Pink Kate

Oops that should have been ping Kate didn't proof read Juno

No, the chocolate velour one was a freebie from Prima magazine... The Vogue one was the one I made in chocolate dupion, scarlet dupion, light stretch denim, and turquise mock suede... Vogue 2796. Unfortunately they filed it under 'Dresses' and have now taken it off the book! :( You may be able to get it from them as an out of print special.

I found it anyway... :)

It's on eBay right now in an 18-20-22, but no, I'm not going to supply the URL.

Vogue "Out of Print" has it in the 6-10 ot 18-20 size for

NAYY,

Beverly

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Thanks Kate and Beverly, I'll ask my son to order it for me from ebay since they have the size I need. Don't have an account myself and have no plans to get one. To much temptation to have kind of access to buy. Juno

Ok, here's the URL:

I am unusually restrained on eBay, I manage to buy stuff there only if I *can't'* find anywhere else.

NAYY,

Beverly

I've been a "member" since 1996, and I still believe eBay is best used to find things that can't be found elsewhere. I'm not keen on buying new things there, it seems I can often find them cheaper or at the same price locally, and know I can take anything back if it doesn't perform. But for odd things, old things, unusual things, eBay is often the only place to find them. I even save some searches because something I want only turns up once in a blue moon, but if I wait long enough, it will turn up on eBay!

An awful lot of the clutter in this house is designated for eBay. I just have to get myself in gear to list. I used to run about 10 listings a week, and that was very workable for me. I need to do that again.

I also find searching eBay very useful for determining fair market value for things I may want to donate or sell (for instance on Craigslist). I have sold only one item on eBay.

I'd love to get going on that, it seems a better way (for me) than Craigslist, because I do not want strangers coming to my home.

Beverly

I had a great time selling on eBay for several years. I financed all my early sewing machine buys that way -- they're expensive to ship, but if I found a good old machine locally, my eBay sales paid for it. I made lots of friends, too, and had a lot of repeat buyers.

I did list one item on Craigslist last November, and to my surprise, the responses were all from far away. It turns out that Google indexes CL, and I ended up selling to a woman in Massachusetts, and could have sold a second item to a man in San Diego (I always want to type Sandy Eggo.) But I've had some surprises on eBay, as well. Things that sold well above what I had expected. That's really fun!

I searched eBay for the '20s ukulele which belonged to DH's father. Turned out it was quite valuable. I gave it to DSIL (the music teacher), with an admonition to "take good care of it", and a print out of several eBay auctions. ;-)

Beverly

Oh, yes, eBay is excellent for determining value - actual market value - of many old things. I've wondered for a long time why they don't have a subscription service for dealers and collectors. That's untapped revenue. Kovel's, Warman's, and Schroeder's are still selling their price guides, which are always hopelessly out of date.

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Since my son is willing to get things for me, I do take advantage of his williingness. I've only asked him to do it a couple of times. Most things I want to clear out I give to one of my children or a friend who have use for things that are taking up more space than I'm willing to have used. I tend to clear out with regularity. DH and I have always worked on getting rid of the clutter. Some times it works, sometimes one of us just can't part with a loved but unnecessary treasure. Juno

I bought all my DS/DDIL all their everyday dishes on eBay. It cost $31 for a dinner plate and somewhere around there for everything else. I hooked it on eBay for at least half. Merry Christmas for the next 3 years kids.

I'm also going to buy/make all the grandchilds' clothing for at least 3 years. Out of all organic fabric.

AK in PA

Yes! I found missing pieces for my mother's pre-war Noritake china, and the silverplate flatware my grandmother gave her when she married my father. Replacements had them -- for many times the price. I recently found some discontinued bowls that my husband likes - I had bought one at Ross, and they were nowhere to be found.....but turned up on eBay! Not antiques, not even "vintage" - but the price was right and they're in almost daily use.

I have bought a few fill-in pieces from Replacements. Unfortunately they took over Atlantic Silver(?) where I had found several pieces of my sterling, so they no longer have much incentive to keep prices reasonable. They are *very* expensive for out-of-stock items.

Beverly

Replacements has a huge warehouse filled with china, silver, etc., for which they pay almost nothing. They do clean up and recondition what they sell, but the markup is substantial. eBay is a much better place to find what you're missing. You might have to wait for it to show up, but you can save a search and even get email notification if something is listed. Coming up with a really accurate, workable search string is an art, though. The old search still uses Boolean commands. Some of my searches read almost like a formula. LOL.