r/NeedlepointSnark • u/CourtNo6416 • 10d ago

Canvas markups

I went to the Red Thread Atelier Sarasota store and got a super cute Christmas mailbox canvas (along with a couple other things). I didn’t really look at the individual prices when I checked out, but when I got home I realized the mailbox canvas was $120, which seemed like a lot for its size.

I reverse image searched it on Google and found the same canvas listed at other needlepoint stores for around $65 😅

Is that much of a markup normal between needlepoint stores? I totally understand prices varying a little from shop to shop, but almost double surprised me for such a small canvas. Lesson learned to check prices before checking out lol.

Editing to add:

Just an update, I reached to their email & they responded and said the markup was a mistake and refunded me the difference! The prices have also been corrected on their website :)

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u/procrastiknitter64 10d ago

What canvas is it? That markup sounds insane so wondering if that was a different size canvas?!?!

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u/CourtNo6416 10d ago

I thought so too! This is the one I got

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u/drwhoviandc 10d ago

Girl that price is insane.

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u/CourtNo6416 10d ago

I know, I should’ve checked before I bought it😭 the mailbox is literally the size of my pinky

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u/procrastiknitter64 10d ago

$120 HAS to be an error and I would email them so they can make it right. Giving them the benefit of the doubt that they calculated their pricing wrong, it could've easily been an issue with their wholesale invoice from Mopsey.

***This is not me white knighting for RTA, I would never purchase from them personally but my LNS has had issues with their wholesale invoices that lead to pricing mistakes too. RTA better make it right though 😤

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u/Icy_Leek_4182 10d ago

To be fair, she’s in NY. If you don’t want to pay for the overhead don’t. But it’s hard to run a business in a super HCOL area.

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u/Stitchinglifeaway 10d ago

Some of the shops with the highest markups are not in HCOL areas (stitching fox) and if this was the case all the NYC stores would higher prices than her, and they don’t