Tableware Blog

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...

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...

The term 'cherry-picking' is derived from the concept of harvesting only the ripest fruit; the picking of the best at the exclusion of the rest. At MrPottery, when we are asked to provide a quote for the purchase of someone's preloved china, we have a...

If you are reading this, you have likely received our offer for some tableware you are seeking to sell, and just read the bit, maybe with a little disappointment, that says, "This offer is non-negotiable." So, why don't we negotiate? To save time! Unlike many of...

If you are reading this you have likely received an email from us declining your offer to sell us your pre-loved china. We are genuinely sorry about that, but as the title of this document says, "... we can't buy everything." We understand that for some...

*** Covid-19 Update *** WE ARE STILL SHIPPING WITHIN UK AND TO INTERNATIONAL DESTINATIONS Due to a number of recent enquiries arising from the developing situation around the UK and indeed the world, we thought it prudent to update our current policies on Covid-19. For...

*** 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...

We haven't posted for a bit, for which we can only apologise! We've just been super busy since Christmas and are only now starting to catch up with ourselves. Needless to say we have loads of fresh stock arrive in the last month or so....