Half Of A Million Dollars For China?  

Hmmmm im sure they didnt really cost that much, the rest is just going to area 51 and wherever else the money goes. Like the 10,000 dollar screw drivers and hammers and all that lol. She is just getting started early lol.


Damn thats a lot. Hope its really good china lol.

are you kidding me?
i wouldnt pay half a DOLLAR for ANYTHING from China
what are they thinking?
gawd only knows what is on/in those plates that might kill the president!

I wouldn't have even paid what my father paid for the Lenox he bought my mother 35 years ago (which, as I'm going through things to see what's what, is now worth at least $1200). The only thing I can say is that each president has to put their own uniqueness into the White House and there need to be enough pieces of china to cover all dinners they might have, including replacement pieces in case something breaks. So, they would need larger sets than Mom had (service for 8), for sure. Personally, I don't know why they have to get new sets each administration, but it's been done for years. But, a half-mil? Oh, the bills I could pay!!

ha ha ha, when I read the title I thought we were buying China! They'd better watch out for the paint on that stuff!

Oh Great! i wonder what happens to the poor person that has to clean them must go through..Can you imagine the stress if they break one?

Hell, I wouldn't spend half of a hundred on china

Well, looks like Nancy Reagan spent $250,000, Hillary Clinton $285,000, figuring in the cost of inflation etc (didn't everything get more expensive?) ..it's about in the same league as the last two orders of new China.

You have to figure that this is custom made high quality China. Even for non-customized stuff you already pay an arm and a leg. Go have a look at the China stores. That stuff has real gold trim etc. Instead of a set for of the standard 12 most people have for fine entertaining, they have to probably order something like 2,000 for big state banquets. They sort out stuff as soon as it has a little ding scratch because it's not appropriate to have high honor guests eat from stuff like that. Normal wear and tear, I can see how new dishes could be in order after eight years. It's not like they don't still use the old stuff for smaller gatherings. But they need a complete undamaged set for big deal events.

$485k is still cheap. They might have gotten a discount for the honor of having the privilege to produces fine china for the White House. They found people willing to pay for it. It's not out of taxpayers pocket...

Yep, the White House upkeep costs a lot.

It's a long line of ridiculousness! In a veritable twilight zone of ridiculousness we call life as we know it..

Quick mykl..... Head down to the registry office and change your name to "China"! This is definitely a tad excessive you would think. I could be a multi-millionaire and I would still never spend that amount of money on friggin' dinnerware! You eat off it, you wash it then you eat off it again. Jeez.

Hi myklj999,


That is disgusting, with so many people starving, I am just so speechless.


Tamara