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Not Finding Corelle Dishes In Thrift Stores

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Porthos

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As a resident of California I am wondering if there is some legal prohibition regarding selling used Corelle plates, bowls and such in thrift stores. I have a circuit of 6 thrift stores I visit once a week and I go to some others as the mood strikes me. I have been on the lookout for some particular pieces and don't seem to find any Corelle pieces at all. Stoneware, cheap china and good china can all be found. Does anybody know of any legal restrictions regarding Corelle Ware in California?

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As a resident of California I am wondering if there is some legal prohibition regarding selling used Corelle plates, bowls and such in thrift stores. I have a circuit of 6 thrift stores I visit once a week and I go to some others as the mood strikes me. I have been on the lookout for some particular pieces and don't seem to find any Corelle pieces at all. Stoneware, cheap china and good china can all be found. Does anybody know of any legal restrictions regarding Corelle Ware in California?

In the past many years, I only found some once in Goodwill here in NYC.

Apparently people just don't part with them. I don't see cast iron cookware either.

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I know of no such restriction in California, and can't imagine why there should be one anywhere. This summer I donated my mother's set of Corelle dinnerware and it was gladly received. I think it's just so generally well-appreciated that, as dcarch said, people don't want to part with it.

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I threw some away a couple weeks ago.

There's so much of it around here (the Corellle pressware plant is 20 minutes away) that you can't give it away.

There's usually a lot of it available on eBay if you're not successful finding it locally.

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Sometimes the folks running the store buy it themselves so it never gets out on the shelves. A local thrift store holds back certain items for regulars who leave standing orders (as I do for vintage cookbooks, Bauer pottery, etc.) as they know we will pay the asking price and not try to bargain it down. As it supports a worthy cause, I'm glad to do it.

That being said, the Goodwill store here in Lancaster always has a lot of Corelle plates and dishes and the last time I was there a box full of the earlier style cups and saucers - the cups with the finger loop that did not attach to the cup at the bottom. They were the white and gold design.

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Porthos, are you looking for a particular pattern? Certain pieces?

I may still have some in the shed.

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Porthos, are you looking for a particular pattern? Certain pieces?

I may still have some in the shed.

No particular pattern. One of the 2 items I have been keeping my eye out for is available open stock at Walmart. The other item I am not picky about the pattern. I am not in need of these items, I would just add a few if I found them for cheap at a thrift store.

Finding things in thrift stores is one way I have fun; the fun of the hunt.That is why it is a weekly event for me. I really appreciate your kind offer but I am going to decline. By the answers in this thread I know now to keep up the hunt.

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