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Post by 950nancy on Jun 1, 2020 15:53:22 GMT
The manager at one of my stores said they didn't get a shipment last week and he wasn't sure if they'd get one this week (or even when they'll start getting them). He'd been told that the buyers haven't been purchasing so that all trickles back to them.
So did/is anyone getting a truck this week? I know we all don't hear the same things about our local stores.
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artbabe
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Post by artbabe on Jun 1, 2020 16:24:46 GMT
My local store is closing so I don't expect them to get any new things. I think I'll stop this week and see if there is anything left I want.
There are other stores in central Ohio staying open but I'm going to miss the convenience of my usual store.
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Post by 950nancy on Jun 1, 2020 17:20:57 GMT
My local store is closing so I don't expect them to get any new things. I think I'll stop this week and see if there is anything left I want. There are other stores in central Ohio staying open but I'm going to miss the convenience of my usual store. The one five minutes from me is closing. It is small and in a very small shopping center. Wasn't surprised. The other two in my town will remain open.
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Post by scrapnnana on Jun 1, 2020 17:43:13 GMT
Thanks for posting. I was going to stop by a few days ago, but I didn’t manage it. Now I don’t feel so bad. If they haven’t gotten new deliveries recently, it sounds like I probably didn’t miss out on anything good. They reopened in my area a couple of weeks ago, so the better stuff was probably already gone.
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Post by scrapaddict702 on Jun 1, 2020 21:09:42 GMT
My store informed me today that they've (for the foreseeable future, she wouldn't confirm permanently when I asked that specifically) shut down the Arizona warehouse and are sending all stock to Dallas...so every store open will now get their stock from there. Which means my area will go back to not getting things early and while they think they'll start getting trucks again next week, who knows if that's true or not. It will be interesting to see what we miss because we missed out on stuff for an entire month that I was really hoping to find when they opened the warehouse in Phoenix.
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Post by rachelc14 on Jun 1, 2020 21:37:40 GMT
Have they posted a list of the stores they are closing? I'm hoping to hit one up on Thursday in Huntington Beach and Friday in Fullerton.
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Post by FurryP on Jun 1, 2020 21:53:16 GMT
Have they posted a list of the stores they are closing? I'm hoping to hit one up on Thursday in Huntington Beach and Friday in Fullerton. None of those are closing. I checked for Orange county. ETA: At least they did not make the first cut. The 2nd cut is still pending: TM closing stores
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Post by rachelc14 on Jun 1, 2020 22:07:59 GMT
Thank you FurryP!
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Post by rachelc14 on Jun 1, 2020 22:09:28 GMT
Sierra Vista Plaza, 1850 N. Placentia Avenue, Placentia, CA 92870
This is the one I go to most and it's in a pretty dead shopping center, though it just went through some improvements. Crazy. I hope they're open this weekend.
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Post by Elsabelle on Jun 1, 2020 22:10:27 GMT
I stopped in today and picked up some paper. They had some things that were not there when they closed. I was told they reopened yesterday and they will be closing permanently but don't know when. The person I spoke to either didn't have more info than that or if they did they didn't want to say more.
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Post by PaperAngel on Jun 3, 2020 1:35:38 GMT
Per one of the local store managers, area stores received one truck two weeks ago (5/18), the only one since re-opening after the stay at home order was lifted, & tentatively expect trucks to resume in two weeks (6/15). The flow of deliveries/inventory is interrupted by both closure of the company's Phoenix warehouse & delivery chain schedule interruptions.
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Post by artsyk on Jun 3, 2020 2:03:52 GMT
I went today and found the little Disney confetti in the little tin. I was happy.
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Post by 950nancy on Jun 3, 2020 16:11:15 GMT
Per one of the local store managers, area stores received one truck two weeks ago (5/18), the only one since re-opening after the stay at home order was lifted, & tentatively expect trucks to resume in two weeks (6/15). The flow of deliveries/inventory is interrupted by both closure of the company's Phoenix warehouse & delivery chain schedule interruptions. This sounds like what one the managers at one of my stores said. He wasn't sure when the next truck would arrive. I asked last week though. Do we know why Phoenix closed?
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Post by PaperAngel on Jun 3, 2020 19:47:54 GMT
Per one of the local store managers, area stores received one truck two weeks ago (5/18), the only one since re-opening after the stay at home order was lifted, & tentatively expect trucks to resume in two weeks (6/15). The flow of deliveries/inventory is interrupted by both closure of the company's Phoenix warehouse & delivery chain schedule interruptions. This sounds like what one the managers at one of my stores said. He wasn't sure when the next truck would arrive. I asked last week though. Do we know why Phoenix closed? Per the manager, it's part of the bankruptcy closures/restructuring.
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Post by azcrafty on Jun 3, 2020 20:08:11 GMT
This sounds like what one the managers at one of my stores said. He wasn't sure when the next truck would arrive. I asked last week though. Do we know why Phoenix closed? Per the manager, it's part of the bankruptcy closures/restructuring. I wonder what that will mean here in Phx. I hope we still getting good stuff.
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Post by PaperAngel on Jun 3, 2020 20:17:37 GMT
Per the manager, it's part of the bankruptcy closures/restructuring. I wonder what that will mean here in Phx. I hope we still getting good stuff. Per the manager, all stores (except the 130+ stores being closed in the first phase & additional ~100 stores not yet announced to be closed in the second phase) will receive product from one central warehouse.
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Post by marie on Jun 3, 2020 21:00:30 GMT
Have they posted a list of the stores they are closing? I'm hoping to hit one up on Thursday in Huntington Beach and Friday in Fullerton. None of those are closing. I checked for Orange county. ETA: At least they did not make the first cut. The 2nd cut is still pending: TM closing storesThanks for sharing the link. I'm sorry to see my store on the list. They always seemed busy.
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Post by 950nancy on Jun 3, 2020 22:33:38 GMT
I wonder what that will mean here in Phx. I hope we still getting good stuff. Per the manager, all stores (except the 130+ stores being closed in the first phase & additional ~100 stores not yet announced to be closed in the second phase) will receive product from one central warehouse. So they will go back to the 600+ stores all getting merchandise from the same warehouse. While that isn't great if you stores were serviced by the Phoenix warehouse, at least they are remaining open and my manager said he had one of his best weeks yet the week they opened back up.
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Post by PaperAngel on Jun 3, 2020 22:58:04 GMT
Per the manager, all stores (except the 130+ stores being closed in the first phase & additional ~100 stores not yet announced to be closed in the second phase) will receive product from one central warehouse. So they will go back to the 600+ stores all getting merchandise from the same warehouse. While that isn't great if you stores were serviced by the Phoenix warehouse, at least they are remaining open and my manager said he had one of his best weeks yet the week they opened back up. It was reported the company had 700 stores pre-bankruptcy & plans to close about a third of the stores (specifically 230) during the restructuring, which will leave 470 stores to obtain merchandise from a central warehouse. Hope it's huge!
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Post by 950nancy on Jun 3, 2020 23:19:54 GMT
So they will go back to the 600+ stores all getting merchandise from the same warehouse. While that isn't great if you stores were serviced by the Phoenix warehouse, at least they are remaining open and my manager said he had one of his best weeks yet the week they opened back up. It was reported the company had 700 stores pre-bankruptcy & plans to close about a third of the stores (specifically 230) during the restructuring, which will leave 470 stores to obtain merchandise from a central warehouse. Hope it's huge! I remember when they only had one warehouse. If you weren't close to the warehouse, it could take several weeks to get what other stores received. I know my stores were usually pretty late to the party. I am not sure when the next 100 will close, so there will be a lot of stores for one warehouse.
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Post by PaperAngel on Jun 4, 2020 0:04:45 GMT
It was reported the company had 700 stores pre-bankruptcy & plans to close about a third of the stores (specifically 230) during the restructuring, which will leave 470 stores to obtain merchandise from a central warehouse. Hope it's huge! I remember when they only had one warehouse. If you weren't close to the warehouse, it could take several weeks to get what other stores received. I know my stores were usually pretty late to the party. I am not sure when the next 100 will close, so there will be a lot of stores for one warehouse. I have ~10 stores within a 30 mile radius. They already get many craft items a couple weeks after they're posted here or never receive those SKUs at all. Perhaps the wait will be getting longer...
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Post by lovestocreate on Jun 4, 2020 0:19:11 GMT
I just hope my local store is able to open for a little while at least before they close down.
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Post by 950nancy on Jun 4, 2020 1:53:33 GMT
I remember when they only had one warehouse. If you weren't close to the warehouse, it could take several weeks to get what other stores received. I know my stores were usually pretty late to the party. I am not sure when the next 100 will close, so there will be a lot of stores for one warehouse. I have ~10 stores within a 30 mile radius. They already get many craft items a couple weeks after they're posted here or never receive those SKUs at all. Perhaps the wait will be getting longer... Two of my stores in town are in the top 10% for crafts, so they generally get more than many stores, but it is odd how we can get items that people post on YouTube that week at the same time or weeks later. I always wonder exactly how they decide when to send the crafts. I mean they obviously get shipments of paper pads at the warehouse at the same time, but why would they send some to California in May and some to Illinois weeks later? As a shopper, it is frustrating. I have had days where I just get in the vehicle and hit as many as I can on my way north through Denver.
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Post by scrapnnana on Jun 5, 2020 22:52:23 GMT
I called one of the TM stores that I shop at occasionally (or did before the shut down). I was looking for a kitchen item for a bride to be. They didn’t have what I was looking for, but she said they haven’t gotten a truck since before the shut down, because the warehouse their good come from is still closed! She thought they might get a truck in a week or two, but they are pretty picked over at the moment.
I’m in the DFW area. It seemed really weird to me. I read that the Arizona warehouse is closing, and everything will go out of the Texas one once it does, but we’re in Texas, which has been opening back up again, and the warehouse is still closed?
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Post by jtmom on Jun 6, 2020 21:31:38 GMT
Thank you for the list, one of my stores I shop is closing another one closed last year.
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Post by 950nancy on Jun 6, 2020 23:34:21 GMT
I called one of the TM stores that I shop at occasionally (or did before the shut down). I was looking for a kitchen item for a bride to be. They didn’t have what I was looking for, but she said they haven’t gotten a truck since before the shut down, because the warehouse their good come from is still closed! She thought they might get a truck in a week or two, but they are pretty picked over at the moment. I’m in the DFW area. It seemed really weird to me. I read that the Arizona warehouse is closing, and everything will go out of the Texas one once it does, but we’re in Texas, which has been opening back up again, and the warehouse is still closed? Ours got the truck they were supposed to get the second week in March the week after they opened in mid May. I think the truck (well stock) was ready and waiting. Now they don't have sufficient goods to send. Maybe because all of the states were in different lockdowns during different times, some trucks delivered and some didn't until later. My guess is they have to get more stuff in and they are finding that a challenge. I was told that their buyers didn't have access to items since people weren't shipping during March and April. I imagine it will take a few more weeks to get things back up and on schedule where everyone is stocked again.
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Post by finaledition on Jun 9, 2020 4:39:36 GMT
I know I said I wasn’t going to go, but I’m taking that Allison Davis 6x6 class and I need more pads! And some more cheater glasses. So I’m going to dash in tomorrow and I just can’t wait!
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Post by finaledition on Jun 9, 2020 21:38:52 GMT
Came home with 7 small pads and 3 pairs of cheaters. Mission accomplished. This store reopened yesterday and the scrap aisle was overflowing, but nothing looked new. It was kind of a mess and I didn’t want to dig through. The closer TM to me is still closed and on the list to shut down. The manager said that they will reopen and stay open till July to sell off their inventory.
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Post by artbabe on Jun 10, 2020 16:21:14 GMT
I went to the one that is closing and didn't find any scrapbook supplies I wanted to buy except for some Thickers and some Vicki Boutin glaze. Everything in the store 10% off or more so I bought: hangers, makeup storage, garden gloves, snacks, coffee, cheaters, kitchen gadgets, and some other random stuff. I am so sad it is closing.
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Post by Elsabelle on Jun 10, 2020 21:18:51 GMT
My store's closing sale has begun. I'm debating whether or not to go in for one last hurrah.
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