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Written by Sharon Verbeten
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Tuesday, 01 September 2009 00:00 |
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 Recessionary times can prompt people to rethink their expenses—and often the first thing to go is discretionary funds. Money once spent on non-essentials like entertainment—whether that is dinners out, movie tickets or another doll for a collection—isn’t quite as plentiful as it was in recent years.
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Written by Trina Laube
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Wednesday, 01 October 2008 00:00 |
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 The Toy Shoppe Owners Danny and Barrie Shapiro Create Friends for Life
Since Danny Shapiro opened The Toy Shoppe in Richmond, Va., in 1975, he and his wife, Barrie, have paired hundreds, perhaps thousands, of collectors with the highest quality dolls and teddy bears. The Shapiros are matchmakers, relationship experts. Above and beyond anything else, they are partners.
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Written by Wil Peterson
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Monday, 01 October 2007 00:00 |
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 Rinkya Auction Service Aims to Take the Anxiety out of Bidding for Dolls.
Many eBay shoppers know that sinking feeling only too well: The utter, absolute agony of defeat that comes when your attempt to win the latest must-have doll or doll-related item is spoiled by a last-minute, deeper-pocketed bidder. You replay the depressing scenario repeatedly and wonder why, oh why, did that auction have to end when I couldn’t be at my computer to counterattack the down-to-the-wire bid blitz?
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