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[Sooner]

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@Puzzle Piece wrote:

I have Lenox bone china.  It will stay with me until I make the transition or I donate it.  

The neighbor whom I will will it too eats off of paper plates exclusively as does her family. 

She's told me that her generation doesn't buy or have interest in china at all.  

Your $200 isn't a bad price at all and anyone interested would find it a nice buy.  

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@Puzzle Piece Does your neighbor WANT to be blessed with the china?  My guess is definitely not.  If they eat off paper plates, I think that is what they want or need to do.  

[LizzieInSRQ]

Im confused. I dont understand not accepting a low ball offer, but rather donate it after garage sale. 

[LizzieInSRQ]

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@Puzzle Piece wrote:

I have Lenox bone china.  It will stay with me until I make the transition or I donate it.  

The neighbor whom I will will it too eats off of paper plates exclusively as does her family. 

She's told me that her generation doesn't buy or have interest in china at all.  

Your $200 isn't a bad price at all and anyone interested would find it a nice buy.  

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Am I misunderstanding that you are going to will your china to a neighbor who has literally stated  no interest in it? 

[smoochy]

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@Somertime wrote:

@smoochy I mentioned those because the price of $200.00 for a complete service of 12 including serving pieces was very low.  You can watch Ebay and see what it sells for.

The majority of people bargin on the price.   My father always said when pople are selling....they are selling gold but when they are buying.....they are buying tin.  It never changes!

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that's a great saying! So true!

[sandy53]

Please let us know what you decide to do and if you are successful in selling it.  

I don't think anyone will pay $200 at a garage sale unless they saw it in an ad and know they might want it.  We all know that the next generation does not value fine china like we did.  You might just want to donate it to a charity store and take the tax deduction.

[Imaoldhippie]

Before you put them in garage sale contact some antique shops and see if they are interested.

Either way you most likely will never get $200 for them.  
Sad but true.

[chickenbutt]

In my experience (although it's been quite a while), garage sales are often not the best choice to sell stuff of value.

I remember having things that were worth $300 plus, still brand new, unused, in the packaging, and trying to just get $30 dollars for it.  MORE than fair - 1/10 of the value!!    Then some cretin walks up and offers me a dollar.   

Needless to say I was not going to let valuable items go for practially nothing.  YMMV, of course.  But, for me, I'd rather throw it in the trash than get disrespected by some jerkwad.  

[CelticCrafter]

If there is no one in the family that wants it and you aren't going to use then sell it.

Why go through the trouble of setting it up at a yard sale only to have to pack it back up at the end of the day.

Do you really need the money?  Do you really want to have to pack and cart it with you to your next landing?

[willowbark]

@Sooner I definitely see your point.  Thrift stores as well as Goodwill and Salvation Army expect you to bring your stuff to them as they will not come to your home to pick it up. My stuff is too heavy and would take multiple trips at my expense and I'm just not going to do that any longer like I use to when I was a lot younger.  

There are companies who will take your stuff away and they call it  all junk and charge you for how much space it takes up in their trucks.  I have a lot of stuff and I find it insulting to pay someone a couple hundred or more to take this off my hands and then turn around and make more money off my stuff by selling it,  some of which is valuable. What a racket. 

What I will probably end up doing is just throwing stuff away in the garbage can, a little bit each week until everything is gone.  

[deeva]

I've purchased items from Replacements.com.

Prices were reasonable for buying, but when selling to them, they offer you a good price online, but once they get your pieces, they deduct for every little thing.