Greeting Cards
I took GlitterGirl with me to buy Father’s Day greeting cards last week. We spent about 45 minutes picking just the right cards. We ended up with 6 cards. I didn’t buy anything else. The grand total when we left?
$38.76
That’s $6.46 per card, on average, with tax. Without tax it would be about $5.80 per card.
For what? A piece of cardstock, the ink used for each card, and 20 to 50 words?
Compare that to a paperback novel of 100,000 plus words and a beautifully done cover that sells for $6.99, but when I buy four of them at Amazon I only pay for three, and there are no shipping charges and there is no tax, which means I pay $5.24 each for them. Compare that to the $6.46 that I paid for each card, and suddenly I feel like they should have at least included some lube when I bought the cards.
I think that for the next big “Hallmark” holiday I’m going to take some time the weekend before for us to make our own cards for our loved ones.
June 22nd, 2009 at 6:29 pm
I gave up on cards last year. Mothers Day turned into a huge expense in cards. Grandma, step sons mom, cards for me, my husband spent 60 dollars when all was said and done.
I would rather spend money on a lottery ticket. I am thinking of getting a greeting card program and some card stock.
I can’t wait until the little one can do her own cards.
We put the family on notice, that we are done with cards.
June 27th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Why no tax? I love amazon! but I still have to pay tax on my purchases.
June 27th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
Amazon charges tax for shipments to: Kansas, Kentucky, New York, North Dakota, and Washington.
Shipments to other states are not charged sales tax.
June 29th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
We started making our own cards this year. My daughter is 5 years and 2 months old. I bought blank card stocks from Target and/or WalMart. We also use stamps and stickers. My daughter loves drawing and decorating on these cards. She has done half a dozed birthday cards, several thank you cards and mother’s day and father’s day cards in the past few months. Last week when she saw me wrapping a birthday present for her 2-year-old cousin, she immediately asked for the blank cards so she could make a special card for him.