April 1, 2026 • 3 mins
This very special micro episode is about a few things that we have been unhappy with in the greeting card hobby. This show being all about cards, we must discuss the things that are making us unhappy! Especially about Hallmark!
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SPEAKER_00 (00:00):
Hello and welcome to Talking Cards with the Juice.
It is just me, the Juice, todaywith a very special April 1st
mini sode.
I just wanted to make sure thatwe got this out to you tonight
because there's a few things Iwanted to cover that I've been
meaning to talk about for alittle while.
As you all know, this is yoursource for all things greeting
cards.
And today I will cover a fewquick topics in this mini sode
(00:22):
Hallmark and how they are justruining the greeting card hobby.
They have all the licenses now,they pretty much have a
monopoly.
They say they are trying to 10times greeting cards, but really
they're just 10 times, justmultiplying the junk times 10.
And it's just a really sad statefor where the hobby's been since
they've taken over.
Without the competition, there'sno reason for innovation.
(00:45):
When was the last time that wesaw them come out with a really
cool SSP greeting card?
Where are the pop-ups?
Where are the shadow boxes thatwe really like?
You know, they really got tocater to their audience better.
Get me excited about greetingcards again.
I'm tired of seeing the samebland products year after year,
you know.
And when it's my birthday,getting the same card just in a
(01:06):
couple different fonts orsomething.
The words don't mean anythinganymore.
It's all the same stuff.
They've lost all meaning.
I'm no longer touched bygreeting cards like I was.
And when was the last time yousaw them even do a really
awesome postcard?
No, nothing.
And this goes along with all theprice increases that we've seen.
There's been no justificationfor these price increases.
When the quality of the productis just going down, they know
(01:28):
that we're gonna pay it becausewe're their only, because
they're our only source ofcards.
So it's just been ridiculous.
Not to mention the fact thattheir website has become a total
joke.
Whenever there is a nice newgreeting card out, whether it's
Mother's Day, Father's Day,Valentine's Day, they're just
making up holidays just to sellmore cards too.
You know, just when you thinkthat we have all the products
and it's dilute as possible,they're just gonna create
(01:51):
another, you know, love yourbrother-in-law day or what have
you.
And we're gonna buy them becausewe're suckers.
So yeah, trying to get it ontheir website though, you know,
just the carts, the checkouts,it's just killed by bots.
Bots have taken over the hobby.
But what is really, reallyruining it is to greeting card
breakers.
These guys get cases and casesof greeting cards, cases and
(02:13):
cases of Mother's Day cards, youknow, even the get well soons.
You know, if I want to seesomeone in the hospital and get
them a really quality card, Igotta go through a breaker now.
They manage to get all theproduct and then they price it
to the point where it's totallyunjustified for me to even do
it.
You know, it's either I gottapay these overpriced for these
overpriced cards with thesebreakers, or you know, hope that
(02:35):
I can get it through retail.
Maybe get some, get lucky andfind like a restock at Target or
Walmart or CVS or something.
But yeah, when it's your onlyaccess, that's all you can do.
Not to mention all the greencard scammers out there.
You know, you expect to get ahigh quality Hallmark card, you
finally get something nice, andthen you just got a Microsoft
Office printed card off of aprinter, or they claim that it
(02:57):
was an e-card, so you get anemail with the card.
It's just it's just garbage.
So I just wanted to take a havea quick rant of all the things
I've been unhappy with becausewe've all been feeling this
about the green hobby.
We've all been feeling thisabout the greeting card hobby.
This is talking cards with GrandSami and a juice.
It is just a juice today.
You can listen to us all thetime for all of our greeting
card takes.
That is what this podcast andthis hobby is all about.
(03:19):
And happy April 1st, everybody.
Hello and welcome to Talking Cards with the Juice.
It is just me, the Juice, todaywith a very special April 1st
mini sode.
I just wanted to make sure thatwe got this out to you tonight
because there's a few things Iwanted to cover that I've been
meaning to talk about for alittle while.
As you all know, this is yoursource for all things greeting
cards.
And today I will cover a fewquick topics in this mini sode
(00:22):
Hallmark and how they are justruining the greeting card hobby.
They have all the licenses now,they pretty much have a
monopoly.
They say they are trying to 10times greeting cards, but really
they're just 10 times, justmultiplying the junk times 10.
And it's just a really sad statefor where the hobby's been since
they've taken over.
Without the competition, there'sno reason for innovation.
(00:45):
When was the last time that wesaw them come out with a really
cool SSP greeting card?
Where are the pop-ups?
Where are the shadow boxes thatwe really like?
You know, they really got tocater to their audience better.
Get me excited about greetingcards again.
I'm tired of seeing the samebland products year after year,
you know.
And when it's my birthday,getting the same card just in a
(01:06):
couple different fonts orsomething.
The words don't mean anythinganymore.
It's all the same stuff.
They've lost all meaning.
I'm no longer touched bygreeting cards like I was.
And when was the last time yousaw them even do a really
awesome postcard?
No, nothing.
And this goes along with all theprice increases that we've seen.
There's been no justificationfor these price increases.
When the quality of the productis just going down, they know
(01:28):
that we're gonna pay it becausewe're their only, because
they're our only source ofcards.
So it's just been ridiculous.
Not to mention the fact thattheir website has become a total
joke.
Whenever there is a nice newgreeting card out, whether it's
Mother's Day, Father's Day,Valentine's Day, they're just
making up holidays just to sellmore cards too.
You know, just when you thinkthat we have all the products
and it's dilute as possible,they're just gonna create
(01:51):
another, you know, love yourbrother-in-law day or what have
you.
And we're gonna buy them becausewe're suckers.
So yeah, trying to get it ontheir website though, you know,
just the carts, the checkouts,it's just killed by bots.
Bots have taken over the hobby.
But what is really, reallyruining it is to greeting card
breakers.
These guys get cases and casesof greeting cards, cases and
(02:13):
cases of Mother's Day cards, youknow, even the get well soons.
You know, if I want to seesomeone in the hospital and get
them a really quality card, Igotta go through a breaker now.
They manage to get all theproduct and then they price it
to the point where it's totallyunjustified for me to even do
it.
You know, it's either I gottapay these overpriced for these
overpriced cards with thesebreakers, or you know, hope that
(02:35):
I can get it through retail.
Maybe get some, get lucky andfind like a restock at Target or
Walmart or CVS or something.
But yeah, when it's your onlyaccess, that's all you can do.
Not to mention all the greencard scammers out there.
You know, you expect to get ahigh quality Hallmark card, you
finally get something nice, andthen you just got a Microsoft
Office printed card off of aprinter, or they claim that it
(02:57):
was an e-card, so you get anemail with the card.
It's just it's just garbage.
So I just wanted to take a havea quick rant of all the things
I've been unhappy with becausewe've all been feeling this
about the green hobby.
We've all been feeling thisabout the greeting card hobby.
This is talking cards with GrandSami and a juice.
It is just a juice today.
You can listen to us all thetime for all of our greeting
card takes.
That is what this podcast andthis hobby is all about.
(03:19):
And happy April 1st, everybody.
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