Faygo Mixer India Express Quinine Water 6 Pack Cardboard Case and a Receipt from Samhat Bros. Market
Bought this Faygo Mixer India Express Quinine Water 6 pack cardboard case at an estate sale in Livonia a few years back and this receipt from September 10, 1971 fell out of it when I opened it. It says that the Samhat Bros. Market was at 27222 Grand River where Billy's Liquor currently resides a few doors west of the now defunct Salvation Army store. I had never heard of either the store or that Faygo "flavor" before.
Ironically, I sold this carton at least 10 times on eBay at the beginning of the Covid scare because people thought it was actual quinine. I on;y caught wind of this fact when somebody offered to buy every case that I had. When I explained that the case was vintage and contained nothing they were mortally wounded and asked for a refund. Each time I re-lisred it after explaining that it was merely a vintage carton and not bottles of quinine I added more descriptions such as NO BOTTLES, NO QUININE JUST A VINTAGE CARDBOARD CARRIER but panicked people continued to buy it. Finally, a Faygo collector from the area ended the nightmare by purchasing it on purpose.
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