful.

OTOH, eBay is not the place to buy thread unless you know for sure that
the thread hasn't been lying around for fifty years in someone's attic.
:)

Phae

--
I fear me you but warm the starved snake,
Who, cherished in your breasts, will sting your hearts. (Henry VI, Shakespeare)
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