Trudy's Hallmark Shop — Local services in Bellevue

I visited Trudy’s Hallmark with the intention of purchasing a sympathy card and Christmas gift tags and possibly a collectible for myself.

The first thing I noticed was that most of the front entrance was blocked off with store displays leaving a narrow entrance/ exit. The store was busy so it made it a little difficult if not awkward trying to enter and exit.

This particular Hallmark is a little smaller than the average hallmark. It was extremely cluttered. The saying “10 pounds of potatoes in a 5 pound sack” comes to mind. After bumping into 2 displays and almost tripping over merchandise stacked on the floor I gave up my search for the collectible. I easily found a card and the gift tags.

The service at the register was slow. However, the cashier was friendly and I was able to use both my gold crown card as well as my coupon without issue.

I miss our nice huge corporate owned hallmark in Bellingham. I love the Hallmark brand but the independent owners seem to focus more on quantity...

Do not trust the employees. They were giving me and my friend some nasty looks for just browsing and looking at their products. They even talked about us among them. They followed us around constantly. The worst thing? We didn't even do anything. We were just looking at the products and when I picked something up to look at it, an employee rudely told us that it's not a toy. Some woman with short hair was especially weird about us. Never going...

I went in looking for a special Birthday card for a dear friend of mine, and the associate Eleanor was a tremendous help by personally showing me all the options I could explore. I spent quite a while browsing, and each time I wanted to learn more about the possible choices available, Eleanor was there to elaborate. I ended up finding the perfect card thanks their help, and the card was a HUGE hit for the birthday girl and all...