20 Feb, 2019 → by ClaimboUser762222
HALLMARK CARDS PURCHASED ONLINE & SENT BY MAIL ARE A RIP OFF
I am in my 70's and disabled. I cannot reasonably travel to a store and shop for cards myself. My problem is NOT with my local store who has been nothing but helpful and accommodating to me when I need cards by searching for what I need and then reading samples to me over the phone. They set my selections aside and my husband picks them up. HERE IS MY PROBLEM Recently I had a number of family birthdays coming up along with Valentine's Day. I did not want to take advantage of the sore managers kindness and ask her to work with me over the phone so many. So, I tried the Hallmark website for the first time and ordered what I needed from their narrow selection. Some of them went to my local store for pick up by my husband and the rest were mailed to my home. It allowed me to shop on my own for cards for the first time in years. EACH card that had to be mailed to me came in a separate and substantial box, big enough to hold more cards than you normally get when you buy a whole box of the same thing - like Christmas cards. Of course there was a separate "handling" charge and postage for each one as well. What an in-your-face-rip-off by Hallmark corporate to consumers. You only have to burn me once. I will not order from their website again. Old, but not stupid.