On another thread, I learned of the Cricut going on sale at Michael's on Sunday, so I bought one. Then I learned on that same thread I think, different places to look for the cartridges. I never would have thought to look at our local JoAnn's and also didn't know that they accepted competitor's coupons. I went in yesterday to see if they carried them. They weren't with the scrapbooking stuff at all. They were clear across the store in their own little display rack. The cartidges were at the "new lower price" of $64.99. At Michael's here, the price is $90. I asked the clerk if they would accept the Michaels coupon, even though it said it wasn't good on Cricut stuff. She said yes, but not on the machine, because that's the way that their coupons work. So, today I went back in with my coupon that was expiring today. I noticed a JoAnn's flyer with coupons too. JoAnn's said that their coupon wasn't good on font cartridges. I bet half of their cartridges were gone between yesterday and today! So when I got to the register, I said I'd like to use the Michael's coupon on the font, the JoAnn's coupon on the shapes, and their second coupon on a mat. So I got 50% off one cartridge, 40% off another, and 40% off on the package of mats. Total price was about $85!
Or I could have gone to Michaels and not even had one cartridge...