Cardware Store

This store is a staple for anyone in the area. While Lotto and the daily newspaper are sold here so are so many other items, it is like a stationery store from back in the day. You can find an entire line of Papyrus cards, wrapping paper and accessories to gifts, office supplies TY stuffed animals, helium balloons and trinkets. One stop shop for so much!

Overpriced nonsense fills this store. I stopped in for a gift a few times in a pinch and wound up walking over to the A&P to pick up a gift card. And the actual cards they have? Terrible selection. All very bland and basic.
If that wasn’t enough, the owners make me want to never spend another cent in this establishment. Aside from eyeing you the entire time you are trying to shop (I’ve had the owner actually stand a few feet from my and ‘follow me’ throughout the store — I’m in my 30s, conservatively dressed and usually with a child in tow — not that that should matter). It’s hit or miss what you’re allowed to pay for with a credit/​debit card. I can understand paying for lotto tickets with cash up front — most establishments ask for that. One time I tried to purchase a pack of cigarettes and I had a $ 50 bill or my debit card. The owner’s wife actually YELLED at me because they do not accept $ 50 bills. I asked why I couldn’t use my card and she said cigarettes are cash only. I asked why they would be cash only and she just looked at me and stammered that that’s their rules. I asked if that was ‘their rules’ because they were not reporting the tax on them — while overcharging, mind you. She said that she would take my card just this once. I told her not to bother because I wasn’t going to participate in their shady business and went to the A&P instead.