Jackie Lawson e-cards

Well,I am glad you lot of ungrateful snobby ladies aren't on my list! We belong to a large international organisation with very many friends in many nations. To send cards to all of them would cost me an absolute fortune. This is a way of ensuring that they all know we are thinking of them. Our very closest friends and family do get proper cards.
And as far as i understand the OP didn't ask youropinion of JL cards , but to know if anyone else had problems with them.

A friend sends me JL cards. They are her style, and the sort of cards she would pick anyway, so I was always happy that she’d remembered my birthday and thought of me. However, she sent me a Christmas one that was a cottage where you went through each room doing puzzles etc. I thanked her and gave it a go, but to get any further than the first room you had to pay! She would be horrified if she knew.

Interesting reading all the comments.
I have used the note cards recently as they are not all so twee' 👵. Have found the site useful when I haven't felt up to going out. Cards and postage now are stupidly expensive and they are soon thrown out.
But, I did get a card to go late last night. Perhaps I was just lucky.

I have to say I only send the ecards if I am too ill to get out and buy a card (my health is poor). I tend to just send them to say I am thinking if someone rather than for occasions like birthdays or Christmas.

Frankly, I'm grateful when anyone chooses to send me friendly greetings by whatever means... shop-bought card via postal service, Moonpig card, Jackie Lawson, email, Messenger, Carrier Pigeon.. (haven't had the last one yet, but hope springs eternal). The electronic methods were certainly useful and certainly more hygienic during lockdown. As for messages being "twee", that doesn't apply solely to JL, as a quick scan of any greetings card shelf will confirm. Some are, some aren't, but that's a matter of opinion.

I have sent JL cards for a few years but now am rather tired of them. They seem rather dated and I'm not keen on most of the music which accompanies them. Can anyone recommend another ecard provider which is more original?. My yearly subscriotin is coming up and I would like to make the change.

I used to subscribe but there always seemed to be this problem and that problem so ended my subscription. Also it was getting more and more difficult to find “acceptable” cards. But I’m happy to receive them and any other communication that anybody wished to send.

Sorry, Farzanah, I think I was equally guilty of being harsh there. Hope your cystitis clears soon - it’s horrible 💐.

Well, I think it’s the thought that counts, whether it’s a card through the post or an electronic one. Seems rather mean spirited to me not to open one that has been sent to you - a bit like a slap in the face to the sender, really.
I find them quite amusing, but understand they won’t appeal to everyone.

Farzanah

Yes ixion I was too harsh.
In your example, and I accept in some circumstances it can be a heartfelt nice gesture.
I got out of bed in a bad mood with cystitis this morning

Thanks Farzanah. Had my Grrr hat on this morning as the lady in question has just died and I was feeling a bit sensitive.
Still don't like 'em!

(Oh, and as for cystitis, join the club!)

I do subscribe, but now I realise they might be unwelcome, I probably won't subscribe again. Shame, really. They were always well meant.

I agree they are very twee, but I subscribed recently because I’ve had many days when I can’t get out of bed. I have always sent a lot of cards; not just birthdays, but for all sorts of reasons and I don’t want to stop just because I’ve run out of my ‘stash’ of actual cards. So, I pick the best of the bunch for each occasion and hope the recipient understands. My very young grandchildren love them, but there’s nothing much suitable for anyone aged between 12 and 55.

They remind me of nighties with bunnies/hearts/unicorns etc. marketed at my age group. I like to have something suitable for a mature woman and not be infantilised.

I truly dislike e-cards of any kind give me a good old fashioned card I can put on on shelf and look at over and over I m with you all the way farzanah although I can see the way they can be useful to someone who can’t get out as illustrated by ixion

Oh sorry about the cystitis farzanah that’s the curse of the devil

I accept what I can get from wherever as long as it’s with good intentions and kind wishes.🤗

Yes ixion I was too harsh.
In your example, and I accept in some circumstances it can be a heartfelt nice gesture.
I got out of bed in a bad mood with cystitis this morning

Farzanah

I hate em.
Lazy way of sending greetings.
Don’t even open them.

I think you are being harsh here.
I don't like them either, but have been a recipient in the past.

The sender? A 96 year old lady in a home who thought enough of me to want to send me love and greetings on noteworthy occasions.
She couldn't shop, was fiercely independent but what brought her joy? She browsed a selection of 'cards', chose one she liked, wrote a nice warm message on it to me and 'posted' it.

The closest she could get to normality for her.
And I accepted it with thanks and gratitude, as you would.

Not my choice of cards, I prefer using Moonpig, I never get any of them either, phew.
But to answer the OP, not very professional, they’ll certainly lose customers.

The ones that I’ve seen appear to be more suitable for children than adults.

I have sent them for years on and off. However found out that quite a few of my friends don’t like them so I won’t be renewing. I must admit it’s been getting harder to find cards not to twee as they dont suit the people I know.

I hate em.
Lazy way of sending greetings.
Don’t even open them.

It's a no from me.
As others have said, they are too twee and too long and I can't be bothered to watch them, so just scroll to the end, but it's the thought that counts.

I'd rather have a real card but they are expensive plus postage. A straightforward email or text would be fine instead.

I receive them from certain people. I appreciate the kind thought but would much prefer a real card to display. I know this can be expensive especially with the postage, but these particular people are well off and able to shop.

I don’t like them but several friends and relatives send them to me so I thank them and reply. Half the time I just zonk them ,can’t be bothered watching them. I wouldn’t be so rude as to say anything,though, because I guess it’s the thought that counts.

Like others upthread I am not keen.
I have subscribed in the past and admit I used them when I had left it too late to post a card- which probably colours my opinion when I get one!
The music is usually twee and cliched and the images wildly old fashioned - not in a good way.
So it’s a thumbs down from me!

I do like the Advent calendars though. I bought three of them many years ago and still have them on my desktop. Yes, some days’ offerings are very twee, but there are some good puzzles and activities on there to occupy the grandchildren when they’re around 5 or 6. Mine have all enjoyed decorating the Christmas trees and snowmen, even in the height of summer.