Comments | knitting_snark: I don't want to say this again for at least the next 3 months

onmytiptoes in knitting_snark

I don't want to say this again for at least the next 3 months

Mar 10, 2006 23:06

AC Moore is not a LYS.

Ever.

No matter what.

Comments 19

jessimuhka March 11 2006, 04:15:30 UTC

I'm going to go with "if it's a chain*, it's not a LYS" or "if it sells styrofoam balls greater than 4 inches in diameter, it's not a LYS."

*I mean like a big national chain, not a LYS in one town that does really well and opens a second store.

edited because I mixed up circumference and diameter.

blaueteufelin March 11 2006, 04:21:19 UTC

I guess I agree with jessimuhkaknits about chains vs. LYSs. I have to say though, the AC Moore where I live sells really, really nice yarn. LYS quality yarn.

*psst* Are you still looking to swap for your copy of Knitting on the Edge? It doesn't look like you've given it away yet from your knitswap post.

jessimuhka March 11 2006, 04:43:09 UTC

The Beverly's here sells LYS quality yarn, but I wouldn't call it a LYS. It's a fabric/craft store with a bettern than average yarn selection (and an excellent book selection).

blaueteufelin March 11 2006, 06:20:29 UTC

I agree :)

She's a shill homodachi March 11 2006, 04:46:32 UTC

The person who posted that message either works for AC Moore or a PR firm representing them: "her" account was created a week ago, the only entry in her journal is about the sale, and she has posted ads in many crafts communities: ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

My favorite is this entry in phillyknitters, where someone called her on being a shill, and she was like, ohhh, ACM is just some nickname, I forgot where it came from guhurr! Dear marketers: I know your are smart people, but that means you're gonna have to work harder to act dumb in a convincing way.

Anyway, from a marketing standpoint, it's obviously beneficial to encourage people to think of a big box store as their LYS.

Re: She's a shill hedgemom March 11 2006, 04:53:09 UTC

And look! She has a friend. How FUNNY that her friend works full time at ... GASP! AC Moore!

Re: She's a shill alexa511 March 11 2006, 04:58:18 UTC

Oh, GOD. That profile. That's just too sad.

Re: She's a shill homodachi March 11 2006, 05:00:14 UTC

heh, good eye.

I will also take this opportunity to acknowledge the irony of having a typo in a sentence that criticizes someone else's competence. I know your are smart people... what can I say? ┐('～`;)┌

Thread 12

helen_mucus March 11 2006, 08:20:05 UTC

It is the antithesis of the LYS. Stores like this were exactly why LYSs were opened in the first place.

deleted, edited because I forgot a word wordbox March 11 2006, 14:13:53 UTC

Wait, isn't Wal-Mart a LYS?! They make their own yarn even!

haha, JOKING. The comments here are great. Is the store doing so poorly that she has to advertise in livejournal communities?

Re: deleted, edited because I forgot a word cimorenegal March 11 2006, 14:19:34 UTC

I don't think they're doing poorly at all, but they're really big about their sales soooo