While I HATE to contribute to any dish fetishes, I simply must tell you about a cake stand that I saw on Ebay. Several bloggers (that includes you, Helen :-)) have asked about my pedestal. I didn't buy mine here, but it sure does look similar. It's $18.00.
Cake Plate
Now THAT is a cake plate extraordinaire...beautiful, and what a price! Did you purchase yours for that as well?
ReplyDeleteGorgeous cake plate. I must behave, I must behave, I must behave. Oh well..it doesn't matter how many times I repeat that, it does no good!
ReplyDeleteOooooh, just gorgeous! And at $18.00 a steal... I am as bad as Pat, I must control myself.....Robyn
ReplyDeleteGorgeous..gorgeous cake plate...
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Holy cow, that thing is gorgeous!
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Cor Blimey that's stunning, what cake could top that?
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness.... Gollum this is just too gorgeous for words..I think this is a must have! :-)
ReplyDeletehugs ~lynne~
Love the beautiful cake plate!
ReplyDeleteGreat find.
diane
Hi Gollum, That is a stunning cake plate and at a "steal" price. The one I have I wouldn't part with--it was given to me by a boy in the first class I ever taught. His mother told me he paid for it out of his allowance at an auction. That was 45 years ago. I don't know how many cakes I've baked and served from that plate. And I've never told my family where it came from. Pam
ReplyDeleteYea, well, thanks ALOT, kiddo~ yep, good goin' there!!! That's like sending a DRUG ADDICT to go pick up your PRESCRIPTION~~~~ an alcoholic to buy you booze ~~~ a, a... oh, "WHATEVER"! Geez, SOME of us are ALREADY on "restriction"! (MINE, and SELF-IMPOSED, did NOT work today... shot to you-know-where (she sez, slapping her hand "NO!!!")... Yep, I tried to stay away from EBay, but I just KNEWWWWW something "special", hard-to-find, something with MY name or that of someone I love on it, was out there, waiting, sooooooo...... (And, well, I must admit it WAS very f-u-n, tho!!!)~~ XO
ReplyDeleteOooooh, I was looking at this LOVELY piece before exiting, & telling myself "I just CAN'T"(!) & just saw the hearts! Sooooo perfect for you AND Valentine's Day!!! Goooood buy, whatever you paid, Sweets!!!
ReplyDeleteI too LOVE dishes!!!!!The detailing is what really grabs me. The more cuts, curves, embossing, the more I like!!!!
ReplyDeleteI know you've received a tremendous amount of instruction for purchasing on ebay. I've only earned my brown belt. So my contribution will be...when checking your (Ebay) comparable prices, always incorporate the shipping. Sometimes an item marked to high, may actually be lower when the shipping is calculated. I check all sellers with the same item. You'd be surprised how prices will vary including shipping.
Open a line of communication. This works well if there was a bid I lost. I've contacted a seller to see if they had additional inventory or if I could order it. Most vendors are willing to help with personal request outside Ebay. Everything is negotiable!! Most will match the competitors price when asked, even after the transaction has been made.
Sweet Wishes,
Sara
Ohhh...that thing is GORGEOUS! I was eyeing one at TJ Maxx, but not nearly so beautiful! I checked...already gone. Lovely!...Debbie
ReplyDeleteAs I read your first post today, before seeing the DVD Extra, I sat here thinking almost out loud .. NOW, there she goes again with the cake stand tease. So funny! And now, in addition to Amazon.com I must trot off to Ebay!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThat is stunning! love all the detail!
ReplyDeleteYea! I just won a lovely white milkglass cakestand on Ebay! Believe it or not - the seller lives in a town only thirty or so miles from me! Had no idea until I placed my bid. Offered to come pick it up, but they don't do pick-ups - so she changed the rules to 'buy now' which I did! $22.00
ReplyDeleteAlert! Alert! Good sellers on Ebay are a ray of sunshine. After I closed on the cake stand, paid with Pay Pal, the seller emailed me with word that somehow the cake stand had been damaged in her warehouse....she immediately had Pay Pal do a refund. Aren't folks great? However, I still have the unrealized dream of a new/old cake stand!
ReplyDeletei so love shopping alerts, its important to share!
ReplyDeleteI have been looking for a cake plate for quite some time, and this one is more beautiful than I thought I would find. Went to Ebay and bought it. Thanks for the alert. Marty
ReplyDeleteOh my god, I totally love that cake plate...now I must shop until I find another....please keep us up to date on these fantastic deals....yes, Marty39...enjoy that plate.....now I will have to find out who made it...it's lovely!!
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