Waitrose wrapping paper is utter shit this year

[AnonEvent]

I'm not even exaggerating.

It has quite nice patterns, but it feels so so cheap, it creases and rips, and I can't, for the life of me, get a good crisp edge. There'll be no smoothly running the scissors from one edge to the other without snipping.

It's like the type of paper Primary School Santa's gave presents wrapped in in 1985.

You have been warned.

First world problems...

...are still problems.

Best paper this year is from primark. Genuinely.

But don’t but it all, I might need some more.

I was going to get mine tomorrow

I picked up some from WHSmith this year and it’s really good quality. I always used to get John Lewis paper but it was rubbish last year so I thought I’d branch out.

I must disagree with you OP. I had some lovely paper from Waitrose last week... really nice woodland animals design on a nice brown paper style background. In fact, it was SO nice that when daughter saw me wrapping son's presents in it she had a pout and moaned as HER presents weren't wrapped in it (they have different papers so I don't have to bother with tags for them). She's 22. Now that's what you call a First World Problem.

I've got the spotty one, it's not that bad.

I've just bought 3 rolls from Waitrose and it's quite thin, agree with you OP

Running the scissors from one end to the other is the best feeling though misses point.

Wilko have some lovely papers this year

Strongly recommend Flying Tiger's paper at only £1 per roll. It's probably exactly the same quality as my John Lewis paper, but a quarter of the price for an endless roll.

Ah Mars... you could be onto something, maybe the brown-background parcel type paper is better, we got six rolls, one was quite good (metallic gold with white stars), the patterned stuff, bloody awful.

Sainsburys is see through

Hoping Paperchase have got a lovely kiddies wrapping paper 🤞🏼

M&S is the same im not impressed with their wrapping paper this year as it keeps ripping

Totally recommend Oxfam wrapping paper. It is actual thick brown paper, printed with nice designs. I buy this every year. Looks great, tasteful, super strong, easy to wrap with, and benefits Oxfam.

I agree it's rubbish. I can run the scissors end to end, but when you wrap the paper wrinkles and looks really, really cheap. Not impressed!

I’ve bought M&S paper and I love it! Really thick, glossy and lovely to cut. I looked at the waitrose ones but didn’t like any of the designs, I’m glad about that now!

Bugger just ordered some from John Lewis

We got 14m of green paper with penguins from M&S & it's good. Grid on the back & everything.

Agreed. No grid or anything.

Wilkos is fab
👍🏼

I bought the metallic gold with white stars and the tape won't bloody stick to it! The presents keep coming undone!

The silver with white snowflakes and brown paper with red patterns is fine.

Wilkos rips when you corner it. I'm disappointed. I love the stag pattern.