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Sam's melamine offer

SharkE — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 14:10:17 GMT

Was at Sam's Club Mon. They had a 16 piece of either blue or orange melamine dishes for 30.00 I said "whoa ! that's a good deal", then, I looked you can't put in dishwasher (top shelf, how you getting plates up there ) and you can't put in microwave.

Sometimes to good to be true

Re: Sam's melamine offer

Mominohio — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 14:40:31 GMT

No melamine is microwave safe.

And as to the dishwasher, many things now are stating 'top rack' as the safe place. I guess the dishwashers have gotten too hot and too powerful for many things. I don't have one (or want one) so hand washing wouldn't be a deal breaker for me.

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pachutabelle — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 14:56:36 GMT

No cups or mugs either. I was tempted till I realized that. I am noticing lots of dish sets no longer have mugs. I don't want to have to search for coordinating mugs.

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SharkE — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 16:33:22 GMT

I thought they had cups in there. 16 pieces. I'd better look it up.

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ChynnaBlue — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 16:39:13 GMT

@SharkE wrote:
Was at Sam's Club Mon. They had a 16 piece of either blue or orange melamine dishes for 30.00 I said "whoa ! that's a good deal", then, I looked you can't put in dishwasher (top shelf, how you getting plates up there ) and you can't put in microwave.

Sometimes to good to be true

That made me laugh. I see the craziest things marked "Dishwasher safe top shelf only" and thought this same thing. How are you getting a water bottle in the top shelf? Sideways, so that the inside doesn't actually get washed? What's the point of that? Crazy.

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Nightowlz — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 19:48:36 GMT

I bought the Melamine 10 pc bowl with lids they have for $16 free shipping. They are also top rack safe. I don't put stuff like this in the dishwasher anyways. For the most part we don't use it much since it's just the 2 of us.

I like Melamine or Corelle since they are light weight. I got rid of all my heavy dishes.

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Nomore — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 21:19:56 GMT

Costco had a pretty set too, in two different colors. I know someone in the house would eventually put it in the microwave, so it's a big no. Even though I have a dishwasher, it's mostly used as a drip dry rack, so top rack wouldn't bother me.

I almost gave in once to melamine or Texasware, whatever they call it these days. It was in the Lenox Butterfly Meadow line, you couldn't really tell the difference except in weight if you weren't paying attention. Can't imagine the mess if used in the microwave accidently.

Re: Sam's melamine offer

SharkE — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 02:17:47 GMT

@Nightowlz wrote:
I bought the Melamine 10 pc bowl with lids they have for $16 free shipping. They are also top rack safe. I don't put stuff like this in the dishwasher anyways. For the most part we don't use it much since it's just the 2 of us.
I like Melamine or Corelle since they are light weight. I got rid of all my heavy dishes.

Me too. Corelle from walmart is my choice over Fiesta ware. Don't like JC Penny's stuff either. Chip and break and heavy. I'm all practical.

LOL

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debic — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 15:24:43 GMT

@ChynnaBlue wrote:
@SharkE wrote:
Was at Sam's Club Mon. They had a 16 piece of either blue or orange melamine dishes for 30.00 I said "whoa ! that's a good deal", then, I looked you can't put in dishwasher (top shelf, how you getting plates up there ) and you can't put in microwave.

Sometimes to good to be true

That made me laugh. I see the craziest things marked "Dishwasher safe top shelf only" and thought this same thing. How are you getting a water bottle in the top shelf? Sideways, so that the inside doesn't actually get washed? What's the point of that? Crazy.

I can. LOL my top rack raises and lowers. Never use it tho. Plastic gets washed by hand.

Re: Sam's melamine offer

OnlyShopsOnline — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 15:28:53 GMT

I have fears about using melamine. Don't trust the chemcial composition.

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chickenbutt — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 19:11:12 GMT

I'm so surprised that this material seems to be popular now.

When I was growing up poor, it was the only kind of dishes that we poor people could afford to have. I hated it.

I just don't see it as a viable material for dishes and other kitchen pieces. If you want light, go for Corelle. I think it's much more integrous. I don't have Corelle dishes (although I did when I was a very young adult), but I have a couple of large bowls in Corelleware and they last forever.

Re: Sam's melamine offer

Nightowlz — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 17:19:47 GMT

@OnlyShopsOnline wrote:
I have fears about using melamine. Don't trust the chemcial composition.

@OnlyShopsOnline Thx for your post. I had no idea regarding leaching/chemicals until I Googled it. I will be returning the bowl set I bought before I open it. I guess glass is the best bet but I need some light weight bowls with lids.