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Post by scrapinstl on Jul 2, 2008 21:12:29 GMT -5
I was at Archivers this evening and guess what they had out for the buying??? The dies that aren't supposed to be out until the 8th!!! Don't worry Dani, I won't post the details. I'm happy to say that I didn't feel the need to buy any of them. Interesting note, however, is that they somehow had the present and snowman exclusives from Christmas - must have found more in the back or something. So I did buy the present and the scallop border die. Now I need to get the Revolution and Platform!
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Post by brockadoodle on Jul 2, 2008 21:18:57 GMT -5
They had so many issues with the snowman and present. I am told that now Archivers has to have a min of 500 each die per store. Not sure how true it is but it did come out of a QK reps mouth.
At the time I think he was just trying to shut up the owner of a store that is now closed.
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Post by scrappinmomof4 on Jul 2, 2008 21:22:01 GMT -5
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Post by brockadoodle on Jul 2, 2008 21:24:10 GMT -5
Yipee....I so am getting a TREE!!!....oh wait...BOO HOO>..you said present and snowman..... Oh well....maybe that one will come back too.....{fingers crossed} You want the 4x4 tree? I can check the store here for you. We have 2 of them. I know they did have some of them left the last time I was there to get the new releases.
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Post by scrapinstl on Jul 2, 2008 21:25:25 GMT -5
I would love the tree if anyone can find it for me!!
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Post by brockadoodle on Jul 2, 2008 21:26:27 GMT -5
I will call the store in the am, and see if they still have them. If they do I will go get you one.
-Bernadette
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Post by scrappinmomof4 on Jul 2, 2008 21:27:48 GMT -5
Oh Bernadette....you are a sweetie....I would love a tree if you could find one!!!
Thanks
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Post by scrapinstl on Jul 2, 2008 21:27:59 GMT -5
I would love one too - Thank you Bernadette!!
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Post by weaselwatchr on Jul 2, 2008 21:28:22 GMT -5
What kind of tree, the plam tree. Is it another tree???
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Post by brockadoodle on Jul 2, 2008 21:29:52 GMT -5
its a christmas tree
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Post by scrappinmomof4 on Jul 2, 2008 21:30:47 GMT -5
I was meaning the Christmas Tree...since she spoke of the present and snowman that was from the Christmas release!!!
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Post by Saved on Jul 2, 2008 22:05:08 GMT -5
Hi Bernadette, I so love your picture! How beautiful. I think I am the only one ( or one of the few ) who doesn't know have to upload pictures. Ellyp and I have a pact to both learn as we are both computer challenged. I am glad your not!! Laura. <><
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Post by Pamela on Jul 2, 2008 22:13:05 GMT -5
Cathy,
Send me a PM if she is not able to get the tree for you. I think my LSS still has them. I will be glad to call them and if they do send it your way.
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Post by ellyp on Jul 2, 2008 22:25:31 GMT -5
500 per die per store sounds crazy to me. Their local market just isn't that big!
Also, Archiver's drives me nuts with what they do with the QK dies. They released pictures of the spring sets in their newsletter before the release date so lots of people saw them while people like Dani and Sherri kept silent like they were supposed to. Now, they have the dies out early to sell?? That store drives me absolutely crazy! Do they think they are so big that they can bend the rules?
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Post by beth on Jul 2, 2008 22:57:09 GMT -5
I think the same thing, the only time I order from A's is when that little word is in front or back of QK that says....exclusive. I don't shop/never been in one of their stores. But always happy to pass out their newsletter coupon codes to anyone who wants them. Just me.
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Post by Saved on Jul 2, 2008 22:58:46 GMT -5
Hi Elly, I hear you. I wonder if QK knows?? You would think that they did. Laura. <><
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Post by Dani on Jul 3, 2008 6:52:36 GMT -5
Hi Elly, I hear you. I wonder if QK knows?? You would think that they did. Laura. <>< They do now ;D
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Post by Pamela on Jul 3, 2008 6:53:57 GMT -5
get em Dani for not playing by the rules ;D
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Post by christinema on Jul 3, 2008 7:38:36 GMT -5
I'm speechless, upset, pissed, confused, agitated. . . . . I don't know what to say. . . I have never been to A's. Actually never heard of it, can you believe that, till I joined a few MBs. Now, I don't know if I want to. Are they trying to push the little people out of business. That is so unfair! I'm bursting with anticipation w/each new release and to find out someone isn't playing by the rules. Now, would someone like to PM pics of them. LOL ;D I promise I'll keep my lips sealed and won't forward/post to anyone but my closest 100 friends! ;D PS - Need location info on how to get to As! LOL
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Post by brockadoodle on Jul 3, 2008 7:48:01 GMT -5
Hi Bernadette, I so love your picture! How beautiful. I think I am the only one ( or one of the few ) who doesn't know have to upload pictures. Ellyp and I have a pact to both learn as we are both computer challenged. I am glad your not!! Laura. <>< Thanks! It was the only picture I could find that I was willing to share. Most of my pictures I look like a hag. If you need help putting a picuture up. Let me know I can walk you through it.
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Post by scrapinstl on Jul 3, 2008 7:51:47 GMT -5
Hi Elly, I hear you. I wonder if QK knows?? You would think that they did. Laura. <>< They do now ;D Aw, man. I didn't mean to be a rat. I prefer to stay an owl. LOL. However, Dani if I were you I would be so MAD and I would totally report it - because QK makes you all adhere to the rules and you could lose business over this. They should just go ahead and release this release early before it shows up on fleabay! Sorry ladies, I don't have a camera phone, otherwise I would have snapped a piccy!
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Post by brockadoodle on Jul 3, 2008 7:58:52 GMT -5
I'm speechless, upset, pissed, confused, agitated. . . . . I don't know what to say. . . I have never been to A's. Actually never heard of it, can you believe that, till I joined a few MBs. Now, I don't know if I want to. Are they trying to push the little people out of business. That is so unfair! PS - Need location info on how to get to As! LOL You know what is really sad, they have a website but you can't order from it, you have to go into the store. There are only like 14 store across the USA. They are rude people, nasty and hateful. I can remember when the Christmas dies came out and my husband and I went in to get them. He was walking around browsing while I got the dies, and he seen some glitter paper, he took a sheet out of the rack and held it up to the light. This witch comes over and tells him, men do not scrapbook and he shouldn't play with the merchandise if he was not going to buy it. He was looking at it to see if it would work with his lastest art project as he is an artist and he does scrapbook. I walked over to her and said. Are you married? She said yes. Does your husband scrapbook? She said NO and gave me this awful look. I then said how many hours a day do you scrapbook alone once you leave here, she look puzzled and said to me about 4. I looked at her and said well I scrapbook 8-10 hours as day as it is my job, and I am lucky that I have a husband that is an artist. So he and I spent alot of time together. I suggest she get her husband to try it and she was appalled. Then as we were leaving she said to another girl, I don't think he is an artist, he is here in a business suit. Did you know artist can't wear business suits to A's? It is a New Rule *L*
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Post by christinema on Jul 3, 2008 9:12:37 GMT -5
How sad! I'm glad to know this before I jumped in my car to drive thousands of miles to the nearest As and wasted all that gas. Just think of my money savings, now I can spend it on a nice online store who lives by the rules. ;D Anyone know of one? LOL ;D
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Post by irishshamrock on Jul 3, 2008 9:18:11 GMT -5
There is no Archivers where I live either. I've never been able to get one of their "exclusives", and I do think QK is losing out because I would probably buy quite a few of them. They need to make them available to shops like Dani's. I think they would sell a lot more. I'm also a little peeved that they can overshoot the date the rest of the stores have to honor, and I'm guessing, they don't get their hands smacked. Seems like I've read this before about their lack of following the rules. Just my humble opinion.
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Post by christinema on Jul 3, 2008 9:36:23 GMT -5
Actually girls & man - As I've said before I cannot deal with waiting each month for new releases of any kind. ;D I don't know why I didn't think of this before, but I googled & I think I found them. Which means I might have actually seen the new releases & that As isn't the only one not following the rules! But, if what I did see is indeed July's release, I already have my wishlist started to order from an online rule abiding store! ;D
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Post by scrapinstl on Jul 3, 2008 10:10:47 GMT -5
Actually girls & man - As I've said before I cannot deal with waiting each month for new releases of any kind. ;D I don't know why I didn't think of this before, but I googled & I think I found them. Which means I might have actually seen the new releases & that As isn't the only one not following the rules! But, if what I did see is indeed July's release, I already have my wishlist started to order from an online rule abiding store! ;D I've tried to google before and never really came up with anything. I did just try again after reading your post and was able to find pictures of some of them on a blog.
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Post by christinema on Jul 3, 2008 11:22:56 GMT -5
Jackpot! ;D
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2008 14:17:39 GMT -5
Kudos to Dani and some of the other stores that play by the rules. Quickutz must be aware of how A's markets the dies, because they've surely heard the complaints. I even spoke to one of the QK reps about the spring release, when my lss owner called them to cry foul...she hadn't seen the A's newsletter, and I had one (not sure why I got it, because other than a couple of their exclusives, I've never shopped with them), and the QK folks had already heard from several lss owners. It's SO not fair to the stores that do what they're asked to do. Also, I've read on another board that there is a HUGE inconsistency in how A's sells their exclusives from store to store. Thanks, Dani, and others, for being honorable...that's why I shop here! (And Dani, if this is too over the top, please delete it...my feelings won't be hurt!)
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Post by dutchgirl on Jul 3, 2008 14:25:59 GMT -5
Someone emailed the pdf file with the new release to me. So I've seen them. but... as always mum's the word!!
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Post by brockadoodle on Jul 3, 2008 14:26:21 GMT -5
I called about the christmas tree, and both of my A's store in the area have sold out. The one closest to sold all 3 they had left right before I called. hummmmm
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