Monday, October 03, 2011

Ridiculous!

Whilst on my morning blog-cruise today, I stumbled across a finish that I thought was quite cute. I can't remember exactly where I saw it, but another blogger had stitched a design from Prairie Schooler's "Spring Samplers" booklet. So I thought, "hmmm, I might like that one," and set off to scour the Bay of Evil for it.

Well, I found it.....for a MINIMUM of $40!!!! Yikes.
Or I could get all 4 seasonal sampler booklets - for $150. Gee, what a bargain....NOT.

Which brings me to my rant/question (which I'm pretty sure someone - Lee, perhaps? - may have posted a while back). Are people actually PAYING these prices?!?!? I mean, really. While I DO like these designs, I simply can't justify paying $35 (more or less) for them! I suppose there are the collectors....but again, I just keep coming back to the fact that my stash is quite sufficient without these. And in another month or 2 or 3, I'll probably find something else I want, anyway. LOL

8 comments:

pam said...

Order from someone besides Bay of Evil. That is insane.

Unknown said...

Yes, that's ridiculous.

Measi said...

I'm sure there's someone clueless who would pay those prices, but speaking as a collector of the Teresa Wentzler patterns... I would never pay that amount just to have the pattern. Ever.

Do you want me to take a peek at my SAL next time I'm up there? She has a pretty good selection of Prairie Schooler charts.

Daffycat said...

You can do a search on eBay for completed items...I saw one Spring Sampler sold for $29.99 and a set of the four didn't sell at $149.00.

I'd say the $30 chart is a fair price if it is out-of-print. I think my OOP PS 12 days of Christmas was $25+s/h.

However, some people have more money than sense and might really-really want the set and be willing to pay $149!

Denise said...

I about coughed up a hairball when I decided to spend $27 on BBD's last book. There's no way I would spend $40 for a chart. And there have been a couple I really liked.

cucki said...

oh no..it is really very expensive :(

Mouse said...

ermmmm Nope with a capital n .... wayyyyyy to expensive ,,I shall have a squeak round for you this end and see what the prices are here ... love mouse xxxx
who only bids on bargains hehehehe

Tama said...

I live in hope of Prairie Schooler's 'Autumn Leaves' showing up at a price I can afford and not feel like an idiot. Hasn't happened yet, though. I have seen the sampler charts go for less than $20, though - you just have to keep checking back.

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