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[Venezia]

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[Venezia]

I only have a couple of Longaberger baskets that I got from QVC years ago.  One is always beside my recliner and has a tray on top of it so it serves as a little side table.  I think it was the one sold as a magazine basket, but I've never really used it for that.

I can't even remember where the other one is, but I know I have at least one more!  Some day, when I get around to decluttering, I'll find it.

[Mom2Dogs]

I also went to the 'basket factory'. The town was nice and full of energy, that was many years ago.  A friend and I toured the factory, watching baskets being made, it was a fun girls trip.

I have sold a lot of my baskets, and kept just the ones I liked and occasionally use.  

My friend has A LOT of the baskets as well as A LOT of the pottery.  She would like to sell some pieces but knows she will not get much for them.  We enjoyed collecting.

[queendiva]

There are Longaberger baskets galore at yard sales in my area near Easton, PA.

I bought 3 at my local thrift store in the past year for just a few dollars each, all in EUC: a round basket, another round basket with a liner and a liner divided into quarters and the most darling little crossbody purse basket. 

I am pretty sure that is all the Longaberger baskets I need `or want.

I was surprised to see a Longaberger rep and her wares at a recent craft fair.

[Carmie]

@homedecor1   I have those wonderful canisters in avacodo tgreen and harvest gold.  I use them to store cookies and candy in around the holidays.  They are still like new and I  wish they still made them.

I like them better than lock and lock.

[homedecor1]

@Lucky Charm 

me too!  maybe that's another "glitch" we have to live with from QVCs inept IT🙄

[Pearlee]

I had to go to a business meeting once that was held in the basket bldg outside Newark OH. What a sight it was outside, yet amazingly it was just a normal office building inside.

[Puppy Lips]

I started buying Longaberger baskets in the early 1980’s when my future sister in law inivited me to a party. Of course you feel obligated to buy something. So I was hooked for quite a few years. I have many baskets that are spread out across the house. For a time, I got the Christmas basket every year, until I decided enough was enough. I have a few pottery pieces too that I like, including the salt and pepper shakers that we still use. The thing with the baskets for me is that, while I do use some, many of mine are just decorations, and how much of that do you need or have room for? By the time the overpriced jewelry came out, I was over my obsession. I used to pour over those catalogs, lol.

[Puppy Lips]

Years ago, someone, I think on these forums, posted a link (or where to get it) to the house (estate) that Tami was selling. It was massive and expensive. Some people said the reps were a bit taken aback at how expensive a property she lived in and felt a bit, I don’t know, used or betrayed or something. I have no insight into why the company failed or what she might have done wrong. But those baskets and pottery are just not in style anymore and I think they would be a hard sell.