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The Paper Place

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Rating: 2.8/5 (56 votes)

Posted by Staff / Posted on May 23, 2007

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The Paper PlaceThe Paper Place is one of Toronto's best sources for premium paper, stationery and other paper-related products.

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ernie bumbles / July 30, 2009 at 02:13 pm
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I like this store.

However, there's this one short, white guy that's not very friendly. I was taking photos of their paper samples (so I could decide which ones to buy), and he comes up to me and says "you know, they're available online." I said "thank you, but taking my own photos makes things easier." After a few moments, he comes back and tells me that "those are copyrighted, you know?" Umm, what's that supposed to mean? Do you think I'm going to be stealing the paper designs or something?

Anyway, I was going to be spending $750-1,000, but now I've changed my mind. I'll go to another store that treats people with more respect and not like criminals.

To the short, white guy: way to go! You just missed a sale.
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annu / August 21, 2009 at 12:29 am
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I'm not going there either and i was gonna drop a ton. White guy you lost another sale!
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Janice / August 16, 2010 at 12:04 pm
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you know, it's a standard thing nowadays - taking pictures inside venues - I wanted to get a creative shot of candies in a candy shop and was told photographs are not allowed - so I think the guy was just doing his job - yes, people do steal paper designs and displays, etc.
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Eric26 / August 31, 2010 at 04:13 am
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I love these "Well, I'm taking my business elsewhere! Harumph!" stories. They're so entertainingly pathetic.
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May / September 23, 2010 at 07:11 pm
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I was at this store just last weekend and took a whole bunch of pictures and no one stopped me. Maybe they got rid of that guy. I spent a fair bit of time in this store and I thought it was great. Lots of selection.
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Bianca / October 14, 2010 at 03:01 pm
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I was thinking about making my own invitations for my wedding next year because I'm hoping I'll save money that way. Is this place really expensive? Where else can I go to look for paper? I need an experts opinion.
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Simon / October 29, 2010 at 01:29 am
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Wonderful paper store, great help from the owner, and no one in town cares more about paper than they do.
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Gabi / February 5, 2011 at 12:55 am
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those replies above are hilarious.. XD makes me wonder who that white guy was..
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J replying to a comment from Bianca / February 18, 2011 at 01:02 pm
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I decided to make my own wedding invitations as well. I wouldn't say that they save you that much money...but it definitely has a personal touch. If you're looking for paper, you should check out Paperland Canada (up in Markham). They don't have as much in the beautiful Japanese handmade paper variety, but they've definitely got far more selection in cardstock and other types of paper. They're actually a wholesaler who's used to dealing with businesses and their customer service isn't the best, but the prices are far cheaper than The Paper Place and they've got selection that's better suited to invites in my opinion. Hope this helps.
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K8 / March 11, 2011 at 08:29 pm
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My fiance and I recently went to this store looking for wedding invitation ideas. We had a wonderful experience, there was a younger lady with dark curly hair that gave us some great ideas and we really loved one of the Nepalese designs they had. We calculated that making our own invitations will probably not save us tonnes of money but will enable us to have some thing unique that goes perfectly with our colours and overall theme. It was our first time looking at a stationary store but from my experience I'd recommend checking this place out if you're looking for some unique paper products:)
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JQ / February 8, 2012 at 03:11 pm
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Yah, the shorter white guy is not friendly at all. I slipped up in describing a 'half' sheet as being smaller than the 'quarter' sheet and he was quite condesending. He was very curt, and seemed pained to be in a job that requires politeness/patience. Especially since I was only buying $16 worth of paper. As a young woman of colour, I couldn't help but notice that he addressed the next older white man as 'sir' and was all about his 'pleases' and 'thank yous'
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Jennifer / June 10, 2012 at 01:42 am
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If you have never worked a retail job in your life then I can see how you wouldn't know, but you can not take pictures ever in stores. Ever. If you're caught expect someone to come up to you. Doesn't give the clerks a right to be mean. It's unfortunate when you receive that sort of reaction. Anyways, all comments aside, I enjoy popping into this store. "White guy" and all!
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Jennifer T / June 19, 2012 at 04:34 pm
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@Jennifer: Why not? It doesn't seem like it does any harm
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Origami Paper Monster / August 19, 2012 at 11:43 pm
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If anyone is looking to buy origami paper, we just started an online store right here in Toronto. We ship everywhere in Canada and USA! Check us out at www.origamipapermonster.com. We're happy to receive product requests too :D
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Stephanie / December 3, 2012 at 05:16 pm
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I just bought some coloured envelopes for my wedding invitations. I thought the girl who helped me was fantastic. She took the time to offer me some for her own ideas, and because of that I will be coming back.

Fantastic
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candace / January 26, 2013 at 10:28 am
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I want to make paper garland....can anyone suggest a place to get a wide variety of tissue paper shades and colours?

also i need to find sheets of metallic mylar paper..
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