Do you still send greeting cards OR you prefer other media like sms. e-card,

I will send e-mails for communicating with people, etc. but for birthdays and for Christmas I do not feel it is appropriate to send an "e-card". I think it is so impersonal to just cut and paste something into a template and then off it goes... It is nice to send something that you took the time to pick out and sat down and wrote something in it for that person. Otherwise, who really knows who sent the message, etc. As far as the cost goes, yes you are right. Hallmark and the other major brands charge WAY too much for their cards, I mean come on - $9.95 for a card?!? So I go to the neighborhood Dollar Tree where I can buy greeting cards 2/$1.00 or I get the cheaper versions of the Hallmark cards at Walmart. Call me old fashioned, but I really do think that that is something that should stay personalized with a "human" touch. Have a great day and happy myLotting!!!

Today, because of technology, a lot has change. It made life convenient. Communication has been very convenient and fast. Although these changes has make the life better, I think traditional ways of communicating to people especially to your love ones are still the best. I still make personalized greeting cards and letters to my family and friends during occasion because I think even though it is not that expensive, the thoughtfulness is still there. ^^

It's strange but I really don't get into sending greeting cards anymore. I used to do it all the time years ago but then I just quit. I just don't bother with it anymore. I still get one for Mother's Day for my Mom and Christmas ones for family but that's about it. [b]~~AT PEACE WITHIN~~ **STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS**[/b]

what i usually send is greeting cards like hallmark cards. plus every time i go in they have cheap candy can't find that candy any where else but there. and not only that i find that hallmarrk cards mean more to someone then some free card you got from the internet. i know i would be a little upset if someone gave me a birthday card like that. i would only be a little because you know at least they sent something and remembered. but besides that it doesn't mean as much as a real card. a really card you can keep forever.

I have never tried to send e-card to my friends and family members, but I usually do is send them an SMS or MMS . But I can still remember when I was still a child my father usually sends us some greeting cards during our birthdays and some other special occasions, my father was an OFW before .

There is something special about traditional cards. Just as there is something special about handwritten letters as opposed to emails. They seem to have more of a personal touch and they are tangible (you can see them, pick them up with your own hands) ect.. While e-cards are cheaper and can often be fun, clever or even personalized I still prefer traditional cards myself. If one visits a bookstore in my city just before christmas, mothers day, easter ect.. they will find a crowd of people milling around the card stand. So its safe to say that cards are here to stay. Even better are those beautiful handmade creations that some people make for their friends and family. :-)

Today's time, technology has been a part of everyday's life. It made peoples life more convenient. Communication has been better because you can reach every person you like anytime, anywhere. But I think that its still better to communicate with your family or love ones in the traditional way like making them your personal greeting cards or letters or personalized gifts because even though its not that expensive, the thoughtfulness is still there which is more important.

to be very frank i have not bought a greeting card for about 10 years now. the people whom i would send cards use internet. we keep in touch through phone and internet so when it comes to sending cards then we have started sending e-cards. but when it is about gifts then we don't replace them with e-cards.

Ya, this is one of the questions arise in my mind whenever i see the greeting cards in stationeries shop or gift shops. Indeed, i believe there are still people who are still like to send these cards to their loved ones or friends now, although there're much more ways easier available such as using sms and e-cards. Ya, i agree with you that the person who we are sending is one of teh factor affecting which method we'll prefer to send the greetings. For important persons such as very good friends, or couples, it will be good and sweet if we can give them the cards, instead of just the e-cards which are virtual. The feelings and meaning in it would be not the same then.

For birthday, wedding anniversary or valentine's day, I prefer to send out the conventional greeting cards. Because people actually keep these kind of greeting cards, in my personal opinion. For festival like Christmas, Chinese New Year, Hari Raya and Deepavali, people will just throw away the cards. For people who I am not really close with, I will just send the electronic one. So much for sincerity, haha... well, it is the thought that count right?

I actually stop sending greeting cards long time ago. I now prefer to send greeting to my friends via sms or mms. Agree with what you say, sending electronic greetings is much more cheaper than cards. And you forgot to mention an important fact. Reduce of using greeting cards is good to help reduce cutting the tree. Any where sometimes when I see cute and nice greeting cards I will buy some and to be sent to close family members which include my grandmother, she has no handphone or email, , LOL, so must send her a card.

I like to send a card in the mail whenever possible. One out of every 10 people (in the USA) works for the postal service, therefore, if the postal service keeps going down hill, it will make the economy even worse. So I say send those cards and letters and lets keep Americans working!!

What! sending Memory Lane or Hallmarks Cards? Are we living in ancient Egypt? I use sms more than e-cards.

I agree with you it depends who you are sending the greetings plays an important factor, because most people won't send an e-card to their mother. But, I prefer an actual card it seems more sympathetic. E-cards are great to send to someone your not that very close to. I think even though e-cards are a huge hit many people still enjoy taking the time to put in some effort for someone very close and dear to them.

Hi there! I've used e-cards from American Greeting Cards site. I got fond of using the e-cards cause they're nice and yes very cheap cause there are free e-cards. But what I find annoying with e-cards is that, some are not sent to the receiver. I don't know why cause the site would email me telling that the card wasn't sent. I think still the traditional way of sending greeting cards by mail is the best. As long as you have the right address it will be received. Besides, I find it more thoughtful to send an actual greeting card that you can keep. Ciao!

Hello Iriene, greetings cards haven't ever really caught on over here, a few shops are selling the odd ones now probably as foreigners are asking for them but it's rare to see them and they aren't sent at all. I prefer the usual way, for a nameday someone is bombarded by telephone calls wishing one a happy name day, they are much more celebrated than actual birthdays. I think the card industry is just a big sell for the manufacturers and like the way it is here.

i used to send lots of hallmark cards before, that was when i was able to afford it.. lol ... . i feel its more thoughtful that way than sending ecard or sms greetings. they are kind of expensive right now, and i still send a few of those cards, depends on how much i got on my pocket at the moment . i love receiving them though. and i dont throw them away, i have a box where i keep all my letters and cards, and sometimes when i feel like it, i read them again

no in older days only i use greeting card to wish my friends, but now world is severaly developed there are so many medias like email, orkut scarps. etc. one of the most important disadvantage of using the greeting is that it is time waste, because it takes so much long time to reach our receipent so we should prepare the greetings some days before his birthday, but if v use email we can suddendly sent to them. so it is used by all of us

When I was studying, we usually send REAL greeting cards as it is easy, just pass it in person. Now, I dont really have the address of all my friends. I do have their virtual address though, so I tend to send virtual greetings. But you know what? If I were to receive any virtual greetings, I dont feel a thing. It's like, so not personalised. But if I received a real card, it will really make my day and put a smile on my face the whole day or week. But having that knowledge doesnt change me. I still did not send out real cards. Now, I think I better call all my friends for their house address!

Though electronic cards have replaced much of paper cards,still most people love to send paper cards.Nowadays people has become so lazy that they think sendinding cards through mail is easier than buying and then sending to post.But cards has its own importance.We can place them as show pieces or we can remember our loved ones by seeing them.