Pathetic index cards from Target

[Nestof3]

I bought some of their sale index cards. I just opened them up to use them. They are almost as thin as regular paper. :rant:

 

I have NEVER bought index cards with such poor quality!

[LoriB22]

Please tell me your not talking about the ones for .25 cents. I bought 16 of them last week.

[Aunty Social]

I find that the majority of the school supplies that go on sale this time of year are inferior. Some name brands are ok (like crayola, but they also don't go on crazy sales). Last year I thought I would stock up and be set from all the sales, and wound up giving it all away. The paper was see through and the holes were cut through the edge - like they had been torn. The index cards were like paper, the notebook pages that were supposed to have perforations had a couple marks where the perfs should have been, but were really not, etc. I hate paying more if I don't have to, but it seems like a lot of the sale stuff is rejected material that the companies decided to try to get rid of anyway.

[Melenie]

Thanks for the heads up! I was going to get a couple on my next trip, now I know to pass.

[Shelly in the Country]

I bought index cards for our homeschool for the first time this year. I'm so disappointed. For years I've been working our way through a stockpile of index cards I had purchased back when I was in college. (Yeah, I had an issue with over-buying school supplies even before I had children.:lol:) This sounds so cranky, but....they don't make 'em like they used to!

[Nestof3]

Please tell me your not talking about the ones for .25 cents. I bought 16 of them last week.

 

Those are the ones.

[imhim]

I buy mine at the teacher supply store and they are really nice. But I am sure they are probably more expensive.

[Nestof3]

I will be more selective where I buy them from now on. I've always bought mine at Walmart and Target during their back-to-school sales, and I'd always been pleased with the quality.

 

I buy mine at the teacher supply store and they are really nice. But I am sure they are probably more expensive.

[Emmy]

The index cards I bought at Walmart last year were like that. Very disappointing! We use a lot of index cards.

[Guest ME-Mommy]

I find that the majority of the school supplies that go on sale this time of year are inferior.

 

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I hate paying more if I don't have to, but it seems like a lot of the sale stuff is rejected material that the companies decided to try to get rid of anyway.

 

:iagree: I got some NASTY notebook paper from Wal-Mart a couple years ago...it was T.H.I.N. and the holes weren't punched straight. The lines were poorly printed, etc.

 

Lesson learned: a good deal isn't a good deal if you can't use it!! :tongue_smilie:

[Mallorie]

oh crud. :(

 

Just checked the 1000 I got at Walmart for 64cents yesterday. ugh.

 

I hope everything else is decent, I really stocked up already.

[johnandtinagilbert]

:iagree:

The index cards I bought at Walmart last year were like that. Very disappointing! We use a lot of index cards.

[abrightmom]

I bought some of their sale index cards. I just opened them up to use them. They are almost as thin as regular paper. :rant:

 

I have NEVER bought index cards with such poor quality!

I AGREE!!! I was using them today for something and was pretty bummed at how thin they are. I wasted my time too because now I want to re-do what was done on those things. It's so ridiculous. They are glorified paper that's for sure!! Return them while you can!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Melinda TX]

I haven't purchased the index cards (I didn't get that homeschool memo on what I should use them for) but I am fanatical about spiral notebooks....

 

I bought a some last year that were the WORST. My whole life revolves around these notebooks - grocery lists, lesson plans, to-do, you get it. So now I really look them over before purchasing. I don't know if that could be any "cheaper" sounding - checking the 10 cent notebooks to make sure that meet my standards!

[Nestof3]

I am using them for making my Latin and Greek roots and affixes cards for playing matching games with.

 

I haven't purchased the index cards (I didn't get that homeschool memo on what I should use them for) but I am fanatical about spiral notebooks....

 

I bought a some last year that were the WORST. My whole life revolves around these notebooks - grocery lists, lesson plans, to-do, you get it. So now I really look them over before purchasing. I don't know if that could be any "cheaper" sounding - checking the 10 cent notebooks to make sure that meet my standards!

[Melinda TX]

I am using them for making my Latin and Greek roots and affixes cards for playing matching games with.

 

Ah, now I see the difference - you are actually PLANNING school. I am just reading about it on the boards!;)

[Nestof3]

Ah, now I see the difference - you are actually PLANNING school. I am just reading about it on the boards!;)

:lol:

 

I do my share of that too. ;)

[King Alfred Academy]

I bought some college ruled notebook paper at Target and even though it shows blue lines on the "picture", my lines are green. :glare: Weird.

[Alphabetika]

I am using them for making my Latin and Greek roots and affixes cards for playing matching games with.

 

Argh! I know what you mean! My dd uses them for Greek flashcards, and it doesn't work to quiz with flashcards when your Greek scholar can see right through to the other side.....:glare:

[Mom2boys]

Thanks for the heads up. I bought some of those cards a few weeks ago, but haven't opened them yet. You are talking about the Oxford Essentials brand, right? I paid more than 25 cents. :glare:

[kelouis75]

Argh! I know what you mean! My dd uses them for Greek flashcards, and it doesn't work to quiz with flashcards when your Greek scholar can see right through to the other side.....:glare:

Yeah, that's a mess, :glare: but maybe you all could use them as a match game instead (and just use one side of the card). I know it's not the same but maybe it would work.

 

Otherwise glue two back to back with a glue stick and laminate. I know this defeats much of the point of saving money but at least you could salvage some of the paper that was used for these flimsy products and continue to reuse them....

[Renee in NC]

This seems to be true with all school supplies that are cheap. The cheap pencils have leads that fall out as soon as you sharpen them. The index cards are super thin. The notebooks have covers that come off long before you have used up the notebook. Paper is almost like tissue paper (so you can only use one side.) Crayons break in half the first time they are used.:glare:

 

I think we will save our money and buy less, but buy quality. The dc will have to learn to *value* supplies!

[Snickerdoodle]

The cheapo paper is smaller than 8.5 x 11. I'm glad I only bought one package. This really bugs me for some reason. I'll never do that again.

[runamuk]

This is good to know. I haven't started my school shopping yet, but now I'll be on the lookout for substandard stuff.

[Haiku]

The cheap pencils have leads that fall out as soon as you sharpen them.

 

I'm glad you said that, because I have been wondering if there was something wrong with us that our pencil leads perpetually fall out. I know better now than to buy the cheapie pencils, even if they have Superman and unicorns on them. :)

 

Tara

[Nestof3]

I do plan to use my cards for matching (that was my original intent), but I'd rather shred and compost the index cards than take the time to glue them together. Or, they could be used as to-do lists. ;)

 

Yeah, that's a mess, :glare: but maybe you all could use them as a match game instead (and just use one side of the card). I know it's not the same but maybe it would work.

 

Otherwise glue two back to back with a glue stick and laminate. I know this defeats much of the point of saving money but at least you could salvage some of the paper that was used for these flimsy products and continue to reuse them....

[mammaofbean]

argh! i have not been able to find nice thick index cards for quite a while. please tell me a good brand. i bought thick BIG cards, but then bought what i thought was the same brand of smaller ones (mead) and they were crud.

[Nestof3]

But, this is a new thing. It used to be that stores would sell the same quality school supplies as loss-leaders. Now, they are selling inferior school supplies instead.

 

This seems to be true with all school supplies that are cheap.

[Nestof3]

Thanks for the heads up. I bought some of those cards a few weeks ago, but haven't opened them yet. You are talking about the Oxford Essentials brand, right? I paid more than 25 cents. :glare:

 

Yes, these are the ones.

[Renee in NC]

But, this is a new thing. It used to be that stores would sell the same quality school supplies as loss-leaders. Now, they are selling inferior school supplies instead.

 

Maybe its geographical, but we had this problem with school supplies *last* year, including super-thin index cards and the notebooks with bad covers. Yes, I agree that they used to have "loss leaders" but that doesn't seem to be the case anymore.

 

Walmart doesn't work on a loss-leaders concept (and neither does Target I don't think.) Their business plan is large volumes of low profit items made as cheaply as possible.

[freerange]

This seems to be true with all school supplies that are cheap. The cheap pencils have leads that fall out as soon as you sharpen them. The index cards are super thin. The notebooks have covers that come off long before you have used up the notebook. Paper is almost like tissue paper (so you can only use one side.) Crayons break in half the first time they are used.:glare:

 

I think we will save our money and buy less, but buy quality. The dc will have to learn to *value* supplies!

:iagree:

We gave up buying cheap pencils & got a dozen of the really good ones instead. I told the dc that I would be really unimpressed if they dropped them and smashed the leads, or lost them, and explained why I thought they'd be better. What do you know? They can see the difference in quality too, and are making an effort to take good care of them!