Hallmark - enough is enough
 

Picked up a Chrimbo card on-spec at Walgreens last night. Nice, basic card. Nothing super fancy.
It rings up as 8.99. I left the store and then immediately turned around and returned it.
That's absolutely ludicrous.

Native born Americans: if you've never been overseas, you won't realize just how atrociously you are being ripped off for greeting cards.
I could buy five cards - and much better quality - in the UK for the same price as one shitty Hallmark card.
I'm surprised someone hasn't swooped in and undercut these greedy bastards. Hell of a business opportunity to bring in superior products at a fraction of the cost.

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Moral: Don't buy Hallmark. We bought a nice box of twenty nicely anodyne cards from Barnes and Noble for $10.

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Dollar Stores sell cards for 1.00, (american greetings brand where I am) and most other stores, I have never bought a card that cost more then $2 maybe $3 tops,

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I'll have to see if we have that chain here.

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Are they still in business? I remember them and Borders and Mediaplay.

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I've found CVS to have the best choice.

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Perfectly good cards in Dollar General at 2 for $1.

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Agree on Walgreens. I snapped up 2 cards a couple of weeks ago, one was 99c the other $5.99 . I keep telling my Dad its a waste but he gets offended if I don't send one.

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I rarely buy cards of any kind, but a few days ago decided to give my skating coach one for the holidays. Walgreens, $6.99 for a tri-fold Christmas card. I bought it because it was the perfect design, but glad I only do this once a year, for just one person!

Rene

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Got some lovely boxes for 50 cents each at yard sales this summer.

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- only 5p .... stock up for next year (you might be able to flip 'em for a dollar or so over here) ...... Knock yourself out, Mr. Sugar. ..

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Cards can be such a rip-off. Not unusual to pay AUD$15 here. I was in heaven when I lived in the UK - big, beautifully decorated cards with paper inserts (sometime 4 - 6 pages!), for 99p. They were a huge hit with the family back home, they were amazed at the quality and size.
Something else I was not used to, there's a huge range of recipients, eg brother and sister-in-law, mum and step-dad etc. I brought a load home with me - if anyone dies or gets divorced they're in trouble :frown:

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No problem, there is a card for those occasions too!

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Probably! Should have brought a few of those back too, just in case :lol:
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO A GREAT PAIR OF TWINS!
(type on paper insert) - Was that you or your brother who died?