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A great value but needs a few tweaks
Overall, this a really good value for the money and will be handy to have on hand. The cards are mostly basic - a few foil and glitter varieties - but all are smaller than a standard greeting card and larger cards won’t fit into the box when I refill.
There were less of some types of cards than expected (like sympathy cards, which are some I like to have on hand). And there were lots more of others than I didn’t expect or need (like Christmas cards, oddly).
Because it’s handy to know what’s included when you buy it, here’s the breakdown of what’s in my box:
17 birthday
6 graduation
2 wedding
10 anniversary
10 thank you
2 get well soon
2 housewarming
4 babies/baby shower
8 blanks
5 thinking of you/just because
12 friendship/motivational
2 sympathy
12 Christmas
2 New Years
2 Thanksgiving
1 Father’s Day
1 Mother’s Day
1 Easter
1 Valentine’s Day
So, there were exactly 100 cards.
Now, the positives:
- The box seems to be good quality and will hold up well.
- there are a lot of cards included and they seem like nice quality. I would compare the cards to the quality of nice boxed thank-you cards from Target.
- plenty of birthday cards, which is one of the types of cards I use a lot.
- a good variety of personalized cards - like happy birthday mom and dad - which will be handy.
- the foil and glitter cards were protected and seem to be good quality.
- lots of kid-friendly cards, I think they’ll be nice for my kids when they go to birthday parties or to send to cousins and nieces/nephews.
- cost per card is low.
- the envelopes are kraft brown, which I think give them a higher perceived value.
And here are a few of the downfalls or improvements that I think could make this an even better product :
- the cards are SQUISHED into this box. It’s really too many cards and envelopes for this box to be useful at first. Especially because I have a few other cards I wanted to include but there’s no way to fit them. I had to pull out a dozen cards to really be able to get into it well. Was smaller than the size of a shoe box and half the box was filled with the envelopes. So space could be a little bigger.
- the box will not fit larger greeting cards, which is a bummer if you want to buy more and restock.
- the divider labels are missing some I think would be useful - specifically baby, new home, get well, wedding and sympathy. I turned some of them around and made my own labels. Which is fine but these are labels I think should have been included instead of ones like my favorites, inspiration, and any occasion.
- 12 foil Christmas cards was over the top. This is probably personal preference but I have photo cards made every year for friends and family. It just seemed like a lot of cards for me. I took them out completely because I won’t use them and needed more space in the box. The Christmas cards are actually really nice quality but seemed a little overboard.
- It’s light on a few types of cards - would have liked more get well soon, sympathy, and wedding cards instead of the blanks and general thinking of you cards.
I’m not sure why I have such strong opinions on this. But i do. I love having so many cards on hand and think it’s a great deal overall (I got it for just under $30). But with a few tweaks; it could be close to perfect.
May 2020 · Office Products · verified purchase