Tableware Blog — General

Dear Sirs As a retailer of discontinued tableware, you will appreciate that we are only able to source our goods from the second hand/pre-loved market. For us this includes private individuals, car boot sales, antique fairs, flea markets, auctions and of course, the high street charity shops and the more recent addition of out of town charity warehouses.  Every year we spend thousands of pounds across a variety of charity shops, some local to us, and many more around the UK as our procurement team travel the length and breadth of the country.  On the whole we enjoy great relationships...

Order In Time For Christmas As most people know the CWU (Communication Workers Union) and Royal Mail have decided in their infinite wisdom that if they can't get their own way they should do their best to ruin everyone else's Christmas by providing a truly disgusting level of service over the Christmas period.  This means it's even more important this year to get your orders in sooner rather than later if you want them in time for Christmas. Allowing for our own processing time, we strongly recommend placing any orders required for Christmas on or before Wednesday 14th December 2022.  If you...

Once again, we have been notified of industrial action which impacts on collection and delivery services over the coming weeks.  The following is an extract of the notification we received from Royal Mail with the relevant dates: -  " The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has called on its members who collect, sort and deliver parcels and letters to take further national strike action on the following dates: Friday 30 September 2022 and Saturday 1 October 2022 Thursday 13th October 2022 Thursday 20th October 2022 Tuesday 25th October 2022 Monday 28th November 2022 Further dates have also been announced by the...

*** Covid-19 Update *** WE ARE STILL SHIPPING GOODS WITHIN UK AND TO SOME INTERNATIONAL DESTINATIONS We can no longer say it is business as usual. No one can right now. It's about as unusual as you can get. However, as an online business we are not subject to the restrictions placed on physical shops. Government guidelines are clear, in that online shopping sites may remain open (and are encouraged to do so) and postal and delivery services will run as usual. So, we are for the time being continuing to ship replacement china to our customers. In fact, we will continue to do so as long as Royal...

In the past few years, more and more people have started to show an interest in discontinued goods, either as a buyer or a seller. In fact, the discontinued marketplace is definitely growing, partly driven by customer loyalty to their chosen brand, and often driven by a desire to save money. For example, in the case of discontinued tableware, it is far cheaper for someone to replace a broken plate or two, than it is to replace an entire dinner service. Many customers are used to the idea of going to the store and buying the stuff they want, but...