These recent Yelp reviews which include the filtered comments are a sampling of the raves we regularly receive.
Luis F.
San Francisco, CA
8/13/2011 Thing is that I have this slow, lame and cranky scanner so even the thought of spending a significant fraction of my remaining time on earth scanning all these photos was giving me the heebie-jeebes. So I jumped on the offer.
I had low expectations for quality and speed. I had images of gnome-like indentured creatures slaving away in an underground bunker at a flatbed scanner, pouring over my my mementos for any hint of salacious material that could be filed away for for future backmailing purposes. Time lines would be stretched.. excuses would be given ...and I would receive my precious pics and their grainy and wonky-sided jpg facsimiles, at best, at some moment in the distant undefined future.
I was nervous that my hoarded and protected memories would, simply put, go poof.
Ok.
So that didn't happen.
What I got instead was an amazingly fast turn around (less than a week!), and a CD with good quality digital files of pics of me acting a fool at Rockaway Beach when I was 22 or , or trying to mack on some poor unfortunate girlfriend of yore. Was scan quality some mind blowingly ultra high quality with 1.21 gigawatts of pure resolution power? No. But then, would I really want a 3 x 4 ft blow up pic of me with poofy hair, parachute pants and Capesios? The answer again is no.
It was simply good enough. I am satisfied.
So that is my bottom line. I am satisfied. Totally satisfied. In this day and age of overstated, frantic and hyperbolized ad copy for even the most trivial service, just being satisfied feels... damn good.
Approved.
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Chris N.
San Francisco, CA
5/10/2011 A few weekends ago, spent an afternoon sorting through old photographs. After filtering down to ~500 good ones between Anne and myself, discovered Scan My Photos. They will scan all photos, return photos with a CD of everything, for the price of about $0.17 per photo. Not bad at all.
Turn around was quick. Received a box of my own photos less than a week after shipping them out. Scanning quality was great. Say goodbye to boxes of printed photos.
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Ken G.
Greensburg, PA
9/7/2011 Superior customer service. Were extremely helpful in processing my order very quickly, as I had a reunion coming up and they went above and beyond in expediting my order. Quality of scans were great.
Highly recommended!
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Christine F.
Folsom, CA
8/31/2011 I have been our family historian for 20 years and have scanned my share of photos. I was tired of doing it so I packaged up 2000 photos for SMP and sent them in (I used Groupons). Before sending them, I had many questions, every time I emailed I was responded to promptly and all my questions were answered. Since I knew the photos were scanned at 300 dpi and not 600 dpi as I would have done (and I didn't want to pay extra for 600 :-) I only sent in 4x6 photos. I don't suggest you send smaller photos unless you are having them done at 600 dpi.
The photos were returned in 7 days from the time they were shipped. They were packaged better than I had packaged them myself. I am really, really happy with the scans. They are straight. They look good and they are ideal for what I want to do with them. If I wanted to blow a few of them up to 8x10 and print them out, I'd probably rescan those few at 600 dpi. But I want to put together slideshows for my family, put together photobooks. These scans are perfect for archiving and if you can get a Groupon or another sort of offer, that's the way to go,
I will definitely use SMP again. I have videos I need transferred to DVD and I have some more photos. I've recommended SMP to family and friends. They did a great job for me.
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Susan m.
Winter Park, FL
8/23/2011 I had a great experience using ScanMyPhotoscom. They were quick to answer my emails when I had a question about the order form, answering me within the hour. I sent my heavy box of 1000 photo's on a Monday and my disc was in my hands within the same week I mailed my photo's off. The quality was perfect for me, and I am planning to use them again for my VCR tapes and old slides. I too own my own scanner and plan on never scanning another photo in my life thanks to this company! Being able to look through these photos that sat in boxes for 15-20 years was worth its weight in gold! Thank you ScanMyPhotoscom , for getting this done for me at a reasonable price and so quickly and efficiently.
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Lillian H.
Torrance, CA
8/16/2011 I can't say enough good things about this service! When my father passed away a few months ago, we had to move my mother into a much smaller home. Among the possessions amassed over a lifetime were huge tubs of photos (taken over the past 50+ years) that none of us kids even knew existed.
My husband had read about http://
ScanMyPhotos.com on a blog and we knew it would be a multi-year project for us to home scan the mountain of pictures I now had to contend with. We ordered a pre-paid box, carefully packed it according to the instructions, and sent it out, crossing our fingers that we weren't about to lose the only copies of irreplaceable family photos.
What a pleasant surprise to have that "test" box returned to us, not only quickly, but the bundles were just the way we had packaged them. The DVD was right on top so we quickly reviewed it. Even more surprising was the quality of the scans. Despite the superfast turnaround time, all the photos were scanned and looked great! Okay, many of the scans were off color or showed a bit of age and scratches, etc. BUT that's what the original photo looked like and we chose not to purchase any of the extra clean-up / white-glove services.
It wasn't cheap - but they scanned just over 2,100 prints in that first box for about $185 (that's only .08 each). We're finally near the end of the mountain of photos, 7 boxes later, and couldn't be happier.
We recommend the service to all our friends, especially my scrapbook friends, and will definitely go back to them for their restoration services on some of the very old photos.
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Michele K.
Spring Hill, FL
8/7/2011 I was very happy with Scan My Photos! Quick turn around time. Photos came back exactly as I sent them. I did the prepaid box with 2,000 so photos for $184.00. You have to remember that before digital photography printed pictures were grainy, and they do not restore them in any way. If the picture quality was mediocre when you sent them out, that is how they will come back. It is so nice to have the photos scanned and on my computer so I can put them in "albums" or what not. Highly recommend this company to anyone else with pictures sitting in boxes on a shelf!
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Biscuit W.
Oakland, CA
7/29/2011 I have used these guys for 20 years and have watched them grow and change as the world of cameras and film change. They are the most customer friendly business I have ever used. They used to give me a candy bar when I picked up my photos (miss them!) but now I email my digital file to them. The candy might screw up my iMac. Now I tried the scanning service and was very impressed. I stuck as many photos as I could in their box and sent it to them. It can back really fast and with all my photos scanned and on a DVD. I have now done it again and sent a few as gifts to friends.
If you are going to do photo stuff, stop looking and go here!
Nice employees as well.
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Joanne S
Dennis, MA
7/14/2011 I worked hard to sort through and pack up, according to instructions, 11 years of photos in crumbling albums...I CANNOT believe this company does EXACTLY what it claims - puts them on a disc , in order by numbered packets ( extra charge for putting in order- well worth it for us)- it came out great!! I don't think there's a way to scroll though disc ( but I am not good at knowing that stuff!)- I downloaded them to my i-photo, corrected the sideways images, ( you can have them do that for an extra charge) then burned a disc so we could see them as a slide show. I am in awe, and will prepare the next decade and a half, starting with the birth of my children, which will fill another box I'll be ordering shortly!!!
Thank you for the GREAT work - the memories are SO important, but we're downsizing and have no room for 37 years of photo albums, that our daughters would probably throw away when we're gone someday!! I think they'll keep the discs!!!
Thanks again!!
Happy Customer
Cape Cod MA
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Scott P.
San Diego, CA
7/5/2011 I first used this service 3 years ago. I was astounded at the fast turnaround time. Everything was exactly as advertised and the service was even faster than promised. I had an opportunity to use them again and once again everything is going great (I haven't sent the pictures to them yet but the pre-process is as fast as lightning and the emails are always so courteous and efficient!)
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Mimi H.
Littleton, CO
6/27/2011 I had over 40 years of photos in boxes, bags and envelopes and sent them to Scan My photos! You can imagine how thrilled I was to get the DVDs back with all these memories. I am an Apple user and put them all into iPhoto and had a wonderful time making DVDs and Movies for my whole family. I never could have done this without Scan my Photos.
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Patty S.
Portland, OR
6/15/2011 After many years of passing the closet which housed thousands of photos... riddled with guilt, anxiety - I decided to organize them and have them scanned. I had heard great things about "Scanmyphotos" and decided to send them off. I had a little bit of trepidation about putting them in the mail. As we all know, they are our irreplaceable treasures. Within a few days I had them back, carefully scanned and easily accessible on a dvd.
I have been able to share them with family members, many of whom were just overjoyed to see them.
Then I sent another huge box of photos and 5 of my favorite VHS tapes to be transferred to dvds. It was all handled so well with great customer service. I have shared this great find with many friends who have thanked me for the information.
It gives you easy access to your photos for sharing and posting online. No longer hidden away in boxes...you are actually looking at them! And they aren't in danger of degrading or being lost in some fire or flood. I encourage everyone to use this service. Finally, there is a way to deal with these memories.
It is great! You will be so glad you did it!
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Maggie Z.
Los Angeles, CA
1/26/2011 When we moved from a 2-bedroom to a loft, it was time to cut the clutter and after I gave a bunch of shoes to Goodwill, I used http://Scanmyphotos.com to turn a mountain of old prints into a DVD. I mailed them a box of photos and they sent them back along with digital copies on a disc--all within a week. And frankly, the quality seems really good to me. I realize that a professional photographer might not think the pixels or the DPI or whatever is the best, but I guess these people might have different purposes than me. If you're like me and want to keep thousands of photos to glance through from time to time for the memories, this scanning will be more than OK for you. If you want to be able to print high-def posters, later, maybe not.
They have this deal where, for $150, they'll send you a pre-paid box and you stuff in as many photos as you can fit (they say about 2,000 fit). Then the price includes scanning, making the DVD, and return shipping of your photos. When I think of the time it saved me, I it was definitely worth it! Also, this is a place with exceptional customer service and everyone I've dealt with has been super-nice!
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Randy N.
Albuquerque, NM
6/11/2011 We just received our order from ScanMyPhotos. WOW!! We are so impressed! ScanMyPhotos, thank you so much for putting our precious memories in a useable and safe format for us. The photo book with all 1858 thumbnails (upright, in order, group, enhanced, etc.) was just the delicious icing on the cake!
Can't thank you enough.
Randy
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Maria L.
Orlando, FL
5/24/2011 My photos were my headache and stomach ache for 15 years at least. It took 2 nights to sort through them. I mailed the package with over 900 pictures on Tuesday of last week and received the completed order back on Saturday, just 4 days later. Now I can display them in my digital picture frame and make a photo book, what a relief.
Thanks again for the great super quick service. I will definitely recommend your service to all my friends.
Maria, Florida
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Bonnie P.
Salt Lake City, UT
5/12/2011 Wow, I am not kidding you - this company is one of the best I have ever dealt with for friendliness, professionalism, promtness and especially for GOING THE EXTRA MILE. I had a coupon and forgot to put it in the box. Shannon said "no problem, I will watch for your box and make sure it gets taken care of right away!" What??? A real person who gives a poo!!! I am so impressed. This service was so worth it. It has saved me neck aching hours of scanning myself. My photos came back in perfect condition and in the order that I sent them in. I would give these guys a 5 star rating for everything!!!! Then they made me copies for all of my children to have. Thank You Sincerely for the best customer service in the industry. Kudo's to you and all who work there!! Sincerely, Jeanne in Salt Lake City.
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5/10/2011 I scanned two boxes of old photos (almost 4000 photos) last year at http://ScanMyPhotos.com. They ranged from 1920's black and white up to current 35mm images. The company did a terrific job technically. My 90 year old mother gets great pleasure in pulling them up on a computer! I am glad that I can now manipulate the digital images. Their customer support team is really helpful and they are also good people. I've had some health issues and forgot my third box until the day before the expiration. They extended my deadline by one month.
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