Fine Stationery Review

Saturday, September 14th

2024 Wedding Invitation Site Reviews

Fine Stationery

• 15% off your order with email signup
• 100 invitation choices
• Easy-to-use website
• Wedding invites, thank you cards, and gifts available

Fine Stationery began with just one employee, a young mom, working out of her garage in 2000. The company has grown to become a national leader in the customized stationery industry. Their assortment of products also includes wedding announcements and gifts, business cards, holiday and event invitations, baby announcements and other customizable gifts.

No photo cards

There are a total of 100 wedding invitations you can choose from at Fine Stationery. This is a much smaller selection than what's offered by other retailers. The categories you can sort by are style (floral, luxury, modern, romantic, rustic, traditional, and vintage), invitations by season, brand, price, personalization, color, and card format. The most disappointing thing about this site is that they don't have a single wedding invitation that you can put photos on. Since photo cards are so popular, this will likely be a big deterrent to lots of customers.

Not a cheap option

Considering you can't customize any wedding announcements with photos of you and your fiance, the cost of invites are pretty expensive here. The cheapest option is $1.31, but you'll easily be paying over $2 per invitation. You could end up spending between $8 or $12 per card if you choose a premium-weighted invitation - and that doesn't include any add-ons you can choose during the design process. The styles here are plain and not very modern or unique, so we'd have a hard time spending a lot on any of them. If you're wanting a simple and elegant invitation, they have some decent options for that.

Minimal customization

When you go to customize an invitation, you'll first choose if you want the print to be engraved, thermography, letterprint, or flat print. The price quickly adds up if you aren't ordering hundreds of cards, so it's best to shop here only if you have a long guest list. Then you'll edit the text on the template to match the details of your wedding, but you can't move any text boxes or images around: the invitation you get will appear just like you see it on the website. A lot of the cards say they take between 20 and 28 days to be delivered, so make sure you order well in advance at Fine Stationery.

Bigger orders means higher shipping costs

To know exactly how much shipping is going to cost you, we suggest looking at the shipping chart on Fine Stationery's website. It lays out the cost for ground, 3-day, 2-day, and 1-day shipping when you spend certain amounts on your order. The more your total order costs, the more you should expect to pay for shipping. Ground shipping ranges anywhere from $8.99 to $49.95. In addition, all orders are assessed a $4.99 care and packaging fee.

No refunds on wedding invites

Since wedding invitations are considered a customized order, they cannot be returned for a refund. If you decide to cancel the order after it has been processed and sent to be printed, you'll likely have to pay a cancellation fee. In the event that you made a mistake with the text or or customization of your wedding announcements, Fine Stationery will work with you to correct the mistake and then do a reprint for 25% off.

Not a lot of great feedback

The Better Business Bureau doesn't have a rating for the company and there aren't many customer reviews. Even though you can go on Fine Stationery's website and review any product you buy, we noticed that hardly anyone has done this. There are a few people who have given feedback about this company online and they don't have great things to say. Some say customer service is difficult to get a hold of, items arrived late, and there were spelling errors on their cards.

Better luck elsewhere

We really aren't thrilled by Fine Stationery. Their invitations are nothing exciting, they are expensive, you can't add your photos to them, and the printing seems pretty slow. This is one of our least favorite options for buying wedding invitations, so you're going to have better luck shopping somewhere else.