Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: matching spoons and forks

[Sue Pniewski (SPniewski]

Thrift stores always have a big bin of stainless and often they will part
with a bunch for a good price just to get rid of it because it doesn't move
very well.  There are several companies who do nothing but auction off used
restaurnat and hotel items, and ebay has a lot of that kind of stuff too.
Sysco will be happy to accomodate you if you meet the level of order
necessary, I think it's about $500.  They have some nice stuff and it's not
too expensive.  Restaurant supply stores buy from distributors like sysco,
then they mark them up to make their profit.  It is usually very beneficial
to go straight to the source.  Also, I found great china cheaply in
Chinatown, as well as silver.  The chinese patterns make them distinctive so
they wouldn't go home too often, and it lends an exotic air to the meals,
kind of like eating out without the hassle of driving.


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Susan Pniewski, Esq.
General Counsel
Habitat for Humanity of Jacksonville
904.798.2712  x202


-----Original Message-----
From: Fred H Olson [mailto:fholson [at] cohousing.org]
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 10:59 AM
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Subject: [C-L]_matching spoons and forks



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I have given up having matching stainless ware in my own house!  You can
save a lot of money if all of you diligently go to yard sales, rummage
sales, etc. and pick up good pieces of stainless.  It's out there!

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