Greeting Cards November 3, 2009
Posted by glanzerr in random.Tags: greeting card, hallmark, overpriced
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What do you think the single most overpriced everyday item is?
For me, the answer is very clear: greeting cards.
How can people think $4.99 is an acceptable price to pay for a folded piece of paper with some words and pictures printed on it? Even for lesser priced greeting cards that go for $2.49, the markup still has to be at least 1000%. I guess you gotta hand it to the greeting card companies that worked hard to make that price seem reasonable.
Not that I didn’t enjoy opening all the wonderful cards we received for the wedding, but it’s possible I would have enjoyed them just as much if they were hand-made, or even just a piece of cardstock paper folded in half. After all, it’s the personalized hand-written message on the inside that is most meaningful.
I have been known to send weird greeting cards. Once I gave Lauren a Valentine’s card that was made of a bunch of my business cards taped together. I also recently used a folded piece of cardboard for a wedding card with a quick crude drawing on the front.
But the bottom line is I can’t think of any other item that people purchase every day that is more ridiculously priced. Can you?
