last couple weeks I went to a few local thrift stores and was surprise to see how pricy they got one store had a beautiful set of dishes and they were selling $2.99 each piece, eight piece serving set cups saucers diner plate and cereal bowls I thought that a little pricy if you wanted the whole set I questioned why they selling each piece instead of as a set the lady just said that is the way they were told to put the price stickers on all that together came to about $95.00 I pass on it they were made in china so no deal there