This post doesn't have anything to do with my mugs, which you've already seen. I just needed a picture to spice up this post and this was the best I could find.
With the exception of a Butterfly Gold butter dish that my sweet husband gave me as a gift, we've never purchased any Pyrex off of eBay or Etsy. Nothing against those sites...I just love the thrill of the thrift-store hunt (and the lack of shipping fees). However, I'm pretty certain that my local Goodwills are no longer putting any Pyrex on their shelves that isn't dishwashered to death and are reserving them for http://shopgoodwill.com/. That, or the local eBay and Etsy shop owners are getting the jump on me every time something shows up. Either way, there's nothing on those shelves anymore, overpriced or otherwise.
I went on Etsy today just to see what the Pyrex prices are like. In my opinion, the prices are all over the place. So I arrive at the question I already asked in my post title: how does one determine the value of Pyrex? None of the Etsy listings even come close to the deals I've gotten at thrift stores (even the super-overpriced stuff), and that's before shipping fees. But are their prices fair in the vintage/antique market?
Thanks in advance for your help!
Margaret Ann
I think it just depends on what you are willing to pay. I have gotten most of my pieces at antique-type stores with the pieces ranging anywhere from 3 dollars to 16, which is the most I think I have paid. Sometimes you just have to say no. I have seen where the seller obviously know what they had, as evidenced by a rare Moon Deco casserole for $50. No thanks! =)So again, I think it just depends on what you are willing to pay.
ReplyDeleteThanks, that makes sense. I haven't really ventured into antique stores looking for Pyrex, since I assumed they would be really expensive there. But if you've found pieces between 3 & 16 dollars there, maybe I should start hunting at antique stores instead. I've been browsing eBay for the last hour and while I find the occasional decent price, the shipping is so over the top. Since Pyrex is a want and not a need (no matter how much I try to pretend it's the other way around), I think online Pyrex shopping is out of the question for me.
DeleteSure, no problem. =) I have only purchased a lid online, and had a few pieces given to me that were bought online. Usually once you add shipping it isn't a good deal anymore. When you shop at antique stores the prices might be a little higher (comparable to online prices, really) but at least you don't have to pay shipping. Anyway, I haven't ever found much in thrift stores so I think antique stores are the happy medium. =)
DeleteI love playing on shopgoodwill, but not when I get the total...(woooohooo scored for $3.99 plus $15.00 shipping) not so much fun. LOL
ReplyDeleteI don't know how people are pricing their pyrex except maybe they look around at what everyone else is pricing it as, as do so. My question would then be, are they making sales? I can't believe how over the top some pieces sell for.
I don't know how people are pricing their pyrex except maybe they look around at what everyone else is pricing it as, *as do so.
Delete*and do the same.
(sorry, this is a pre-coffee comment)
another way to shop etsy and ebay is to find sellers that are local and offer to meet up in person instead of having the item mailed to you. i've had lots of luck with this. and the bonus? i'll check out "new to me" thrift stores near where the seller lives as a little bonus :)
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