Do people still buy china? FB prices are absurd!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do people still register for china and/or but it themselves?

I’m in my early 50s and know it was a thing when we got married in the 90s, but do people still spend that kind of money on “fancy dishes”?

I was on FB marketplace and noticed someone is selling my china pattern for nearly $1k. I think it might have been 8 or 12 place settings (can’t recall). Seems absurd for FB marketplace despite the fact that more mainstream retail replacement services essentially charge an arm and a leg for pristine sets.

Just curious if there’s really a market for such things.

I’m also curious if people with “fancy dishes” reserve them for special occasions?

My dishes have always been on display in my china closet (is that even a thing with young people these days?) and used for the holidays and dinner parties when we eat in the dining room. Because our family is growing as relatives are getting married and having kids, I was toying with the idea of buying dinner plates in my pattern…until I had sticker shock. (I inherited three other sets of china, so I’ll just use another pattern at the kids’ table.)

I’m more curious about whether people still put clear plastic coverings on the “good” furniture in the living room, & then never let anybody use that furniture.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can ask for whatever price you want. That doesn't mean it's grounded in reality.

This. I see it with case goods / furniture too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do people still register for china and/or but it themselves?

I’m in my early 50s and know it was a thing when we got married in the 90s, but do people still spend that kind of money on “fancy dishes”?

I was on FB marketplace and noticed someone is selling my china pattern for nearly $1k. I think it might have been 8 or 12 place settings (can’t recall). Seems absurd for FB marketplace despite the fact that more mainstream retail replacement services essentially charge an arm and a leg for pristine sets.

Just curious if there’s really a market for such things.

I’m also curious if people with “fancy dishes” reserve them for special occasions?

My dishes have always been on display in my china closet (is that even a thing with young people these days?) and used for the holidays and dinner parties when we eat in the dining room. Because our family is growing as relatives are getting married and having kids, I was toying with the idea of buying dinner plates in my pattern…until I had sticker shock. (I inherited three other sets of china, so I’ll just use another pattern at the kids’ table.)

I’m more curious about whether people still put clear plastic coverings on the “good” furniture in the living room, & then never let anybody use that furniture.

IME certain ethnic groups of a certain age still do.

[Anonymous]

Check Ebay.

[Anonymous]

I use my mom’s fine china with gold rims as my daily dishes. They’d be sitting in a cabinet or donated to a thrift store if I didn’t use them. They can’t go in the microwave but I do put them in the dishwasher. They’re fine. Eventually they’ll probably get trashed. But at least they serve a purpose.

I also use her baccarat wine glasses. She got them for a wedding present, used them once shortly after she and my dad got married, one got chipped and she put them away forever. Now they get used. If one gets chipped it gets chipped. I do hand wash them.

[Anonymous]

I use my wedding china everyday. Kids starting eating off it when they were just over toddler age and are now teens, and no pieces have been broken. Best thing is that they don’t have metal rims, so they go in the dishwasher, microwave etc.

Having sets of fine china that are never used is pointless! Enjoy them!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I use my wedding china everyday. Kids starting eating off it when they were just over toddler age and are now teens, and no pieces have been broken. Best thing is that they don’t have metal rims, so they go in the dishwasher, microwave etc.

Having sets of fine china that are never used is pointless! Enjoy them!

What kind of china? How much were they originally, and what is the resale cost on Replacements?

[Anonymous]

I was curious so I checked and my redwood pattern from 25+ years ago is only eBay for $500 for a set of 5 plus some extra serving pieces. That doesn’t actually seem bad to me.
Replacements has it for $230 per setting which seems like a lot.
I do wonder what the market is for the matching egg cups! But now that I’m looking at it I’m a little tempted by one of the cake plates!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was curious so I checked and my redwood pattern from 25+ years ago is only eBay for $500 for a set of 5 plus some extra serving pieces. That doesn’t actually seem bad to me.
Replacements has it for $230 per setting which seems like a lot.
I do wonder what the market is for the matching egg cups! But now that I’m looking at it I’m a little tempted by one of the cake plates!

Do you mean Wedgwood?

Because my Wedgwood china from 1998 is going for $229 on Replacements.

And Wedgwood isn’t even one of the fancy, high-end brands.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can ask for whatever price you want. That doesn't mean it's grounded in reality.

+100. You assume that there are buyers at that price but I doubt it. Lots of boomers want a lot for their stuff and are shocked when there are no buyers and the stuff goes to Goodwill. Silver is still worth something but it gets melted down

[Anonymous]

Keep in mind that a lot of older people are completely convinced of the value of their huge brown furniture and china sets. They’ll post their china sets on FB for $1,000 because they believe it was an investment and nobody can make them see reason.

Nobody is going to buy it for 1K.

Realistically, it’s all going to a landfill when they break a hip and need to sell the house and relocate to a long term care facility.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was curious so I checked and my redwood pattern from 25+ years ago is only eBay for $500 for a set of 5 plus some extra serving pieces. That doesn’t actually seem bad to me.
Replacements has it for $230 per setting which seems like a lot.
I do wonder what the market is for the matching egg cups! But now that I’m looking at it I’m a little tempted by one of the cake plates!

Do you mean Wedgwood?

Because my Wedgwood china from 1998 is going for $229 on Replacements.

And Wedgwood isn’t even one of the fancy, high-end brands.

I got married in the mid-90s and almost registered for this Lenox pattern linked below. They're selling 8 place settings for $500. I think when it was new it was probably about $100/place setting new. I'm glad I didn't end up registering for it. The color is not versatile. Although it was beautifully made. I bought myself 2 dinner plates and 2 bread plates at the outlet, meaning to use them for fancy couples dinners and never used those much either. The plain silver-rimmed serving platter I bought at the same time has gotten a lot of use.

https://www.replacements.com/china-lenox-mt-vernon-40-piece-estate-set/p/135042071

[Anonymous]

I got married ten years ago and it was out of vogue then. I have two sets of China from both grandmothers in the basement. It will likely never be used. And I like to entertain— we just don’t have the kind of dinner parties that would warrant it.

[Anonymous]

I bought plain white bone china ten years ago and planned to use it every day. DH is stuck in the 90s and makes me save it for special dinners. Instead we use IKEA dishes that are almost identical.

[Anonymous]

I put china on my registry about 10 years ago, but many people even then didn't include it for wedding registries.

I use it for holidays a couple times a year, I love having these pieces but I am a bit old fashioned and like keeping traditions.