Smallest fabric samples?

[ClareInStitches]

I paid Caboodle Textiles £1. to send me two samples, so that I could get an idea of the scale of the print and the quality of the fabric. They arrived today.

One was 5.5cm x 2cm, the other 2.5cm x 6cm. By my reckoning, pretty mean and not particularly representative of the whole! 

I realise that cutting samples takes time, effort, postage and packing and reduces the amount of stock they have available for sale. However, I paid them for these and even at £13.50 per metre x 150 cm wide, I think that they could have spared me just a little bit more! 

Has anyone received samples smaller that this?

[Acorn]

That is ridiculous!  I have had ones that I felt were too small, but never that small.  I have also had samples that showed only the background and nothing at all of the pattern.  A lot of retailers don't seem to realise that in sending samples they ought to be trying their best to sell the fabric - and a tiny/inadequate sample will never do that.

[Sakar]

I never got samples, even if I offered to pay for them. I just got the answer, if I want the fabric, I can buy a fatquarter.

[ClareInStitches]

Much happier now; I contacted Caboodle with my concerns and they have sent replacements which are each about 10.cm x 4.5cm. Much more practical pieces, given the scale of the print.

[sewingj]

I`ve just had an email from Croft Mill listing some of their new jerseys - both of the ones I clicked on said "Short of stock so no samples available".  Sorry but I`m not going to spend £12 a metre without being sure I like it!

[Marniesews]

I've had similar sized samples of plain lycra in the past and positively slivers  from Trim-it a couple of years ago. They didn't charge but I wished they had & sent a better size.

I expect to pay 99p per sample although a few places will reduce the postage on multisamples and there are still some places doing free samples.