Why shop online?   Prices and selection are often better from these Web sites than in your neighborhood stores.  Many of them offer free packing and shipping to your door or to your gift recipient.  So, you can save time, gas, and money.  Merchant sites must meet high security standards to advertise on QuaintPlaces.com.    Did you know?    When you place an order from these merchants, they contribute a small commission to QuaintPlaces.com.  These commissions do not increase the cost of your purchases.  Only purchases made within a few days after your initial "click" to their sites generate commissions for us. (Please do not delete your cookies.)    These commissions, plus sales of our own photos and cards, are necessary to help defray the cost of maintaining QuaintPlaces.com, which currently operates at a loss.    Your purchases will help us provide more information and photos about quaint places.