Hallmark, that ultimate purveyor of commercialized sentimental holiday cards, has taken its site "temporarily offline for maintenance," and "are doing a bit of house cleaning." Today? When all those too-late for snail mail cupids are out there looking for e-Cards? I doubt it. Looks much more like a case of IT overload or a timing decision made by V-day's biggest cynic.
(A special Valentine's Day shoutout to my own lovemark for this bit of news. I Heart Gawker!)
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Recent Comments | 3 Total
February 15, 2005 at 11:14am by Bruce DeBoer
I had a good laugh at Hallmark's expense yesterday when I tried to send my better half an e-card on V-day.
I used to work at Hallmark Cards in Kansas City. They are a good company [as far a large coroporations go] but I'm still shocked when a company as quality oriented as HMK screws up at such a monumental scale. I would have liked to be a fly on the wall and listen to all the "it didn't matter that much" BS that is circulating throughout the resposibility dodging management meetings today at HMK.
February 15, 2005 at 1:01pm by Annett Kohlmann
I came accross that notice on their page as well, but checked back a few minutes later and it was fine. My friends had trouble accessing their e-cards later on though. Maybe it had something to do with high traffic?
November 1, 2005 at 8:31pm by enlargement
I agree with you the way you view the issue. I remember Jack London once said everything positive has a negative side; everything negative has positive side. It is also interesting to see different viewpoints & learn useful things in the discussion.