One of the Birthdays near me has closed, but the Bay Tradings down here are still open.

I far prefer "real" cards, but the supermarkets have helped in putting Birthdays etc under - with some of their value cards at around 25p, there is no way some of the companies can compete with them, plus, so many people get the cards with their weekly shop etc, its making for an "easier" life.

I do send cards through Moonpig to people I don't live near (eh Debs ), but otherwise, I do try and use our smaller outlets