I've been meaning to post my Postcard Friday entry today but our scanner is acting up. We bought it secondhand from a friend who was leaving the country and been using it quite a lot for three years and now it is beginning to conk out. My husband and I are looking at buying a new scanner over the weekend, possibly a 3-in-1 machine that includes printing, scanning and photocopying. We have a small office at home and getting this 3-in-1 machine will provide us with what we need. Now, I leave all the techy details pertaining to the machine specifications to my husband but I specifically told him that I'd prefer a quieter machine like the neat epson receipt printer I once saw in a department store. I tell you, our old printer coughs like an old man and it's totally embarrassing to anyone who hears it.
I'm afraid I won't be able to scan a postcard so, instead, I'm posting a photo of a mailbox I saw while window shopping in a Japanese thrift store along Norodom Boulevard a week ago.
It's a ceramic mailbox, about 5-6 inches tall. I had never seen a mailbox anywhere in Tokyo when I went there years ago but I did go to one of their post offices in Asakusa district when I mailed postcards for friends. I love mailboxes so much I would have bought it right away but for freaking $6 for a tiny secondhand item was too much for me. So I just took a photo instead :D Maybe when I go back to that shop and it's still there, I might reconsider, but for now, I'm contented with the photo.
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It's a cute mail box - can you use it for anything (piggy bank, it kinda looks like one!). Happy PFF!
Cute!!! Medyo mahal nga yung mga items sa store na yun ano?
Hi Shaunna, you are right about that. It's does look like a piggy bank,errm, mailbox bank! *lol* Unfortunately, we do not use coins here in Cambodia so if I did return to buy it, it will just be used as a decoration at home :D Happy PFF to you too.
Mumsified, super-mahal. Parang hindi secondhand shop. I looked at the Pyrex dish that was on sale, it was tagged at a jaw-dropping $15!! If you go to Pencil supermarket, you could get a new one for about $20. Kakainis.
I would love to a Japanese Thrift Shore like this. I have never seen one in Europe. I can recommend 3-in-1 machines. I have a HP PSC 147 for many years now and it's still working fine. Happy PFF.
Thanks, Bob. I'll look it up on the net. We haven't seen one that we like so this would be useful.
I love going to thrift stores as well but sometimes they are just overly-priced that I'd rather get a brandnew item than buy there. Happy PFF to you too.
Happy PFF! We have a 3 in 1 machine and it is very handy. I won't mention the name b/c when it 'calibrates' it sounds like someonecoughing out alot of phlegm. Ugh.
Hahaha, so it is not so much different from our current machine then! We still have one more day to go hunting and Bob mentioned a brand/model for our consideration. For the meantime, I scanned my postcards somewhere else.
Happy PFF to you, too, Viridian, and Happy Mother's Day.
I too love thrift stores... the mail box seems like one that should be in your collection.... I think you should reconsider. PFF thanks for sharing. Good luck in your 3 in 1 search!
That does seem a high price for such a small thing - but so cute! Did you go back? :)
Lyneen and Sheila, I am actually thinking of going back and ask again for a discount. It would really look good on my shelf :D