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Post by radellaf on Mar 31, 2019 0:30:04 GMT
I stopped sending birthday cards to most people because they requested not to get reminders of how old they were getting  Beware Facebook birthdays, allanorn - the one on my FB is totally made up, as I consider it a security risk to have my real birthdate on there.... I advise people to not use their actual day (though you can set security settings to be safer), but I still think it's fine to keep it close enough that you don't mind birthday greets from your friends on the fake date. I pretty much don't use the real one for _anything_ that doesn't officially require it. |
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Post by emeraldscribbles on Apr 1, 2019 11:07:05 GMT
Even though I send letters, I very rarely send birthday cards. I usually write birthday greetings within a letter. This is me. I sent two birthday cards this year (one in Feb to my grandmother and one last month to a friend) and they were the first cards I have sent in YEARS...I mean, probably a good 15-20 years, if not longer. |
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Post by distractedmom on Apr 8, 2019 0:46:20 GMT
Like radellaf, I like to buy my sympathy cards. I’m willing to pay more for a nice sympathy card. I suck at coming up with something appropriate. |
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Post by allanorn on Apr 8, 2019 17:44:31 GMT
Like radellaf , I like to buy my sympathy cards. I’m willing to pay more for a nice sympathy card. I suck at coming up with something appropriate. I bought a few of the same sympathy cards when I was in the post office line one day. Better to do it when there isn't an event where a card is needed. That was also the time where I enabled the four people behind me in line to buy greeting cards at the post office.... |
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Post by ebbie on Aug 16, 2020 14:49:37 GMT
I love sending birthday cards to my pen friends. I buy my birthday cards in a package of 20+ from Costco (wholesale store here in Canada), and receive a variety of 20+ different cards. I also buy cards at Dollar Stores, and when have time, also like to send Halloween cards, Christmas cards, and Valentine's Day cards. I've also found stacks of cards (as if I need any more, LOL) at the local thrift stores. Yeah... I like cards  |
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Post by michelleg on Aug 16, 2020 15:04:02 GMT
@debbie, same! And I don't see card sales drying up at all. My local Walmart has 4 aisles dedicated to just cards. What I don't see a lot of in the stores is stationery - why I order mine online.
I buy cards even though I also make my own.
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Post by ginny on Aug 16, 2020 15:33:21 GMT
I buy a lot of cards from charity (UNICEF, for example), but also look for sales online and in stores. As for stationery, I buy all of mine online these days as there's hardly anything available in stores anymore (or so it seems to me!)...
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Post by oregonclaire on Aug 17, 2020 17:59:13 GMT
The ease with which places like Walgreen's allow you to create a custom card with your own photo, for four bucks or less, means Father's Day and Mother's Day are usually ordered that way. I only buy a stock greeting card if I've forgotten to order the photo cards in time. Why would I buy some generic, overpriced card when I can snap a cute pic of the kids with my phone, put it on grandma's card, and pick it up from the same store where I would have bought the generic card, all for the same or even lower cost? Grandma loves it, I love it, the drugstore loves it, everyone except Hallmark loves it...
The only holiday that I reliably purchase a stock greeting card for is a Valentine's card for my husband.
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Post by ginny on Aug 18, 2020 17:37:23 GMT
The ease with which places like Walgreen's allow you to create a custom card with your own photo, for four bucks or less, means Father's Day and Mother's Day are usually ordered that way. I only buy a stock greeting card if I've forgotten to order the photo cards in time. Why would I buy some generic, overpriced card when I can snap a cute pic of the kids with my phone, put it on grandma's card, and pick it up from the same store where I would have bought the generic card, all for the same or even lower cost? Grandma loves it, I love it, the drugstore loves it, everyone except Hallmark loves it... The only holiday that I reliably purchase a stock greeting card for is a Valentine's card for my husband. That's an interesting aspect. 'Personalised' greeting cards with photos etc. are becoming more popular here, too, but personally, I don't like them much. I'd much rather buy some really pretty cards from a charity organisation (and they are actually a lot less than 4$ per piece - but of course, I buy them by the box, that's 10 cards for 15 Euro - less than 18$) than get a card made with my mug on it.
Having said that... it's a good thing that we are all different And obviously, it also depends on whom you send a card and for what particular occasion. I usually send birthday / get well / how are you / thinking of you cards to friends, rarely any holiday cards to family. And Valentine's Day (don't lapidate me, please!) is all made up for ripping off people, so no card for that, either. My husband sees it the same way, so it's all good *lol* |
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Post by oregonclaire on Aug 18, 2020 20:54:25 GMT
Oh goodness, I wouldn't put MY picture on a card - no need to scare the old folks! LOL. Strictly cute kids and pets only, for the grandparents. The husband and I don't bother with cards/gifts for anything else for each other, so Valentine's is a bit of a joke between us - he gets a card and I demand quality chocolate. |
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Post by michelleg on Aug 19, 2020 3:21:34 GMT
The husband and I don't bother with cards/gifts for anything else for each other, so Valentine's is a bit of a joke between us - he gets a card and I demand quality chocolate. I'm going to take a wild guess and say that gift giving is not your love language, or your hubby's. ;-) |
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Post by vertolive on Aug 22, 2020 22:48:03 GMT
Usually I get whatever is passable and cheap (like 99 cents) in batches for those emergencies wherein my husband forgets his Dad’s birthday.
That said, I bought a very fancy $15 pop up card of a Viking ship for my husband’s last birthday. (He insists he has Viking origins...) It’s amazing and, to be fair, it was the only thing I got him that year besides dinner.
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Post by oregonclaire on Aug 25, 2020 17:28:36 GMT
The husband and I don't bother with cards/gifts for anything else for each other, so Valentine's is a bit of a joke between us - he gets a card and I demand quality chocolate. I'm going to take a wild guess and say that gift giving is not your love language, or your hubby's. ;-) True facts! We were broke college students when we got married and agreed not to exchange Christmas gifts the first year (so as to give small gifts to family) and it just kind of stuck. |
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