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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Replacements has always had a stiff markup.  They need it to pay for their advertising and their giant warehouse and corporate service reliability (vs. independent little sellers and homeowners).  Their customers are people who just need one rare piece or who are very price insensitive.

Replacements pays very little to buy and is very picky.  I've heard and read that it's pointless to try to sell to them.  The cost of shipping is about equal to what they offer to pay if they want the pattern (garage sale prices), and they don't offer until they've seen the goods.

I've been told that sets are near impossible to sell.  I have 3.  Banged up late 1800s Wedgewood (chipped but sentimental from great-great grandparents), a fine Wedgewood set from grandma (1950s), and a 1960s German cabbage rose set from a great aunt.

My sister wants to get rid of another great aunt's Noritake but it might have lead in it.  She offloaded our grandma's large set of off-brand holly Christmas china to Goodwill before a recent move.  I wouldn't take it.

Eventually, we'll have my mother's "not supposed to go in the dishwasher" gold-edged pattern.

So far I've never hosted a large holiday meal since I'm still in a child position.  And I'm in my 50s.  I'm honestly not sure what to do about the several additional sets that might be inbound.  Since they are worth so little but are very storeable, I'm okay to wait to see if fashions will change.  But they probably won't.

OP, I have two pieces of advice for you.

1) Call the FB seller and tell them you're looking for X plates for $200 and to contact you if they are ever interested.  Maybe you'll end up with the whole set when it doesn't sell.  Just don't ask upfront for the whole set for a pittance - that makes people upset.

And 2) try setting up a search on eBay.  If I wanted to add pieces, I'd be looking for pieces from a set that was being parted out by a small China & Glass Ebayer or an individual clearing out their own stuff.  That's where you can get the best prices in my opinion.

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This saddens me that you’ve never hosted a holiday and you’re in your 50s. I refused to travel for Christmas once having kids and have hosted anyone who would come yearly. But we also have big dinners for all our kids birthdays too using the formal dining room. My grandparents on both sides are in their mid 90s so I don’t think it should matter that you’re in a child position. I hopefully will be a child until I’m 70, but by that time my kids will be long gone and wouldn’t have memories of my holidays. My mom often helps me host and we love to cook together. [/quote]

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