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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dealing with this now. I’m 55 and married for over 25 years. DH and I think were the last generation to actually register for china.

We just did a kitchen renovation that involved emptying and donating our china cabinet (a 1965 huge piece of furniture from my grandmother). DH and I decided that we are ready for a change and displaying china looked old-fashioned and was literally collecting dust.

We hauled the cabinet to a local thrift store where it was tagged for $100 and sold within two days.
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I Amazoned zippered china storage protectors and stored our wedding china atop a new kitchen cabinet.

I did use out china at Thanksgiving and Christmas and…unceremoniously ran all thru my dishwasher! Perfectly fine!
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My MIL has inherited 2 complete sets of china and wants to give to us. We don’t want these. Neither does our 22DD.

Here’s what I’d do, OP: pack up all and deceiver to a smaller thrift charity shop. Get a tax receipt and claim value of ? $300 
and be done with it all.

Replacements route isn’t worth the shipping cost and legwork.
Neither is consigning. Same deal: it either won’t sell or after a great deal of effort on your part you’re going to get a measly check and whatever doesn’t seek will be either have to be returned to you or you’ll agree to have it donated by the consignment shop.

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This is what I do with our china, which was a hand-me-down from my grandmother. She passed it on to me before I got married so DH and I never bought any. It's a very simple white with small silver/gray floral design around the edge. I have no idea when she bought it because it seems very contemporary. I'm sure she didn't get it when she married because when she married they were poor farmers in the middle of the depression.[/quote]

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