Fresh Encounters LLC / Kenneth Shulers School Of Barbering Styling / Beds Plus / Carolina MoneySaver, 6026 Saint Andrews Road: 2011 6 comments
Carolina MoneySaver (or Carolina Money$aver) if I'm recalling right was one of those little "only classifieds" papers you would find around town in various lobbies and foyers. I think I saw it most often at Constan Carwash on Gervais.
The Internet has not been kind to such publications (or to the classified section of "regular" newspapers). In fact it has basically wiped them out. Why would you pay to place an ad in such a paper when you know that few people would see the paper itself, much less leaf through all the ads when you could instead list on Craigslist for free knowing that people could use online-search to beeline to your listing?
The URL on the roadside sign still works, but now redirects to a Charlotte area MoneySaver niche on the PennySaver USA site. I believe that PennySaver was once sort of an umbrella for all those little regional ad papers, but now it seems to have more of a pure online focus.
Maybe someone should put this real estate listing on Craigslist..
UPDATE 7 January 2012: Added several new tenants to the post title. I believe Fresh Encounters LLC to be the oldest of those. The Secretary of State's office indicates that it organized in 1998 and dissolved in 2001. There's no actual indication of what it was. With that name, it could be anthing from an escort agency to a produce stand.
The other names are more clear, and Beds Plus is undoubtedly the mattress store referenced in the comments.
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Andrew
6 Jan 12 at 1:01 am
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I think it was a mattress store in the mid 2000's, right before becoming Penny Saver, wasn't it?
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If memory serves me correctly, the name of the mattress store Chris mentions was called Beds Plus but I'd recommend consulting some old phone directories to verify
Andrew
6 Jan 12 at 2:56 pm
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Fresh Encounters was a healthy sandwich/lightfare restaurant. Food was great but location, not so much. It was hard to get in and out if traffic was heavy.
BB
16 Jan 12 at 3:21 pm
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I have detected signage to determine that Fabric Bistro is coming soon to this building...
Andrew
7 Dec 18 at 10:11 pm
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The Fabric Bistro place is now open...
Andrew
6 Aug 19 at 10:28 pm
I recall this being a restaurant of some sort back in the 90s but am not sure what it was called