ETSY Mystery Box | 100 Years Of History | Totally Not What I Was Expecting

[@CharleneOrtizTraining]

Some people have no shame selling junk. I get it's a mystery box and you don't know what you're going to get, but the seller should at least have some respect for the buyer and put something of value in it. You're always so positive about it. I wish I had the light hearted attitude you have. It's what keeps me coming back. 🥰

[@paulasajjad4549]

A cross between a junk drawer and a wastepaper basket, I'd be embarrassed to send such rubbish to someone and charge for it!!! Your a good sport x

[@eileenknoblock9626]

S & H green stamp! Like Quality Stamps and Top Value Stamps, these were given in various denominations when you shopped at different grocery stores in the 60's and 70's. You pasted them in books and then redeemed them for products. They even had showroom stores where you could pick stuff out. I still have a rocking chair (wooden with pads) that my grandmother bought me with Quality Stamps. I did pass it on to my granddaughter. Good memories!

[@rhondadobbs6587]

You got a dream box for someone who does junk journals or even scrapbooking. Sell as a junk journaling ephemera mystery box!the old book is great for junk journaling as well as old papers.

[@TheCheapChick]

Thanks for the info. I've got some tagged for the next flea market.

[@mehchocolate1257]

@@TheCheapChick opens da box if it fits i sits 😂

[@cingig6681]

Exactly! I do scrapbooking and this would have been amazing.

[@jen7916]

Some types of crafters would love that as well!!

[@trademarktm2222]

@@TheCheapChick Frame that Coke sign. Then sell it. 🥰

[@jmk9512]

Damn that dog though, living their best life, I am so jealous. :)

[@lisakeefe8273]

I’m 61 and I can remember as a little girl my mother and grandmother would get green stamps when they shopped. I used to love watching them fill their books and then exchanging them for products at the green stamps store. Also, that movie Michael is really good. The rest of the stuff is not here nor there. There were so many other things. Love to watch you!

[@estellelandry3752]

It looks like stuff from the cleaning of a hoarder house

[@jenn6753]

This was more like a junk drawer than a mystery box!

[@donnajthomas9298]

The movie Michael is actually a really good movie 😊

[@lisasmith8484]

That's what I just said x definitely a tear jerker

[@andwal13]

Yes it was !

[@genevievehernandez5938]

I have an 8 track player. Got it at a yard sale and it works. Found it when I was 16. Paid 5 bucks for it and ran home all excited. My mom pulled out her 8 tracks and we listened to them together. 😊 I’m 38 now. I’m glad I have one. Hehe

[@dogmom2023]

Hello Melissa I was a young girl when Green stamps came out I can remember my grandparents saving them I'm 56 years old. They would have books that you filled then you took them back to the store and you got gifts for them usually kitchen things. They got them from grocery stores when they bought groceries they got so many stamps..

[@TheCheapChick]

Hey! That is so cool. I wish they did that now.

[@texaslovesbama927]

I'm 51 and I remember the green stamp store

[@dogmom2023]

Throw back. 😜

[@vetgmacatmomfl2055]

I'm 49 and remember the green stamps too.

[@kathyparker1994]

I remember doing the same thing for my mom. I was the only one of us kids willing to lick the stamps. Once my mom got an iron. Really cool. Brought some good memories from that box. Thanks for sharing Melissa.

[@annetter5676]

You are an amazing person. Thank you for being so upbeat about the random things you get. You make everyone of your videos so enjoyable!!

[@TheCheapChick]

Awwwwww thanks so much! I really appreciate it.

[@kathydavidson9972]

You got hosed with this box o’ crap. 😮

[@truthorconsequences143]

LOL

[@TheCheapChick]

Haha!

[@gailrhodes2859]

Melissa you are sooo sweet to be upbeat you just got a bunch of junk!! I’m glad you are posting the company that sent this to you!! Does not look like any of the papers or things were authentic!!

[@robinpinkham9398]

Only you could smile over a box of rubbish! How fun🤣🤣🤣

[@pamelajordan72]

Junk journals are so popular right now, I agree sell as scrapbooking or junk journal

[@tallyooh1182]

Crafters would love this. You could create a shadow box filled with this quirky stuff.😊

[@the76libra2]

Well that mystery box was definitely a mystery. You are such a happy person. Always looking at the bright side. Thank you for taking one for the team.

[@mistyfly2me]

Her face was only sort of smiling. More of a griming

[@opalcarroll3195]

The plastic was there to protect the contents from dirt and skin oil. The S&H was a “green stamp” -they were given out at grocery stores and acted like a coupon once you had your book full. All of the things I noticed had some historical value-some not a huge amount of value but some value. If you make the right contacts you might be surprised how much potential value you have. I was a freshman in college when 8 tracks became popular. Enjoy your historical trivia!

[@disneygal200016]

Can’t believe you got a pepsi bottle cap with the cork in the back. When I was "very" young, we’d take these caps from every soda, remove the cork, put the cap on our blouse and push the cork from the inside. It became a button. The movie theaters would have specials on Saturday where they played cartoons all day. To get in free they would ask for a special bottle top, like 7up. You’d go through your pile of buttons looking for the favored one. You’d give it to the ticket lady and she would give you a free ticket to get in. You’d buy popcorn and get free refills all day. Same with the soda. This was in the 50s. Haven’t seen one of those caps for YEARS. 😊😊😊

[@gma1343]

Aw the S&H Green Stamp brought a smile to my face. The grocery stores would give out S&H Green Stamps based on the am out you spent. They were put in special books and saved through out the year and used to buy products at the S&H Green Stamp store. Happy happy memories thank you for that 😉

[@deeperk982]

I would love that box,brings back memories for me ❤️ My mother loved her S&H green stamps,we bought so much with them including a singer sewing machine..The bottle caps had a great smell with the cork inside and no twist off ,we had to use a bottle opener..❤️

[@shelia387]

It was cool also ur facial expressions too funny

[@Paula_KentuckyRed]

S&H green stamps were one of many companies with trading stamps. There were redemption stores you took your filled books of stamps in and used them to purchase items. They had housewares. Linens, toys, tools, camping equipment etc. Instead of a price it told how many books it took to purchase an item. I remember going with my Mom when I was very young. Grocery stores and some gas stations gave stamps out with each purchase. Perfect ephemera mystery box for junk journals 😂.

[@SouthernAngel843]

My grandma used to save her stamps from Piggly Wiggly each week and my job was to fill out the books an keep track of them. Because my birthday is the 20th of Dec I got to pick One item for myself each year. I have fond memories of us doing that. I'm 47 now

[@pamelamccoy7359]

I remember that too. My parents had those.

[@laurenhall8392]

Im sorry but Michael the VHS had me dead 💀🤣

[@67sixpack]

Melissa Michael is a great movie!!!

[@gingerlancaster3033]

I'm 64 and my mom used to collect s & h green stamps, put them in a book and when she had enough she would take them to a green stamps store to trade for merchandise. Dishes, pots and pans etc.This was in the early 60s in California. I believe they gave them out at gas stations

[@fleciashreve2313]

I think, that's my parents junk drawer!!😂😉

[@TheCheapChick]

Haha!

[@suzanneclark2952]

You are a good sport Melissa! Random stuff is right. Keep smiling, I will keep watching!

[@julieann5196]

I like looking at old things. I remember when we remodeled our upstairs we found a few "treasures" as we called them and one was a newspaper article about Al Capone, totally cool, we still have the article.

[@tracybroschak4467]

That was an S & H stamp that you would lick and paste in a book and you would redeem them for gifts. I'm that old because I used to do that with my mom when I was a kid.

[@TheCheapChick]

Oh wow! Thanks for the info.

[@SouthernAngel843]

I still love that movie. I remember my parents having a fireplace stereo that had a 8track an record player!

[@mem2bam]

I was waiting on the 8-track tape. 😄 It was interesting, a little (Cra Cra) but interesting.

[@catherinemisiek6508]

I remember that little s&h green stamp..lol..you used to get them at the grocery store..so many for what you spent. I bought my first set of kitchen curtains with thoese stamps. You would collect them ..put them in books and redeem them at the s&h center. Wow what a reminder of how long ago that was!! Ty Melissa for the memory's!!! 🙃

[@CellebrateLife]

Oh my goodness, I remember my mom saving those S&H green stamps and we fill books and then she could take them to the store and redeem them for all kinds of cool kitchen gadgets, and things like that

[@sunnyscott4876]

I'm a borderline hoarder. If I could go around my house, collect one of everything I have multiples of and sell them as " mystery boxes 📦" I could make a fortune. Who wants a left over pot holder, a candle 🕯, an old dog collar, a Sharpie, a paper back book 📖 and some old post cards from Myrtle Beach? $10. They're yours!:

[@lisasmith8484]

Lmao 😜 brilliant comment

[@angelaadams9806]

I could play that game too, lol

[@sunnyscott4876]

@@angelaadams9806 OK!

[@solsticemeows]

I laughed out loud when you were analyzing that film card with the random kid ond santas lap. Its just so random and your reactions are golden. 😅

[@frankprice7575]

Oh Mellissa you didn't look too impressed, poor little Paco gave up after the 4th item.....such a wise doggie, happy new year from Dublin Ireland

[@McGentry]

Vintage people will pick those labels and cars up. They love that stuff

[@governmentchihuahua4132]

Honestly this was comedy gold. The look on your face when you saw the...items... that you pulled out of that box was priceless. That 1950s crime book I actually saw on Amazon after I looked it up. The rest of that stuff you can line the birdcage with, lol.

[@dianebaker5243]

You give it a go fare play. Thanks for sharing 👍🥰

[@victoriawalker1218]

Hi Melissa great video you got a great antique stuff that's really cool

[@rhonda611purple]

Vintage junk drawer. I remember saving the s and h green stamps earned at grocery store to get products from the S and H store

[@MelodyJoy716]

It’s always a risk getting mystery boxes but it definitely looks fun to open and see what you got!

[@TheCheapChick]

You got that right. My always fun and at least it was not very expensive.

[@sandrabreceda1248]

Hiya. Look the stuff up on eBay because believe it or not post cards and old ads and posters sell. The auction professor sells a ton of random stuff like that worth some good money. Love watching you. Happy new year!

[@PaperConfessionswithCaraMia]

Fun unboxing Melissa! Love to see you unbox a Whimsy Barn Vintage mystery boxes in the future. She's on Etsy and has super fun boxes! Happy New Year to you and your family! HUGS :)

[@TheCheapChick]

So glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching! Happy new year!

[@chanel58style70]

Thank you for the laughs! Your expressions when looking at all the items were worth the Mystery Box!

[@heatherglanfield2046]

Thank you Melissa for being so upbeat about this box as you normally are. As lots of people have said you could sell this to someone who does scrap booking . 🐥🎉🎈🐤 Happy New year to you Rob Paco and your Mum Dad and sister also to everyone else may the new year be happy and healthy to you all❤

[@angelamartin1942]

Looks like a time capsule. U have a great sense of humor about it.

[@eleanordockery5423]

We Used To Do The S&H Green Stamps Books For Prizes.

[@sandyn812]

That little picture thingy is a slide for projector. Growing up my parents had one and we used to have “ slide shows” lol

[@gailrhodes2859]

They are making a killing off that trivial pursuit game. The board is on their site for $7.00. Imagine how much they will mage out of the rest of the game pieces!!!

[@cooperfreckles]

I remember the green stamps. My mom would save them and get us wonderful stuff with them.

[@jenpowell7001]

they did a box like this on Good Mythical Morning and turned it into a game where the host Rhett and Link had to figure out which item was for what decade.

[@Stephanie-yq3cb]

This is definitely the same shop they purchased from for one of their mystery box games. They got the exact same kind of stuff and same poster print of the branch painting.

[@corinnetokar3967]

Hi, Melissa! You do know that Etsy is a craft channel? So each item was handcrafted by an artist with specific type of skill. And what you received is paper for making journals, etc. All of the different types of crafting can use these.

[@shannonlknight3943]

What's really sad is I remember a lot of that stuff. I will be 50 in May but I don't usually feel like it. Thanks Melissa...lol

[@mistyfly2me]

Some may this this is the coolest mystery box. When I sell a mystery box, it’s more a “not so mystery “ box. I’ll say what’s in it. And a group picture. Maybe add a few extra things. Gift wrapped.

[@ninamoore5302]

My parents use to save the gh green stamps you could collect them for household item and 🎁 gifts

[@georgekessler3548]

Had to check the listing while watching this. Looks like $1 an item. Woosh, that's rough. That box was in over 20 people's cart. Yikes! Gonna be some angry people. :o -Kryste

[@TheCheapChick]

Hopefully they catch this vid. Lol

[@sophiawish9772]

I love your tee shirt! the Campbell's Kid card is worth about $5.oo. I would check out the penny for any flaws which makes it worth more. I had a factory installed 8 Track Tape player in an old 1969 car I had used for my first job. It was fun! I love these adventures.

[@TheCheapChick]

Thanks so much! I've got a few things tagged for the flea market but we shall see. Lol.

[@patticampana9458]

You are adorable! Someone will buy that old stuff. Make sure they're not worth something before you toss it! Hope you and your family have a Happy, healthy New Year 🎉

[@lisawilliams2313]

Junk Journal heaven box! I love the papers and stamps and bottle cap!!

[@lisasmith8484]

I LOVE that Micheal film its so good x

[@robinsnell8082]

Wow I never thought that this was what you would get just wow TFS love from Wisconsin

[@charmainewilson8583]

That's different I don't think I will ever get a mystery box from them, thank you for that 🐱

[@tweetyhearts3169]

I was also born in the 80s and my mom and dad had a record player with an 8 track😊. Thanks for this back to the future video.❤

[@trishawaddell564]

It kind of looks like what someone would put into a time capsule. Everyone has their own ideas on what things best represent the past and present and what the future will want to see. You should see if you can watch Michael- it’s a quirky but good movie! And the rest of the stuff might have some value as a time capsule!

[@sherylgorla9355]

The S&H green stamp brought back memories for me… I have a trinket dish that my dad bought with S&H green stamps to give to my mom when they were dating! ❤️

[@shannonkeaney893]

Definitely a junk journal box! Love it!

[@KrisWilliams1969]

I was alive on the 8 track, cassettes and vhs tapes… I’m 53 right now… i never played with pogs, they just seemed to flimsy and they’d bend easily.. trivial pursuit I never really played either, but that’s because it really made me feel dumb, could hardly answer the questions… and I think I actually saw that painting in a doctors office back when I was a teen..so that’s taken it back… Have a great weekend..

[@KrisK]

That was definitely a mystery box. Love your positive attitude. Happy New Year to you and your family

[@rbdreamsart]

Only a collector of memorabilia would appreciate this. To every one else, junk 😂

[@lisasmith8484]

Such a super weird box, honestly, never seen anything like it, they must make a fortune collecting tat then printing them off and selling like this! Wow 👌 x 😁 love your channel .

[@michellerevoir8005]

Happy New Year Melissa with much love 💕

[@paulabarnes3351]

Google each item to get the depth of the “decades walk down memory lane” in the box. I am 72, and several items stand out. I would recommend the big calendar art poster to be wrapped around a sturdy cardboard tube to protect it next time something that fragile is shipped. The obsolete cassette tape was 2 greats in Jazz history Ella Fitzgerald was a pioneer Jazz singer, perhaps the Queen of Jazz, Count Basie was known of the Best Big Band leader..a Coca Cola ad like that would have sold for several dollars back in the 70’s and early 80’s. The reverse side with the travel ad would be fun to research further. A penny used to represent a nice piece of candyThe old book was a classic example of popular paperbacks ‘back in the day’, written for men, they were as popular then as ‘romance novels’ are popular for women now. What a coincidence that I just received an Etsy order of several Blue Chip and Green Stamp filled books, enough to get redeemed for a living room lamp, an iron or the sturdiest card table that would still be sturdy today. Think of those stamps as todays ‘cash back’ on credit cards. Fun history involved in that little stamps I still have an Italian pottery vase my Mom got with those stamps. Watch the movie Michael in another format, a very good movie. Michael is an unlikely angel. Go through the package with your parents or someone older than them to see it in context. All things are trivia, all things can also be a window to the past. The slide can be turned into kitschy photos that junk journal enthusiasts would love. Oh dear I am rambling on now. Melissa I love your good humor as you go through your mystery boxes. And yes, junk drawer contents are a thing on Etsy too! Happy New Year!

[@stargater2892]

It was fun watching you, but I would have been disappointed. My thought was ephemera ... Letters, post cards, photos. The slide was interesting. I liked the print, the pink trees. Happy New Year to You, Rob and of course your Mom & Dad.

[@lisasmith8484]

I definitely think this is one of the most random boxes, and it shows how good it was because you were more looking at your nails than the crap in the box!! Lmao 😜 🤣 brilliant, your face, trying to be nice!! Brilliant 👏

[@wendypilling3619]

Lord have Mercy I'm so old! Other than the Civil War stuff and 1922 stuff I can give you the info on what, where and who.... lmao 🤣🤣🤣 Happy New Year.....God bless you and your family!

[@adrianemiller702]

"S&H green stamp. you would collect them from the grocery store and redeem for dishes and stuff. hahahahahahahahahaha to much money mr.ebay. xxoo #PortlandOR

[@carolinez8634]

Hi, the old newspaper is real. They were kept in large books. The books I have all have a month of newspapers. My books are from the 1920's to the 1940's. The value in the 1960's, if there is value, would be for the Coke advertising. The same is true of the Campbell's kids card. So sorry to see what you got for your money. 💕

[@TheCheapChick]

Hey! Thanks for all the info.

[@truthorconsequences143]

No it's not.

[@carolinez8634]

@@truthorconsequences143 What?

[@Daisy-Daisy0512]

That was weird …the negative you got with santa in it Ive seen either the photo or another negative if the sane thing recently … I just have to remember whose video is was in! Maybe Raphaels video I’ll let you know if I find it 💜

[@mariewoodward9713]

Hi Melissa. It looks like someone just wanted to get rid of alot of garbage. I would have been so disappointed. Like you said it's the mystery that gets you everytime. I can't figure out what was 100 years old. At best maybe 80 years old. Nope not a very good mystery box. Let's hope your next mystery box is epic. Happy New Year

[@maryregan7928]

Some good items for making a journal

[@truthorconsequences143]

Wrong.

[@TheCheapChick]

Alot of people said be good for that.

[@tanyaneill3889]

We collected green stamps and used them to get into theme parks and make other purchases. It was a fun box, did bring back lots of memories some good, some not so.

[@glenda9294]

Put them on Ebay. That’s a collectible items.

[@erikshappywife]

Some of it is cool. It would be neat to put together shadow boxes for each decade and put some of the items in them...but I would get some better representations of items to put in with the few cool items you got. The 8track tape is cool. I was alive then 😉

[@brendaacuff4537]

Love the Michael movie maybe there is a place you can have the movie transfered on a CD and the rest of the stuff is great for junk journaling

[@abigailsara]

Someone cleaned out Grandma's attic, basement & junk drawer 😆 🤣

[@dawnmagee3354]

I used to beg my mom to let me put the S&H Greenstamps in the books. Then we'd look through the catalog to see what we could trade them for. Guess they were the original customer appreciation gift. I also remember getting dinnerware from the gas station. Crap, I'm old! I'm going to go through all my "junk" and send you a mystery box because this one wasn't so great. 😂

[@romeoslover817]

now, that is where the contents of my junk drawer went!

[@stinebishop1678]

🤩🤩🌻🌻🐥🐥#TeamCheapChick #Roadtol00k Happy 2023 Cheap Chick Family

[@TheShayde2000]

Today is my 60th birthday. I recognized most of that stuff. You could make a collage and frame it, then resell it. Happy New Year, Melissa!

[@TheCheapChick]

Happy birthday!

[@Lisa-je5bb]

You could keep everything as is and sell it as scapbooking kit ,maybe add some washi tape

[@marylavine2632]

You have a great attitude. Bless you.

[@karenmackie9665]

My guess is that an elderly relative passed away, and the heir cleaned out the house and decided to put the random stuff into Etsy boxes. I have to admit that I remember a lot of those treasures! Ha!

[@ShastaAnn]

Karen Mackie: I was thinking the same thing. They're exactly the kind of things I found in my grandmother's dresser drawers in her spare bedroom. Smart to put it all in a mystery box because nobody would buy most of those things otherwise.

[@martithornton241]

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[@rubymaddy3161]

I think you done well. I was born in 1965. You done well. 💕

[@lauriegermain9577]

There were a few things that took me back to when I was a kid.

[@sunshinekiddo3766]

Seems like a time capsule of a blast of the past. Lol love ya

[@lulumiller1104]

🇬🇧🦋A true mystery box ?? Random definitely.. but bad being one trivial pursuit charm equals 1 item ... still interesting ,you kept smiling 😉take care keep safe lulu ❤🦋🇬🇧

[@aliceherley812]

I'm so sorry that box was awful you show have gotten better items. It should have been a $10 box.

[@andwal13]

Melissa you find everything 💕💕