By David Ferring · Digitize DFW · Flower Mound, TX
Big mail-in digitizing services can be convenient, but they all share one requirement: you box up your irreplaceable original photos and tapes and ship them across the country. David Ferring at Digitize DFW thinks that trade-off deserves a second look.
The real risk of shipping originals
Packages get lost, delayed, and damaged every day. With ordinary belongings that is an inconvenience — with the only photo of your grandparents' wedding, it is a loss you cannot undo. Once your originals leave your hands, you are trusting the postal system and a distant facility with memories that cannot be reprinted.
The local alternative
Digitize DFW never ships your originals anywhere. You drop them off at our Flower Mound location, or David comes to you, and everything is digitized locally and handed right back. Your photos are never outsourced and never mixed with another customer's order.
Questions worth asking any service
- Do my originals leave the area, or stay local?
- Who actually handles them — one person, or a warehouse line?
- Are my photos kept separate from other customers'?
- Can I drop off and pick up in person?
Peace of mind, locally
If keeping your originals close matters to you, a local pro is worth it. See how photo scanning and tape digitizing work, or start with that shoebox.