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CWA
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Joined: 13 Jun 2012
Age: 45
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30 Jul 2012, 10:21 pm

They are actually not overpriced if you consider that a vast majority of them are handmade. After looking into the materials and the amount of time it would take to make one, I decided I'm probably going to buy one. 5 lbs of the poly pellets alone will cost close to $20. Add in a nice premium fabric (the kids will use it for a long time after all), a few yards of it and that is easily another $20 even with a 50% coupon at jo anns. That's already $40 and haven't bought thread or batting if it's desired. Now the time to make it is quite a bit because each pocket or row of pockets is filled as you go so you have to be careful not to spill the beans. Anyway $80 -100 is not unreasonable once you include the time to make it and a reasonable profit.