Customer reviews from Staples
Staples - Matte Notecards, 5.5"W x 4.25"L, 100/Box - White
Average customer rating
3.9
(326 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 326 reviews
5 Stars
160
4 Stars
76
3 Stars
34
2 Stars
23
1 Star
33
Customer Reviews for Staples - Matte Notecards, 5.5"W x 4.25"L, 100/Box - White
Posted by: Frank
Verified Purchase:Yes
The notecards come in handy for organizing and tracking items. The colors are bright for ease of display.
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Posted by: Jim T.
Verified Purchase:Yes
Like the notecards. Decided to print my own Christmas Cards this year and these seemed like the perfect option. The 8.5 x 11 card stock was a nice weight and separated without any problems. Problems came when I began trying to print. I have 3 HP printers in the house 1 Officejet 1 Deskjet and an older LaserJet that gets used for specific print jobs. Getting the notecard stock to feed was the first problem. (All printers feed 20# paper stock with no problems.) Tried cleaning feed rollers but it didn't help. Ended up having to sit and give each piece a slight push to get it to feed into the Deskjet printer 160 plus cards 2 sides. (2 paper trays in the Officejet printer and neither one would feed the notecard stock.) Next came envelopes. Officejet would feed them but not consistently and not straight. (It works fine with my #10 business envelopes.) Desk Jet had similar problems and the envelopes were so short the LaserJet wouldn't keep them in position. Ended up printing address labels and sticking those on the envelopes. The main problem is (in the printers I have) the card stock gets picked up and has to almost immediately make a 90 degree or greater turn. If I had printers with new feed rollers the results may have been better but when the rollers have moved thousands of sheets of paper they have a problem dealing with card stock. Would probably be better if the printer could feed the paper straight through like the old mimeograph and spirit duplicator machines or printing presses but I don't know of any of the current printers (in my price range) that do that. Suggestion: If you have an older printer see if you can replace the feed roller(s). Get a couple of post cards or similar stock and see if they will feed through the printer. If they do this option will probably work fine. If not consider a new printer or another option.
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Posted by: L.O.
Verified Purchase:Yes
I did not want to buy 100 note cards but that was my only choice.
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Posted by: CLAUDIA
Verified Purchase:Yes
- I don’t normally do ratings but this was the biggest waste of money ever. EVERY single page got stuck in the printer then it printed off center- it was such a mess!! Never again!! I only picked this because they didn’t have same template available in Avery for the same day.. do yourself a favor and just wait the day to get Avery this just turned into the most expensive scrap paper
Written by a customer while visiting Staples
Customer Rating
3
Okay
on June 6, 2012
Posted by: Paula K.
couldn't easily figure out which side I needed to print on
Written by a customer while visiting Staples
Customer Rating
2
NOT quality they used to be
on February 7, 2010
Posted by: Paula K.
I've bought this product for years and have always been very pleased with the weight of the paper the ease of seeing the fold marks (making it easier to know which side to put into the printer first if printing on both sides) the crisp fold they make and the quality of the finished cards. However the last few boxes purchased have been lighter weight less quality paper with poor fold marking that is very difficult to see on one side and basically non-existent on the other. I use photographs and print greeting cards and often give sets of note cards for gifts etc. These cards are now of less quality due to the flimsy paper compared to how they were before the change so I don't do that now. The photographs do print well on these as they did before and the colors are vivid and pure. Because I use a professional rotary cutter to trim the cards near the perforation between the two I cannot speak to the neatest of the perforated edge after separation. However when I fold the card the outside folded edge (the spine of the card on the outside) often splits a bit and looks rough rather than having the nice crisp fold with the smooth outside spine that I had with this same item before the change in quality. I am currently looking for another supplier. I tried Avery brand of this same style item before I started using Staples brand but changed to Staples because the photo color was better than with the Avery. I believe I'll try them again. They may have improved their quality over the years. I'm very disappointed in this current Staples product and think they must have decreased the quality in an effort to cut expense.
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Posted by: J.T.
Verified Purchase:Yes
Great product. So easy to follow the included instructions to make small greeting cards!
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Posted by: S.G.
Verified Purchase:Yes
These cards make perfect personal notes -- I put photos on them and have used them for a couple of years now to make my own Christmas and birthday cards.
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