Honestly it's like handling Mead index cards - cheap and rough
589347
The card stock is very cheap and flimsy and detracts from the high quality of the art. I don't think these will hold up after a few shuffles. Very disappointing. The box it came in and the book are very luxurious so it's curious why they chose to go the cheap route with the cards, which is the most important part of the product. Honestly it's like handling Mead index cards - cheap and rough.
4520403
These are basically what I needed.  But two big critiques:

1 - The pronunciation guide is needless.  That space on the card would be better served by more data.

2 - These cards are just a little too cheap and flimsy to make decent playing cards.  It's a shame - they're ALMOST good enough.
523388
The page quality isn't what it used to be. Card slots easily get creased if not put in carefully.
4940958
This card file, like so many plastic items now, is thin and vaguely disappointing if you have any nicer ones. It seemed like the best choice to avoid driving to an office supply store, but I plan to replace it as soon as  such a trip is efficient.
1363137
Not sure if I'm keeping this or not. The actual Rolodex itself seems nice and sturdy. The other reviewers are correct about the file cards. The file cards it came with are tissue paper thin with thin plastic to cover it. Impossible to use and if I decide to keep this then I have to replace all the file cards which means I have to pay more for this thing. Rolodex with technology making your product obsolete don't u think u should put more quality cards in this thing for the people who still buy and use your product the old school way?  I mean I guess technology has lowered your sales numbers but come on tissue paper file cards?
3340131
Ordinary index cards are so flimsy and thin that the word "card" is inappropriate. These are real cards! Thank you.
3332698
They stick so much when trying to get cards in, seems like you damage your card more before you use them to send in for grading. I know there is tips and tricks out there, but should be a better alternative than this that doesn't require tricks.
2481614
At least I only paid ten bucks on clearance. This thing's of no value whatsoever. Assembly is nearly impossible unless you have ten hands, and once assembled it flops around for a while until quite literally falling apart (cascade of DVDs onto the cat) on its own when someone closes a door. I'm going to try reworking its flawed design on the drill press just for fun, but if that doesn't work it's firewood.

I have bought one of Atlantic's shelf-based units and I'm very happy with it; it's sturdy, capacious and attractive at a reasonable price. I'm also probably going to give their "Elf" unit a try because I do like the idea of inclined storage and it has bolts to hold the dowels instead of silly shallow plastic cups.

No matter how cheap this is, you'll be saving money by buying something else.
893774
First of all, I ordered this notebook in both black and orange, same product, both directly from Amazon via Prime (no 3rd parties, etc.). The paper is not perforated in either notebook, even though that is explicitly stated in the product description - lame.

Both notebooks are very flimsy. A "Five Star" notebook from my campus bookstore would be twice as sturdy at 1/3rd the price. The front and rear covers are simply cheap waxy cardboard. In addition, the covers look as if they've been handled pretty roughly. There are lots of dents and scrapes, etc. Typically items ordered directly through Amazon arrive in pristine condition, but these have clearly been hanging around a warehouse for some time. Also, the metal tags (little tubular devices) that hold the elastic band to the rear cover are rusty, and have therefore ruined the last 1-2 pages of each notebook. There is also a clear impression from those tags for the last 1/2 of the notebook. Meaning that only around 45 sheets actually look new. Rhodia needs to make the tags lower profile. Many other notebook manufacturers use round metal grommets that, in addition to not flapping around, don't mess up the paper as much.

Finally, the "elasti-band" itself is loose enough to be pretty much useless. It will slip right off at the slightest movement. Don't see the issue getting any better, as the notebook has no pockets (another annoyance) and will therefore not be getting any thicker. Shortening the band will only serve to bow the notebook, because as I mentioned, the covers are very flimsy.

The paper is okay. Lower quality than Moleskine. Smooth yes, but pretty thin. This is my first Rhodia purchase, is this really the paper they're known for???

For $16 I was expecting a notebook sized, Moleskine-like object. Instead I got ripped off.
2968801
If you need a stock of inexpensive cards to have on hand when an unexpected birthday pops up, this is a good thing to have on hand. That having been said, these are bargain priced for a reason... they're pretty lame cards. Not actually bad, but nobody's going to be impressed by them. The quality is acceptable but not impressive (basic card stock) and the images and messages are pretty mundane.

Recommended uses: For children who are so little that they really don't care about the card, for teens who are only interested in the amount of money in the card, and for occasions when you get roped into going to a birthday celebration for someone you really don't care much about but still feel obligated to give a card to (like what's-her-name down the hall at the office).
1945867
I have been exploring this software for about a week now and I find it to be very buggy, cumbersome and opaque. I usually make it for about 2 minutes, if I'm lucky, before it crashes (tried on several computers). The idea of multi-sided index cards is a great one, but having 40 of them overlapping on your screen makes things difficult to navigate. The advice is concise and helpful, but the software seems reluctant to cooperate with it. The sample script from spider man has things in the beat sheet labelled as "Set up" which show up on the board as "Catalyst" and other inconsistencies. To make matters more frustrating, in order to see what plot point each card corresponds to, or even get a legible view of a card, one has to move a card a little bit. The slightest brownian motion at this stage will shift that card into a different plot point or even a different scene. In short, a lot of helpful ideas here, but not ready for prime time. The 5 star reviews makes one wonder. Try out the demo first.
2281713
I bought these boxes cause I was sending out a bunch of jam for the holidays. I've worked with boxes a lot over the years, the flat ones that you have to shape and tape yourself (like these) - so I had some expectations - and these fell really, really short. First - they are cut all funky, even cheaply, they don't match up very well, the flaps don't cover all the corners, they just don't go together very well. And second, they have writing on EVERY FLAP! This makes it REALLY hard to address it without huge address labels - usually the bottom flaps will have the writing/logos/barcodes whatever, but they leave the top flaps clean for easy labeling/shipping. They just aren't a quality product. Don't get me wrong they got my stuff from a to b, but it required a bunch of tape and frustration.
1733969
These look like index cards with paper glued to them. The corners were all roughed up already and you could see the white base of the card. I expected more paying $9 for these when Amazon sells plenty of others for cheaper. I went with these because there $2.99 were only an add on item and I didn't have $35 of stuff in my cart to get it. If you need cards just go that route, because these were highly dissatisfying. I'll post pics eventually.
3439156
I don't enjoy berating the hard work of collecting enthusiasts, but this book has some painful layout problems. The biggest issue is the erratic placement of photos. Color photos are surprisingly common in here (which must have been incredibly expensive for a small-scale publisher to do in 1990), but many don't have anything to do with the numbered descriptions. Additionally, the photos themselves aren't numbered. In the case of old, rare, or valuable items, that's all part of a very perilous strategy. In a way - and for this reason - books like these have paved the way for uninformed, puffed-up beginner eBay sellers who are convinced that everything they have is old, rare, or valuable (preferably all three). I could understand using random photos for general illustrative purposes to get the idea of what an X, Y, or Z collectible looks like, but this feature should be *in addition* to items with a written description, not instead of. Furthermore, if you're using generalized photographic examples, PLEASE indicate them as such. I don't mind one bit about feasting my eyes on fun old toys and postcards, but their relevance to the rest of the book is usually ambiguous here.

Some of the written descriptions are detailed, some are not. In either case, a picture would tell the best story sometimes. Furthermore, among the written descriptions, you will occasionally find some typos, misprints, and other oddities.

I don't want to say that this guide isn't personable, because it is. The scope of items is admirable (for a 74-page book) and the tone of the writing is friendly. Several times, you even see authority in the writing, as if the authors should have focused on one or two of these categories and made a really serviceable mini-guide. If you want a folksy novelty collectible book, this one isn't a bad choice. However, anyone reading it must take it with a dozen grains of salt. There is no way you could reliably identify horse collectibles by this book alone. I don't regret buying it, but I will look on it as a cute piece of nostalgia, not a critical guide.
1799222
Now it's been a year and the planner has split in two places along the spine. So, just as I had noted in my initial review below, the plastic is indeed brittle and cheap.  This company has really downgraded their product.  Formerly the planners I bought of this type would at least last two years. The vinyl has gotten cheaper I think.  My review a year ago, upon receipt:  The layout and size is what I was looking for, but the color is NOT burgundy, it is just brown and frankly the surface looks dull and cheap.  The plastic is a little brittle and the edge is sharp and actually cuts your skin if you grab it wrong. The edge is made to resemble stitches but it is embossed plastic over cardboard to camoflage where it is heat sealed.  It is unpleasant to hold because of the brittle sharpness. I had one in the past with the same dimensions and firmness, with much softer leather or leather-like material, and with a separate sewn taping piece around the edges,  I was a lot happier with that one but alas could not find it this year and had to settle for this cover that I really dislike in order to get the page layout I like and firmness that I need.  Maybe next year they will have some better offerings
2084728
Smaller than average cards and perforation is tacky looking pics are nice though meh....get what you pay for I guess
4932411
It works, basically, but suffers (makes the user suffer) from basic flaws, endemic to corporate ideology.

Some tattle: Roxio was purchased by Corel. In the go-go world of consumer-targeted software firm acquisitions, orphaned products like this app get shorted in support and development as a matter of course. The prime directive is to maximize profit, if it even needs to be stated.

(Roxio's Toast was certainly the cherry on top of the negotiations, so you can expect Corel to go all Adobe on its ass, eviscerating that app of its former usefulness. If you like Toast, don't upgrade. Start looking now for a replacement app, open source or otherwise.)

Okay, this app, Easy VHS to DVD, works, but you have to swallow the $49 price and just lower your expectations. Once you have done the former, a few points might be helpful toward profiting from the latter. I have dozens of tapes to rip, so to make it less painless and more organized, I want to streamline the various processes.

- Set a computer aside for the sole purpose of ripping VHS tape.

- This app is not particularly useful beyond merely ripping one big .mov file per cassette. If this is your scenario too, you're going to need ample disk space.

- When you set up to rip each tape, forget about High Quality setting. It does not apply to VHS, and if you are ripping something of higher quality, do a 60 second test run and see if it's worth it. The high quality setting is the unchangeable default, inconveniently, and it seems to create audio synching problems. There will be no help from Roxio/Corel on this, but there are some helpful chats out there. Search: roxio vhs audio synch problem delay (or the like)

- Have a precise idea in advance of the duration of the tapes or segment(s) you want to rip. You can do this by making notes on paper for each cassette, and then naming the .mov file (rip) to match its tape/segment (source).

- Set an external alarm clock to tell you when to come back and "Finish" the rip file. (The auto-stop feature is not entirely useful, as it is only big round numbers.)

- Don't waste time trying to clip, trim, or manage files using this app. It is only a bulk ripper, as far as I am concerned.

- I use QuickTime Player to view the .mov files' timecodes and make notes (again, on paper) for precise cutting points.

- I then use HandBrake to re-rip each .mov into custom length .mp4 files. (You will need a seconds calculator, HandBrake does only second or frames.)

- In HandBrake, select the preset "iPad" then uncheck the "Large File" checkbox, and you will get good compression and quality. (Let it be known, for I am proud to say it: I do not use, nor do I recommend iMovie, iDVD, or any software which starts with a lower-case "i" for that matter.)