10/17/08

Peanut Gallery

by Blowhards

Hi Alysse

Thanks for the review. I guess I'm suppose to know who you are, eh? Much obliged for the follow up after a year later. Meanwhile, you must be smoking some whistling good stuff to be talking without any clear idea of what you're sticking your nose in. Any further professional advice from a Pro like yourself would be greatly appreciated. Maybe a few of your troglodyte constituents and yourself would like to address this in a proper greeting?

06/06/08

real stationers

by alysse

I was really amazed by a couple of these items. Cottonwood has always been professional and upfront and I've been in the biz for many years and the review that spoke as a professional was anything but. They are the only real stationers in town with their own shop. Real letterpress or they can order custom from the major design houses. Very user friendly.

• Pros: Real stationers with their own shop, esp good if you are in a rush, real custom
• Cons: Small shops are not walmart, don't expect mass market and cheap prices.

07/22/07

Call anyone else

by babble23

I've been in the industry for 25+ years and I can give my unbiased opinion that this outfit is the worst group of hacks in the whole metro-Charlotte area. I've met everyone associated with this small business and it's with sad honesty when I say they are bat-loco on the wrong side of the tracks. At one time, the storefront manager was certifiable. She arrived straight from Dorothea Dix Mental Hospital. It takes the typesetter 2 weeks to a month to get a proof in the customers hands and back to the press department. So what you have at the end is procrastination and backlogs which end up as sorry looking jobs. All the employees get paid about once a month, so you have tons morale with an outspoken atheist owner who has no problem speaking about his beliefs and disbeliefs within the workplace. I hope you enjoy your experience with Cottonwood Papers.

• Cons: Hacks!