Sellers on ebay or individual websites like this one that sell 8×10 historical photos for the end user can make many sales around Christmas time. Black Friday or Cyber Monday sales are exactly what most online retailers live for and need to break even and then turn a profit for the year. You may be such a customer that helps an online retailer turn that profit they so desperately need. You find just the right 8×10 archival photo that your father or mother-in-law, your boss, or maybe even your grandchild might enjoy, or garner some inspiration from such as this one of NASA Space Shuttle Astronaut Guion Bluford.

This photo of American Hero Guion Bluford was purchased by a grandmother in Virginia at the end of last November. It was put in the mail before the end of the month and did not arrive at its destination for three and a half weeks. It arrived after Christmas. The customers’ grandson wants to be an astronaut and she told me he would love the photo for his room. Yes, the Christmas season of 2020 was tumultuous for anyone shipping gifts through the mail, whether those gifts were 8×10 historical photos or vintage Tickle Me Elmo toys.

This is one of the 8×10 historical photos we sell from our Ebay store and believe it or not, we did not receive any bad feedback. We kept in constant contact with the customer. We even had a temporary replacement of the 8×10 historical print she order printed at a local CVS in her neighborhood. Of course, the quality of that print wasn’t as good as our print, but it was a temporary replacement. Our customer was very happy with our efforts and our constant communication. She gave us good feedback.

She wasn’t the only customer who had troubles. Another customer bought a photo about the same time and it too took three weeks to arrive at its destination. However, this one historical 8×10 photo only needed to travel 167 miles. Looking closely at the tracking information, it sat in a post office 5 miles from its final destination for five days.

I relate these two stories just as a warning if you are looking to purchase archival photos and giving them as Christmas gifts. This goes for buying anything online. Even Amazon Prime this past Christmas was not guaranteeing delivery like it usually did. Please understand that sometimes things like mail delivery are beyond the control of online retailers. Do not take your anger out on them (us included) because of the failures of the USPS. Because we didn’t want any misunderstandings, we purposely stopped selling all photos beginning on December 1st. We reasoned, “Why sell photos during Christmas season if they won’t arrive by Christmas?” It seemed like a lose-lose situation to us.

We came back strong right after Christmas. We now sell through Ebay and our website, when before, all sales were only made through Ebay. We reach more people now and are happy with our customers, we hope that includes you.

Remember, if you want one of our archival photos for a Christmas gift, buy one today, as long as it isn’t December when you’re reading this blog post : )