Tis the season to get a deal on holiday cards

I recently ordered our staff photo holiday cards and this was a new experience for me.  I have never ordered holiday photo cards, so I needed to do a little research.  While shopping around online I discovered some very interesting ways to get the best deals.  I started out by checking into a few suggestions from Melody and Basha and looked at Costco, Zazzle, Vista print, etc.  The average price per card on most of these sites was around 50 cents.  I then decided to check out some of the sites that are specifically known for photos, like Snapfish and Shutterfly.  They were a little bit less, averaging around 40 cents per card.  I then came across a website called Pocketyourdollars.com.   This website linked me to several websites that offered cards ranging from 22 to 50 cents per card.  I started with the site with the lowest price and that was Yorkphoto.com.   It wasn’t until I created an account and put the almost completed project in the cart that I ended up finding out 22 cents per card only applied to the first 20 cards.   After the first 20 cards, it then increased to 41 cent per card.  I then decided to check out another site peartreegreetings.com.  Their cards were coming up for around 30 cents per card.  I went ahead and completed the photo project and put it in my cart and sent it to Melody for a last review.  The next morning I opened my inbox and I had an email from York Photo with a code for 60% off.  This brought the price down to 16 cents per card.  York Photo also offered more variety of template choices.  Satisfied with the price and project, I went ahead and completed the order.  Another surprise was that less than eight hours later I received an email saying the holiday cards were already completed and ready to be shipped.   I discovered that with a little bit of research and tempting companies with the thought of your purchase by posting it in the cart and waiting, they just might send you a better deal. 

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