quote:Originally posted by PEM:
Thank you for your informative article on shopping at thrifts and garage sales.
My question is regarding sets of dishes. How to you sell them? Piece-by-piece or the entire set in one aquction? I have a fairly large unique old set of V&B and don't know how to go about listing it. It would take several boxes to ship the enitre set to someone. As it is a unique set, I don't think that I should split it up.
Also what about chipped, crazed or cracked pieces. If it is a set to you include them at no charge, except postage?
Thanks very much in advance for any comments.
I have sold many complete sets of china on eBay. I only list complete sets if they are complete or just missing 1 or 2 pieces. I do not purchase sets that have cracked, chipped or too many missing pieces. On more modern china or dinnerware, I have found that by piecing it out, my profit is much more. It is so costly to ship an entire set of china that many buyers just won't buy online. Also, when selling an entire set, the packing materials can be quite costly so I charge at least a $5.00 to $10.00 handling fee and post this in my ad so they know before bidding. One set I paid $15 for at an estate sale recently sold for $250. Good Luck! Jeanie