That is stunning!chamekke wrote: Hey, it can happen! I found a kettle-style tetsubin in wonderful condition at a local consignment shop for $38:
Keep dreaming and keep looking!
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh I made a most excellent find at the Salvation Army yesterday!
Six, count 'em, SIX of these little beauties I'd lusted after at Teavana several times. Sadly, whoever gave up these lovely cups didn't pass on the matching pot as well. I guess a girl can't get everything for a bargain.
http://www.teavana.com/Tea-Products/Tea ... ea-Cup.axd
But... bargain, they were. 19.95 each at Teavana... 0.59 USD each at Salvation Army. Gotta love that!
Sarah
Six, count 'em, SIX of these little beauties I'd lusted after at Teavana several times. Sadly, whoever gave up these lovely cups didn't pass on the matching pot as well. I guess a girl can't get everything for a bargain.
http://www.teavana.com/Tea-Products/Tea ... ea-Cup.axd
But... bargain, they were. 19.95 each at Teavana... 0.59 USD each at Salvation Army. Gotta love that!
Sarah
Now I neeeed a pot... whaaaaa... found one on ebay with a starting bid of 29.99 but she wants $75 shipping! I could drive to texas and pick it up for that price.
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Oct 5th, '08, 12:28
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$75 shipping????!!! Now see, that just pisses me off when people do that. It's also against ebay policy to charge gratuitous shipping rates like that.kymidwife wrote:Now I neeeed a pot... whaaaaa... found one on ebay with a starting bid of 29.99 but she wants $75 shipping! I could drive to texas and pick it up for that price.
Sarah
Teabowl I wanted last week, seller is in the U.S., opening bid was $9.99, but the shipping was $40. What were you going to overnight it by passenger pigeon? Bah. Needless to say I didn't bid.
On the other hand - I won a kyusu set auction from Japan for .90 cents and $42
shipping. I was very pleased.
shipping. I was very pleased.
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Oct 5th, '08, 12:58
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Congratulations on a fantastic find! I have a couple of these cups too. (Mostly we use them for mulled wine at Christmastimekymidwife wrote:But... bargain, they were. 19.95 each at Teavana... 0.59 USD each at Salvation Army. Gotta love that!
Sarah
) And hey, if I spot any matching pots I will let you know.When the price is very low but the shipping is on the high side (provided it's not astronomical), I don't mind too much since that works out better for me here in Canada than the other way around. An item that's declared at $1 is less likely to have taxes and duties imposed on it by Canada Customs than something declared at $40.Victoria wrote:On the other hand - I won a kyusu set auction from Japan for .90 cents and $42
shipping. I was very pleased.
But I do agree with Geekgirl, the kind of domestic shipping she mentioned is absurd. I can only imagine that it's the seller's way of trying to get around eBay's charging system, which is based on the final price of the item.
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Oct 5th, '08, 13:00
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This is so great!! You made me view salvation army store in a whole new light!kymidwife wrote:Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh I made a most excellent find at the Salvation Army yesterday!
Six, count 'em, SIX of these little beauties I'd lusted after at Teavana several times. Sadly, whoever gave up these lovely cups didn't pass on the matching pot as well. I guess a girl can't get everything for a bargain.
http://www.teavana.com/Tea-Products/Tea ... ea-Cup.axd
But... bargain, they were. 19.95 each at Teavana... 0.59 USD each at Salvation Army. Gotta love that!
Sarah
I only browsed it for a couple of times after some clothes donation (And I didn't notice no matter how nice and well-pressed your donated clothes are, the first thing they do is to throw all of them in a huge washing machine
)Next time when I go to salvation army, if I don't find nice tea ware as what you found, I still hope to find a few thin glass mugs. I am loving my glass mug so much. I bought it long time ago from grocery store 1$ for 3 but they don't sell them anymore.
And after seeing chamekke's nice cups from consignment store, I think I've got to explore some Canadian consignment store next time
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My local Salvation Army stores don't usually have much in the way in tea wares, but ... one of them did provide me with the very first tea-ceremony item I ever bought.
It's a Shino kougou (incense container) in tawara or rice-bale shape. The cost was 69 cents.
It so happens that this kougou is very appropriate to use this year (the Year of the Mouse/Rat), since the tawara is a symbol of Daikoku, the god of agriculture and farmers, and that animal in turn is associated with both Daikoku and rice.
It's a Shino kougou (incense container) in tawara or rice-bale shape. The cost was 69 cents.
It so happens that this kougou is very appropriate to use this year (the Year of the Mouse/Rat), since the tawara is a symbol of Daikoku, the god of agriculture and farmers, and that animal in turn is associated with both Daikoku and rice.
I've been "junking" as we call it, for years... and have found some great vintage pyrex collectibles as well as some nice glassware, a lovely set of noritake china, and lots of other 2nd hand goodies.
I only started looking at teawares this summer... and now I am grieving over all the potential treasures I probably overlooked these past years, because I my eye wasn't trained to find it. Now, its the first thing I spot when I go in. I find lots and lots of cups/saucers of the froo-froo English tea variety, too, for those of you who are into that. At yard sales and thrift stores particularly... super cheap. Salvation Army is quite a bit cheaper than Goodwill, fyi.
Sarah
I only started looking at teawares this summer... and now I am grieving over all the potential treasures I probably overlooked these past years, because I my eye wasn't trained to find it. Now, its the first thing I spot when I go in. I find lots and lots of cups/saucers of the froo-froo English tea variety, too, for those of you who are into that. At yard sales and thrift stores particularly... super cheap. Salvation Army is quite a bit cheaper than Goodwill, fyi.
Sarah
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It is really amazing what you can find when "junking".
Quite some time back, I bought a set of five openweave lacquered bamboo chataku from Japan. Very attractive, nice box, never been used and so on. The cost was maybe $25 plus shipping.
A couple of weeks ago I was walking by the local St. Vincent de Paul when I got that "tickly" feeling in the back of my mind that said it would be worth a look today. (Usually I don't find anything of interest.) Went in, browsed around, and was about to walk out empty-handed when I saw a stack of - five openweave lacquered bamboo chataku on a shelf!
They were identical in every respect to the set I already had, except that there wasn't a box... and, more interestingly, they were marked at 50 cents each. I took them to the desk, where I was told that there was a 50% off sale that day. Total cost: $1.25 plus tax. I was smiling as I bought them
Quite some time back, I bought a set of five openweave lacquered bamboo chataku from Japan. Very attractive, nice box, never been used and so on. The cost was maybe $25 plus shipping.
A couple of weeks ago I was walking by the local St. Vincent de Paul when I got that "tickly" feeling in the back of my mind that said it would be worth a look today. (Usually I don't find anything of interest.) Went in, browsed around, and was about to walk out empty-handed when I saw a stack of - five openweave lacquered bamboo chataku on a shelf!
They were identical in every respect to the set I already had, except that there wasn't a box... and, more interestingly, they were marked at 50 cents each. I took them to the desk, where I was told that there was a 50% off sale that day. Total cost: $1.25 plus tax. I was smiling as I bought them
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It doesn't happen very often around here either. I've never seen chataku available anywhere but on the Internet! So I was chuffedChip wrote:Sweet find, Chamekke, that never happens around these parts.
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Jan 25th, '09, 00:30
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That's great buy chamekke!!
Inspired by chamekke and kymidwife, I went to salvation army slightly more often and went to a bunch of consignment shops on my trips to different places. Haven't got any luck on tea ware stuff yet, but so far got a nice box, and a big jar of beautiful sea shells
Inspired by chamekke and kymidwife, I went to salvation army slightly more often and went to a bunch of consignment shops on my trips to different places. Haven't got any luck on tea ware stuff yet, but so far got a nice box, and a big jar of beautiful sea shells
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