April 2016 by Sarah T.
I like this Card Factory. Situated inside the Rutherglen Exchange Shopping Centre on Main Street, it can be found just right of Home Bargains. It's not a bad sized store. Not the largest Card Factory I have ever been in (particularly compared to some of the ones in town) but it is easy to navigate around. They have everything required for all your card writing and gift wrapping needs! Just at the entrance, there are baskets which have some gift bags and a selection of children's toys (nothing exciting, just colouring books etc). Inside, there are a few aisles stocked with different cards; separated by age, gender or occasion. Really easy to get around and you can always find a nice card that is really well priced. I was looking for some gift wrap which was found at the back right of the store, just beyond the till. They have a good range of wrapping papers to choose from: girls, boys, birthday, age specific, other occasion and just some that was pretty, but not marked as being for any particular occasion. I do a lot of box swaps so go through a lot of wrapping paper and I'm always looking for a nice paper that doesn't say Happy Birthday etc. I picked out some nice sheets and headed to the till. I have the way wrapping paper sheets are stocked because if you pick out more than one sheet (or change your mind) they are impossible to put back! Drives me crazy and I usually end up just buying whatever I have taken. I know it will get used eventually. The till is swamped with little extras they try and entice you to buy, most of it being child related and not relevant to me. They have some cute little notepads etc though which are handy if you're looking for a little extra to put with a gift. Service was friendly. You are always offered a bag and if buying full rolls of wrapping paper, they have suitable carrier bags (we all know at Christmas how awkward they are to carry!). Paper came in at 35p per sheet which I thought was really good value. They were offering free 'His & Hers' 2016 calendars to everyone. I'm not really not into stuff like that so I declined. Nice to be offered something for free though!