Comments on: My Best Frugal Junk Shop Find. Ever. http://www.thegreenestdollar.com/2009/06/my-best-frugal-junk-shop-find-ever/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-best-frugal-junk-shop-find-ever Save Money. Save the Environment. Be Happy. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:01:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jennyhttp://www.thegreenestdollar.com/2009/06/my-best-frugal-junk-shop-find-ever/#comment-13458 Jenny Tue, 20 Jul 2010 06:01:10 +0000 http://www.thegreenestdollar.com/?p=1840#comment-13458 I used to work at a photo shop that specialized in digital restoration and often people would drop off their photos and then never come and get them. Officially we were supposed to shred them after a long period of time and often I did just that. It was sad to watch them disappear and I always thought we should just mail back the originals or something versus shred them. However, there was every so often a photo I just couldn't destroy. I have a photo of a WW2 soldier in uniform, a little girls birthday party, a young man in Vietnam and a photo a lot like your Gracie. They just wouldn't let themselves be thrown away and I wish I knew who they were : ) I used to work at a photo shop that specialized in digital restoration and often people would drop off their photos and then never come and get them. Officially we were supposed to shred them after a long period of time and often I did just that. It was sad to watch them disappear and I always thought we should just mail back the originals or something versus shred them. However, there was every so often a photo I just couldn’t destroy. I have a photo of a WW2 soldier in uniform, a little girls birthday party, a young man in Vietnam and a photo a lot like your Gracie. They just wouldn’t let themselves be thrown away and I wish I knew who they were : )

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]]> By: dawnhttp://www.thegreenestdollar.com/2009/06/my-best-frugal-junk-shop-find-ever/#comment-6552 dawn Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:26:29 +0000 http://www.thegreenestdollar.com/?p=1840#comment-6552 I often come upon old photos like the one you described, and it makes me sad to think that these people once lived, loved, laughed and cried...and somehow, their photos, which should have been treasured inheritances for their children or grandchildren, somehow ended up in a junk shop. What happened? I often come upon old photos like the one you described, and it makes me sad to think that these people once lived, loved, laughed and cried…and somehow, their photos, which should have been treasured inheritances for their children or grandchildren, somehow ended up in a junk shop.

What happened?

]]> By: heatherhttp://www.thegreenestdollar.com/2009/06/my-best-frugal-junk-shop-find-ever/#comment-6501 heather Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:16:22 +0000 http://www.thegreenestdollar.com/?p=1840#comment-6501 Ken, I know. Junk shopping is such a unique experience. And wading through eBay listings is absolutely not the same. But even down South the junk shop experience is changing. I went home last month, and my dad and I went out junk shopping. We went to this little hole in the wall place in Middle Of Nowhere, Louisiana. It was dusty and filled to the brim with a hodge podge of old junk. And the owner? The owner was a tried and true old Southerner, with a grizzled face, scuffed boots, and dirty overalls. He was wearing a Bluetooth, and TEXTING ON HIS BLACKBERRY. I kid you not. I almost fell over. Ken,

I know. Junk shopping is such a unique experience. And wading through eBay listings is absolutely not the same.

But even down South the junk shop experience is changing.

I went home last month, and my dad and I went out junk shopping. We went to this little hole in the wall place in Middle Of Nowhere, Louisiana. It was dusty and filled to the brim with a hodge podge of old junk.

And the owner? The owner was a tried and true old Southerner, with a grizzled face, scuffed boots, and dirty overalls.

He was wearing a Bluetooth, and TEXTING ON HIS BLACKBERRY.

I kid you not. I almost fell over.

]]> By: Kenhttp://www.thegreenestdollar.com/2009/06/my-best-frugal-junk-shop-find-ever/#comment-6494 Ken Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:50:20 +0000 http://www.thegreenestdollar.com/?p=1840#comment-6494 What an awesome find! With the coming of eBay and Craigslist (both of which I love) the brick and mortar junk shops and antique stores are disappearing. Which is sad because it is infinitely more satisfying to be able to touch things and examine them. I doubt that Gracie would have made it onto an electronic store. This makes her more special. I like that you and your husband have given her new life with a new story. What an awesome find! With the coming of eBay and Craigslist (both of which I love) the brick and mortar junk shops and antique stores are disappearing. Which is sad because it is infinitely more satisfying to be able to touch things and examine them. I doubt that Gracie would have made it onto an electronic store. This makes her more special. I like that you and your husband have given her new life with a new story.

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