casual dinnerware

Betsy said:

I am looking into purchasing a new set of casual dinnerware (either:
Noritake pattern (Java Blue Swirl) or Villeroy & Boch patterns (French
Garden and Switch 3)). Does anyone have any opinions/information
regarding the durability of these types of dinnerware? As I will be
using these dishes on a daily basis, I will be washing the dishes in
the dishwasher regularly and will be using them in the microwave.
Inevitably there will be some breakage but I would like a casual
dinnerware that will last a long time. Also, do these dishes get
scratches on them from using a sharp knife or any other type of wear
marks after a few years or more of use? Thanks.

I have Villeroy and Boch coffee mugs and coffee cake plate and V&B
mixing bowls that I rec'd for a wedding gift EONS ago. They wear like
iron.

I like a thin lipped coffee cup (doesn't coffee taste better when
sipped through a cup with a thin edge, rather than a thick coffee
mug?) and so I use them everyday and they have a few chips. But,
they're my favorite so what can I say?

Have not noticed scratches on the plate and have used it for
appetizers such as cheese where have used a sharp knive and it wears
well.

Colors are fantastic, and they go through the dishwasher only.

Karen

Betsy said:

I am looking into purchasing a new set of casual dinnerware (either:
Noritake pattern (Java Blue Swirl) or Villeroy & Boch patterns (French
Garden and Switch 3)). Does anyone have any opinions/information
regarding the durability of these types of dinnerware? As I will be
using these dishes on a daily basis, I will be washing the dishes in
the dishwasher regularly and will be using them in the microwave.
Inevitably there will be some breakage but I would like a casual
dinnerware that will last a long time. Also, do these dishes get
scratches on them from using a sharp knife or any other type of wear
marks after a few years or more of use? Thanks.

I have had luck with Johnson Brothers dishes. The only problem is that
whatever I select ends up being discontinued and after I break a few pieces
I can't get replacements.

Dave Smith said:

I have had luck with Johnson Brothers dishes. The only problem is that
whatever I select ends up being discontinued and after I break a few pieces
I can't get replacements.

check out replacements.com or eBay.

Karen

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Dave Smith said:

I have had luck with Johnson Brothers dishes. The only problem is that
whatever I select ends up being discontinued and after I break a few
pieces
I can't get replacements.

check out replacements.com or eBay.

Ebay is best, because replacements.com is really overpriced. We use an old
version of Noritake that is both dishwasher and oven safe, and I replace
pieces of this often on ebay.

For a comparison of prices on the same item:

Ebay:

http://tinyurl.com/36jy8l [Dinner plate, $10, might go to $15 if it is a
usual auction]

and

Replacements.com

http://www.replacements.com/webquote/N__SHS.htm

[Dinner plate $25.99]

You can get really lucky and get it for the opening price on ebay at times,
and other times the bid gets driven up to stupid levels.

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Dave Smith said:

I have had luck with Johnson Brothers dishes. The only problem is that
whatever I select ends up being discontinued and after I break a few
pieces
I can't get replacements.

check out replacements.com or eBay.

Ebay is best, because replacements.com is really overpriced. We use an old
version of Noritake that is both dishwasher and oven safe

I meant to say "microwave and oven safe." I mention this because I was
amazed when I saw this printed on the back of the pieces. It comes across
as somthing I would never put in the oven, and I never have. But it is
supposed
to be okay.

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Quoted message said:

I am looking into purchasing a new set of casual dinnerware (either:
Noritake pattern (Java Blue Swirl) or Villeroy & Boch patterns (French
Garden and Switch 3)). Does anyone have any opinions/information
regarding the durability of these types of dinnerware? As I will be
using these dishes on a daily basis, I will be washing the dishes in
the dishwasher regularly and will be using them in the microwave.
Inevitably there will be some breakage but I would like a casual
dinnerware that will last a long time. Also, do these dishes get
scratches on them from using a sharp knife or any other type of wear
marks after a few years or more of use? Thanks.

I have experience with using Noritake "Shannon Spring" every day for
nine years. It is very nice stuff, heavy with a nice thick glaze. It has
shown
no noticable wear at all, scratches etc.

I found an example of Java Blue Swirl on ebay for you, and the price
for a place setting is not bad at all compared to others.

http://tinyurl.com/27qepg

I don't think you can go wrong with Noritake.

Dave Smith said:

I have had luck with Johnson Brothers dishes. The only problem
is that whatever I select ends up being discontinued and
after I break a few pieces I can't get replacements.

So you've had luck, but it's been mostly bad?

I admire a dry sense of humor.

Dave Smith said:

I break a few pieces
I can't get replacements.

http://replacements.com/

will replace ANYTHING.

Betsy said:

I am looking into purchasing a new set of casual dinnerware (either:
Noritake pattern (Java Blue Swirl) or Villeroy & Boch patterns (French
Garden and Switch 3)).

Try BB&B, Pier One, Target, Walmart.....buy a set usually under 40
bucks...and use them for a season or so. Break a piece or misplace
and you aren't sweating the small stuff. Every year or so, an
entirely different look and you haven't spent a fortune.

Ward Abbott said:

Dave Smith said:

I break a few pieces
I can't get replacements.

http://replacements.com/

will replace ANYTHING.

Yes, but their prices can be REALLY, REALLY high.

I had some old Mikasa which was sold as a service for 8 originally.
When I gave it to my daughter, I wanted her to have more place settings.
At Replacements a dinner plate was more expensive than the original
service for 8.

gloria p

Ward Abbott said:

Try BB&B, Pier One, Target, Walmart.....buy a set usually under 40
bucks...and use them for a season or so. Break a piece or misplace
and you aren't sweating the small stuff. Every year or so, an
entirely different look and you haven't spent a fortune.

That's how places like Walmart survive. Selling cheap [censored] that
lasts a few months. Whereas you could buy something for twice
the price from another, reputable store and it would last 5-10
times as long.

-sw

Puester said:

Ward Abbott said:

On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:54:57 -0400, Dave Smith
<[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I break a few pieces
I can't get replacements.

Quoted message said:

http://replacements.com/

Quoted message said:

will replace ANYTHING.

Yes, but their prices can be REALLY, REALLY high.

I had some old Mikasa which was sold as a service for 8 originally.
When I gave it to my daughter, I wanted her to have more place settings.
At Replacements a dinner plate was more expensive than the original
service for 8.

gloria p

I was so happy to find on ebay a cup that I had broken for
$10+shipping = $20, but on replacements, it was $47.95+shipping.
Can't beat that.
Dee Dee

Steve Wertz said:

Ward Abbott said:

Try BB&B, Pier One, Target, Walmart.....buy a set usually under 40
bucks...and use them for a season or so. Break a piece or misplace
and you aren't sweating the small stuff. Every year or so, an
entirely different look and you haven't spent a fortune.

That's how places like Walmart survive. Selling cheap [censored] that
lasts a few months. Whereas you could buy something for twice
the price from another, reputable store and it would last 5-10
times as long.

-sw

I bought a set of dishes in 1973 -- which just happened to be
discontinued about the same time -- but I didn't know it. Too bad
because it isn't even on Replacement, except as an example of
something they don't have. But again, I did find one brand new piece
a few months ago on ebay at a totally unreasonably cheap price. I
keep looking for another piece. I'm down to 4 plates, medium size, and
2 large plates. They'll keep me going. I do have other sets, but this
one is special and I use it everyday.

But I wouldn't trade the memories of using these SAME plates over the
years. In this instance, in my case, you are very right. I'm glad I
paid more to begin with.
Dee Dee

Mark Thorson said:

Quoted message said:

I have had luck with Johnson Brothers dishes. The only problem
is that whatever I select ends up being discontinued and
after I break a few pieces I can't get replacements.

So you've had luck, but it's been mostly bad?

I admire a dry sense of humor.

Thanks :-)
What can I say. When we married we chose a Fransican pattern. When we broke
a few pieces and tried to replace them we could not get any because they
had been discontinued. I thought I would be smart and buy something that
had been around for a long time and chose a Johnson Bros. pattern that
friends had had for 20 years. When we lost a few pieces of that one and
went to buy more we discovered that, even though it had been a popular
pattern for decades, it had been discontinued. We were ready for a change
and thought we would get one of the newest patterns with the rationale that
it would be around for a while, but when we went to get more of them a few
months later it had already been discontinued.

Ward Abbott said:

Dave Smith said:

I break a few pieces
I can't get replacements.

http://replacements.com/

will replace ANYTHING.

Thanks. I checked it out. They carry some pieces from our kitchen set, but
not dinner plates. :-(

Dave Smith said:

Thanks. I checked it out. They carry some pieces from our kitchen set, but
not dinner plates. :-(

Have them put your pattern on the look out list. They will keep you
posted to any and all arrivals. Just sign up for email.

I find their prices very reasonable. They have even replaced pre
war Noritake pattens I though would never be replaced.

Replacements warehouse is the size of THREE football fields. Their
inventory is amazing.

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I find their prices very reasonable. They have even replaced pre
war Noritake pattens I though would never be replaced.

This is just ridiculous.

Quoted message said:

Replacements warehouse is the size of THREE football fields. Their
inventory is amazing.

Bigger is not always better. But I'm sure Replacements.com is happy
that you are happy to pay three times what your replacements are
actually worth. I'm all for free enterprise.

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Quoted message said:

Ward Abbott said:

Dave Smith said:

I break a few pieces
I can't get replacements.

http://replacements.com/

will replace ANYTHING.

Thanks. I checked it out. They carry some pieces from our kitchen set, but
not dinner plates. :-(

Search regularly on ebay, and you will find what you need.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

http://replacements.com/

will replace ANYTHING.

Yes, but their prices can be REALLY, REALLY high.

You have to keep an eye out. Some things I have found on there have
been reasonable. I'm thinking that when a pattern is discontinued then
their prices go up a bit. I've purchased some 2nds from replacements
and they have been fine. The other things I have purchased there were
quite a while ago and the pattern may still have been in production. On
those items the prices were good.

Some of my Mikasa plates developed some fine cracks. I sent one to
Mikasa to show them and they told me that regretfully the pattern had
been discontinued, but did send me replacements for the plates I said
were damaged. I wondered if they got them from replacements.com.

--
Queenie

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