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?

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It was me, Ron is doing just fine, thanks.
:blink:

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I find a marker to erase the greetings given by others to myself from last year, provides a fine money saving opportunity!

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You read the whole viz tips thread, didn't you!

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Trader Joes had Christmas cards cheaply at Thanksgiving - not been in since.

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Such a rookie mistake! First clue is the name:Hallmark. Second clue is they own a TV channel that plays the crappiest movies ever. By pass them. Do not give them more money for their evil empire.

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Usually 'dollar store' is a catch-all for places like Dollar General or Dollar Tree, you'll have one or other, if not both of those somewhere nearby I would imagine.

There's still at least one brick and mortar Barnes and Noble around our way that we visit from time to time. They are the Family Video of book stores, it would seem.