10 years ago you could print the photos on an inkjet or color laser printer at home. But this was a costly proposition in both time and money. Ink and toner being more expensive by weight than...a whole bunch of luxury goods[1].

You would still have to visit the post office and she'd have to wait for delivery, so you're right about that.

Is the photo storage and sharing market ripe for a (re)disruption?

--- [1] http://www.npr.org/2012/05/24/153634897/why-printer-ink-is-t...