Greetings cards, Buyer beware Options

[lordtup]

One would think that the innocuous greeting card poses nothing more irritating than having to walk to the recycling bin after it's message has been duly digested.
Oh if life was so simple. Lady Tup recently purchased a birthday card from Sainsburys ( other supermarkets are ,I am lead to believe, available and equally guilty ) covered in cellophane which she assumed contained the requisite envelope Oh no, on removing the said covering she finds that the envelope is conspicuous by it's absence which means either turning the house up side down to find a compatible one or returning to the not quite so popular outlet.
Anyway envelope eventually found stamp applied and dropped in post box.
Ten days later card has yet to reach destination , it transpires that because of Royal Mail's draconian pricing system the first class stamp Lady Tup duly applied was insufficient to cover the postage so it was surcharged .
I am beginning to lend credence to the conspiracy theory that by sending the older generation stark raving mad the Country will save a few bob on the pension bill.

[motormad]

It's okay they also dropped the sizes for letters so if it's anything more than the thickness of a piece of paper you have to pay £0.87 of your pence for one letter.

[Biker1]

How about this and stuff the Post Office!

[blackdog]

How about this and stuff the Post Office!

Not much use for the ageing aunt who doesn't have email - and, to me at least, ecards are a way of saying 'I couldn't be bothered to get a proper card - didn't think you were worth it'. I'd much rather receive a chatty email saying happy birthday than a naff ecard.

[Biker1]

Not much use for the ageing aunt who doesn't have email - and, to me at least, ecards are a way of saying 'I couldn't be bothered to get a proper card - didn't think you were worth it'. I'd much rather receive a chatty email saying happy birthday than a naff ecard.

Agreed, but it would appear by the number of sites offering this service that it is a growing trend.
Personally I would not send one and would not be very happy to receive one either!

[John C]

I more than likely would not receive it as any thing with attachments from anyone not in my address book gets bined unopened

[x2lls]

Not much use for the ageing aunt who doesn't have email - and, to me at least, ecards are a way of saying 'I couldn't be bothered to get a proper card - didn't think you were worth it'. I'd much rather receive a chatty email saying happy birthday than a naff ecard.

Try Moonpig. You choose your card, pay and it gets delivered like any other letter.

I regularly send egreetings, and they have always been appreciated.

[Biker1]

I regularly send egreetings, and they have always been appreciated.

Are you sure or are they just being polite when they say that?

[Nothing Much]

Beloved daughter was given a 2nd name of Kate. After moi. A nod to my mother.

In the Mespot in 1950, you had a 50% chance of getting the name right.
I was hoped to be Kathleen Bridget.....
She loved getting envelopes with a nicely ironed note of the realm. Always addressed to Kate.
Poor lady was saddled with 3 boys.

" Yippee another Sylvanian Family." Sometimes you have to buy a card.

ce

[JeffG]

The best way to send an eCard that will be genuinely appreciated is to make it a £100 Amazon voucher.

[HeatherW]

I had that happen to me on more than one occasion. That is no envelope. Now I always double check. Either sloppy packaging or they've been taken out by the staff.

[Baffers100]

Try Moonpig. You choose your card, pay and it gets delivered like any other letter.

I regularly send egreetings, and they have always been appreciated.

I hate moonpig! What's worse than sending a naff e-card that you can ignore? Getting an 'ordinary' card, but knowing that somebody has taken time to "personalise" it, usually with a picture of yourself that you absolutely hate- why does that make you wishing me happy birthday any better?

I dread any letters with that tell tale Guernsey postage stamp on now.

[Nothing Much]

I know it is not the same as MoonPig Baffers, But I was given a Christmas Calendar. It will go in the "To Keep" box.
Daughter had a new DSLR or is that the railway? Anyway she did a darn good job.

Hope you survived Crookham Court. There are snaps on google of the interior. A reunion of older folk.
I knew the school in the 1960s and then through a pal a bit in the 1970s. The troubles started much later.
ce