Big name brands and companies on the verge of collapse
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purenarcotic
Conveniently Pocket Sized
I'm not surprised frankly, their prices are absolutely astronomic. The Card Factory does three cards for 99p. And they're pretty nice, too. Feel very much for the staff though. 
when you were in the area, you should have tried the one between West Norwood and Tulse Hill. The usual hideous and cringeworthy assortment, but a lot more which somebody might like.
So are Jazz Mags
ruffneck23
front left
Clintons closed our local branch in Egham back in march so im not surprised about this at all..
fractionMan
Custom Title
I'm amazed somewhere that sells greeting cards has lasted so long tbh
quimcunx
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Why? Can't say I've noticed a drop-off in the giving or receiving of cards.
fractionMan
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Because you can buy cards all over the place in more general purpose stores for less money. Also, people facebook each other nowdays.
claphamboy
The wheels on the bus go round and round....
At a guess, because Clinton Cards were bloody expensive, and the same or similar shit became available at a fraction of the cost in supermarkets, pound shops and the likes.
As 'virtually' a card only store, I've been puzzled by their continued existence for some years now.
Ted Striker
Foot's on the other hand
There's a 'Superstore' near my work.
A whole lot of their range was "who the fuck buys this shit" (Forevever Friends style/some godawful 40's range/valentines cards for grandmother/Pancake Day Cards I'm looking at you here).
A whole lot of their range was "who the fuck buys this shit" (Forevever Friends style/some godawful 40's range/valentines cards for grandmother/Pancake Day Cards I'm looking at you here).
purves grundy
ambient clown remix
Milking it off the desperate and disorganised who have left it until the last minute, or the divs who think spending minimum 3.49 on a card is reasonable. Add in 1.99 for a roll of paper... christ what's the mark-up on these things?
It's kind of profound in a way. The idea of a card is to let someone know that you are thinking of them but then a card shop full of twee cards is designed to let someone know that you are thinking of them without actually giving it any thought
Chocolate fireguard shop
Chocolate fireguard shop
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Kuntz in Covent Garden closed a while back. I bought my mate a card in there that featured an octogenarian getting it up the bomb-bay in a reverse-anal-cowgirl pose. Clintons failed to spot that gap in the market and continued to ply their lame duck offerings and now they're finished, it's no surprise tbh.
quimcunx
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Ah, I don't get my cards from supermarkets, only from places as expensive as or more expensive than Clintons. Not usually from Clintons though.
Do they do good cards now then?
mentalchik
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit."
Razzle's going through a sticky patch.....
quimcunx
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Rather my impression of supermarket cards, family viewing versions of the ones I like.
claphamboy
The wheels on the bus go round and round....
quimcunx
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You are asking men that?
Cards are cards, at the end of the day.
Well yes, I thought it odd men were commenting the relative merits of Clintons v other card shops when men never buy cards.
I am sorry for the employees of Clintons, but this is a very funny thread. I hate the products of most card shops with their artificial cringeworthy sentimentality. I always go for a card with a landscape or nature photograph and put my own message on it. They keep them in a drawer under all the crap and you have to ask for them. Why do they always produce cards for specific groups of people? This limits choice. "Happy Birthday 23 year old left handed vegetarian nephew" doesn't cut it. They should make them more general. That was one of their mistakes.
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