AIBU not to mourn the demise of Clintons Cards?

[grovel]

I'm sad for the employees of course but these stores were peddlers of expensive tat.

It was a crap shop. The likes of Moonpig and Funky Pigeon will take over all things birthday/card related. Easier and generally cheaper.

I used to work for them when there were only a couple in the whole country

The tightest company I've ever worked for!

Sad for the staff though

I'm sad when I see any high street shop go tbh . It signals the end of the high street to me.

T'was a tacky shithole.

Everything was covered in those horrible wee grey bears with their soppy messages. Bleurgh.

I get a feeling of doom when another big named shop goes.

More unemployment

I'm sad for the employees, but the cards were just overpriced, nothing special. And then there was all the tat for any occasion. I won't miss it.

Oh I quite liked it
Very sad for the staff
Mostly female works too

I also thought they were really ugly, dated shops - I hated that beige/orange vibe.

I've never bought a card online though - M&S/John Lewis always have nice cards so I go there.

Yes, sorry for the workers, won;t miss the tacky shops.

I prefer card factory - 7 cards for a pound, you can't go wrong!

It was a matter of time tbh, overpriced cards and tat. In Asda you can get beautiful Hallmark cards for half the pricce, and Card Factory for some cheapy cards

I didn't realise they had closed.

I agree that it is always sad for the employees and it is a shame that there will be yet another empty shop on our High Street. However, I can't say I am surprised. The cost of a card from Clintons was laughable compared to something not too different from Card Factory.

Oh no!! Where will I get blue nosed bears and friends from!?!?

I used to work there about 10 years ago. I'll be sad for the staff, but after spending nearly £50 there (!) on Christmas cards for immediate family last year, I'm hardly suprised - I haven't shopped there since, and the gradual creeping in of random crap makes my eyes itch.

I also used to work for one of their suppliers, an arm of American Greetings, who used to have a really good relationship with Clintons, so I'm also a bit sad that it's come to this.

bad news.

just another chain in the long list to have gone down that horrible route.

tough times for the employees and families of.

agree about the 'feeling of doom'

Sad fpor the employees - not in anyway surprised though. Their things are FAR more expensive than supermarket cards and I get all mine there.

My sister works in one of the shops. I imagine she's very happy, this year will be the first Christmas she's had off since she was pregnant 6 years ago. She's supposed to work 1 day a week, she rarely does.

Sorry for the workers obviously but honestly it was such a shit dated shop I'm not surprised really.

Our one is always empty in town yet there is usually a queue in the Card Factory shop just down the road. Decent prices and lots of choice. People can't afford to pay such ridiculous prices for cards.

I'm sorry for the workers and certainly, in our town, the loss of any halfway useful shop always guarantees another non-business selling organic string and random but fearsomely expensive Pretty Things.

However, I'm not really surprised. It was almost impossible to find a decent card in Clintons since everything is now buried under vile fucking bears and strange shiny random shit.

They are so over priced it's no suprise. I also buy cards cheap from the card factory and nice ones from M&S which are still cheaper then an equivilant in Clintons.

No ordinary card should be more than a quid, really. They were destined for trouble when they started charging £3 or £4 for a nice, but not exceptional cards.

Where I live, we have a little arcade of shops. If Clinton's goes, there will be 3 shops in a row, sitting empty (Millets and Game, being the other two).
The high street is getting ruined - I try to shop there, but end up coming home and getting what I want off Amazon, because I just can't get it in town any more (was trying yesterday to get a maxi poster frame - an impossibility in my town).

Feel so sad for the employees - totally shit for them.

8000 people will lose their jobs

It's a bid sad, it's another British business coming to an end, but I do wonder why they didn't at least try and be competitive. As others have said, you could get cards and things at Card Factory etc that were just as good but for a fraction of the price.

*bit

Not surprised at all tbh.

Stupidly overpriced and filled with crap.

Card factory have taken over round here. Much better selection,
Much better prices!