I just came across this again.
For my separations business, I was given a photo of a printed tee shirt that I was to separate exactly because the customer had been selling this poorly printed and poorly separated print in their restaurant for years. My customer (the new printer) was asked if they can make it look just like the old one.
LOL. It was sooo hard to keep separating it, knowing how it's going to look on a shirt. I'm like "who'd ever buy that?" I guess many in that area. It must have been one of those favorite places that have been there for years and carries some affinity. Ya never know what you might get.