Monthly Archives: September 2016

An 80th Birthday Surprise Becomes the Best Gift of All Time

Posted on September 29, 2016 by

Finding the perfect birthday gift to give a loved one is always a challenge—especially when that loved one is celebrating their 80th birthday!

 

So, what do you get the octogenarian that has everything? We recommend a sentimental trip down Memory Lane. At least, that’s what ScanMyPhotos customer Elena Shockman did to great success.

 

A few months before her 80th birthday, Elena and her grandmother started to work together on their family tree.

 

“My grandmother and I sat down and went over our family tree that she and her sister had made. As we were going through the print photos of the relatives that went along with the tree, I spotted some really old photos of great, great grandparents and great grandparents. My grandmother told me cute anecdotes and stories to go along with the photos.”

 

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Should You Hire a Personal Memoirist to Honor Your Family’s Legacy?

Posted on September 14, 2016 by

personal memoirist It’s an issue we are all too familiar with here at ScanMyPhotos. Every day we preserve thousands of print photos, videos, and negatives for families who are looking to honor legacies and pass memories and history down to future generations. The tales we’ve heard through the scanning process have been incredible—whether it’s someone’s great grandfather moving across the country on the back of a Harley Davidson or a granddaughter preserving the photo of her great, great, great grandmother taken in the late 1800s.

 

This is why the New York Times article Have a Story to Tell? Your Personal Memoirist Is Here made an immediate impact on us.

 

The article itself follows Modern Memoirs, a company based in Amherst, Massachusetts that employs a three-person staff dedicated to assisting clients in the creation of memoirs. They conduct professional interviews, edit and do light fact checking, work on book design, and more.

 

When Isaac Ehrlich—who is profiled in the NYT article above—is questioned about the price of hiring Modern Memoirs, he responded, “It’s my mother, the cost doesn’t mean anything.”

 

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Customer Reviews; What People Are Saying About ScanMyPhotos?

Posted on September 13, 2016 by

Each day, we score new raving, loyalist fans and are grateful to all, especially for these below random messages.  Thanks for your feedback and comments on ScanMyPhotos!

 

How many companies do you know that do not rely on advertising?

 

At ScanMyPhotos.com, our source for scoring raving fans and outreach for our e-commerce photo digitizing is from our customers. They are the reason for our 26-years of success. What this means is the money saved by doing no advertising – to promote our photo digitizing services – gets passed back. That is how we can scan about 1,800 pictures with free 3-ways delivery for just $145, and completed in just days, when ordering our popular prepaid fill-the-box service online.

 

 

Customer Reviews

Here is a sampling of customer comments we regularly receive.

 

 

Great service. Quality scanning
September 02, 2016

 

I am happy with the quality of the scans. Sent 775 pictures. I would do it again since the DVD loaded on my laptop easily and all I had to do was adjust the photos that needed to be vertical.
August 29, 2016

customer-service

From the moment they received my order, they notified me of receiving it as well as each step in the process, including making changes or adding to the order with easy convenience. They are excellent in their customer relations.
August 25, 2016

 

The photos sent to me from ScanMyPhotos on DVD were of excellent quality, and I appreciated them emailing me when they received my order, then emailing me and telling me an update of when to expect my order, and lastly when they sent it out and when I would be receiving it.
August 24, 2016

 

Love this company!! Great service!!
August 24, 2016

 

Great service
August 23, 2016

 

I sent in 3,000 photos, and I am very happy with the way my order was handled. While I haven’t compared photos to make sure they are complete, the quality is what I expected.
August 21, 2016

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Pinch to zoom in on your favorite Instagram photos and videos

Posted on September 1, 2016 by

One more reason why we’re HUGE Instagram fans and love their 500 million users who share life’s pictures and special moments.  You can “pinch” to zoom on photos and videos in feed, on profiles and on Explore. Dive into an adorable puppy’s smile or into every detail of your friend’s new shirt. There have been loads of other smart changes including a new way share everyday moments with Instagram Stories.

 

ScanMyPhotos.com has been a staunch advocate for all the popular photo-sharing apps and is playing a big role in helping to solve their biggest problem.  Users can’t easily upload thousands of analog photo snapshots, but, here’s the fix.

 

 

 

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