China at goodwill

How much was the original price for it when you purchased it? did it end up to be about the same amount the woman had to spend? Here we have protective insurance for items being shipped. I am not sure all of what it covers though, do you have anything similar there?

Insurance on posted items is not automatic, it's generally at buyer's request. Most people do not opt to insure items because insurers are quick to identify mitigating conditions that preclude a claim. With package post it's not usually worth insuring anything with a value of less than £100. We had this item long enough to have forgotten the original value- but I doubt that she paid more for it than we did new. If anything it had some emotional value to us, but was sold to finance something more in keeping. Whatreally gets me is that their warehouse would throw around an item that weighed the same as an average 5-7year old!

I've seen some pieces on that site I was talking about that were blue and white I believe, no gold. I know you can not do the bidding thing, so I know that site won't work.. I am just mentioning I saw it to let you know Royal Albert seems like beautiful china. I did however find a website, if you scroll towards the bottom and look to the left on the list of links, you'll see "for sale by owner" and "looking for pieces" on the "for sale by owner" I see the third one down has a blue and white pattern with gold trim, not sure if that is what you are looking for. I hope the site helps, and at the very least leads you to find the replacement pieces. http://www.royalalbertpatterns.com/Index%20pages/For%20sale%20by%20owner.htm Hope that link works, it's the direct link to the for sale by owner page. My mother in law is going to give my husband and I some pieces of china when we move out, it won't be a complete set but well that's okay. What I'd really like is to find a complete set that we like that we can put on display, but I know that's not usually the norm. My grandmother has some nice fine china pieces as well, but I am more concerned with asking her for some nice dishes that were my great grandmother's. Ofcourse gotta ask mom and aunt if that's okay, the uncle's shouldn't care... Oh here I am babbling! lol!

Yes I think that is an option, and ofcourse if I ever find something on there I like and it has the buy now option, I'd most likely go ahead and buy the item. As is, with the china atleast, we're going to be given some when we move, and not only that but we've got enough dishware as is...

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echomonster, Well you make a point if you don't try you MAY not get the thing. Ofcourse depending on how rare it is, you might could find it on another site with a cheap price and no need to bid. I just don't like disappointments, especially if I am eager to buy it.

I love horses and want to collect a bunch but they are so expensive. I believe there was one at the online goodwill store, but I didn't bother trying to get it because I know we don't need it, and there's no telling what condition it will arrive in, etc. Unicorns are beautiful creatures as well, and I love their majestic looks. My grandparents have a sand photo I've talked about before, it has a picture of a unicorn in it.

You're right, one thing that's turning me off of bidding on china atleast is that you just don't know what condition it is in before it ships, and what condition it is in after it ships as even if a box says fragile, not everyone is going to be so observant, or so kind to be careful with a box. The pieces we have are in storage somewhere, I don't think they're "fine" china though pieces similar were under the category at the goodwill shop online. Either way if I ever see something like that again I may get the pieces we have appraised to see if it's worth it before buying.