X Rated Greeting Cards

I LOVE those cards at Target! I bought one for a friend with a
picture of this "Potato" looking character on the front, and it said
"IDAHO" then inside it said "NO, YOU DA HO!"

LOL!

be addressed to American Greetings? Last I checked, AG was wholly
responsible for the card displays inside all Target locations and the
store had no say so in it, other than selling them. Corporate has a
contract with AG to handle this, so it's unlikely that the response
will be different if they do respond to you.

But I have to agree with what others have said. While YOU may be
offended by the thinly veiled reference, others might not even bat an
eyelash at it or even think it's funny. It's not really fair to
expect every other shopper's experience to be restricted just to
accommodate the preferences of one.

The card you described is certainly not "X-rated". It might be
suggestive but that is about it. I think there is more skin being
shown in some of the fitness magaizines you find at Target and grocery
stores. I am sure would find the same card sold at a Hallmark store.

Like the representatives from Target have said, they cater to all
kinds of people. They can't please everyone.

Having purchased many such cards for bachelorette parties (and the
like), I'm aware these cards are not new to the industry. Again,
that's not my argument.

What I AM saying, though, is that it's an odd choice for Target to
carry such cardt. If I was looking for a card such as this, Target
would not be my first choice to find one.

nothing new to the industry - as in cards sold in grocery stores.

i wasn't referring to anything from spencers
the examples i gave were from a grocery store card display

If you don't like the card, don't buy the card! It's that sinple!

I don't think it should be considered "x-rated"... Maybe R rated, and
that is pushing it. I think if a child saw this card, and did not
understand the sexual innuendo, then they would likely interpret it in
a literal sense - blowing out the candles on a birthday cake.
They cannot please everyone and they do have a wide audience that
shops there. I think it is a good decision to cater to all than censor
their greeting cards. I personally think the mentioned card would be
funny to give to some certain people...

it's nothing new actually.

i remember when i was a child looking at cards for my father.

i saw one where you have to put two fingers through the hole on the
front of the card... when you opened it up, on the inside was a
topless woman - and your fingers were representing her breasts.

i was embarrassed by it.


I could be wrong but many children often self-regulate that kind of
material, i mean at least before puberty.

things that are of a sexual nature often embarrass them, so they avoid
them.

It's a tounge-in-cheek joke. If you have a problem with the cards at
Target, you're going to have a huge problem at other places like
Hallmark, Walmart and Card & Party.

I have seen a few of these and I saw no problem with them. Some had
women in bikinis, some had men with no shirt. Some had some funny
sayings, or jokes.

And really, what kid runs into a store and goes to read the greeting
cards? If anything they want to get the heck out of there while being
forced to wait while their parent picks one out.

I think people are just taking offense to more and more things. how
about we get rid of the lingerie section? Kids might see that. I mean
the pictures on the cards are just like the pictures hanging in that
section (only 10 times bigger in the section). Do we get rid of that?
Who wants to have their kid asking what that slinky bra and panty set
are for.

I know many large stores have a company that comes in to stock/restock
the greeting cards, gift wrap, ribbon, and other similar items. It's
very possible that Target has no idea what types of cards are being
displayed. I have seen cards like these at many stores but they are
usually displayed higher so that young children can't get to them.

Check out my letter to Target about this very issue, from last
Easter:

http://www.planetfeedback.com/index.php?level2=blog_viewpost&topic_id=
317186&reply_expand=1

I agree with you completely. I am not religious, certainly not
Christian, and I have a very raunchy, disgusting sense of humor, and
while I'm not *offended* by edgy or racy cards, I don't think a family
sort of store needs to bother with carrying them.

I imagine a parent and child looking at cards together, and a
10-year-old asking mom or dad, "I don't get this card, why is it
funny?" (I certainly didn't know what "blow me" meant at age 10.)

Lately when I've needed cards, I've just gone to the dollar store. I
hate paying $3.50 for a card. I'd rather give the person the $3 and a
lottery ticket or something!

If I had those in my store, I would pull them.


Good Day