Find Value When You Buy Tableware

By Oscar Harrington

At some time or another all of us are in the market for tableware or cutlery. If you would like to know how to save money on tableware and cutlery, you should read this article.

Unlike most other products, you can actually trust those shopping channel ads but just make sure that you are buying a name brand product and that there's a good warranty on it.

Read the fine print and ask the right questions. Never buy some knockoff of a reputable brand, especially when someone is pushing the product really hard and telling you how great it is.

For both tableware and cutlery, yard sales and flea markets can be a great source. Make sure that cutlery is a genuine stainless steel product, or that tableware is not made of some base metal imitation of a sterling silver or stainless steel product line.

Never buy any knives with nicks on the blades because they will break easily once they have that. Even if it's deeply discounted, you will be sorry for making the purchase.

Stores that stock salvaged products often have great deals on tableware and cutlery. Household moving sales also offer up great deals on tableware and cutlery.

Specialty stores may charge a premium but when they have their usual sales, the prices are sometimes just as good as discount stores. Make sure you wait for these.

Beware of mall demonstrations with high-pitched salesmanship. They have to pay commissions to the salesperson somehow and it usually comes out of our pockets.

Some ads are very clever but many have gimmicks or have claims that are too good to be true. Try to avoid them and just go with name brands that almost never have ads.

Cutlery is one of those products that are sold over the phone through telemarketing. Don't even listen to them and just hang up. Most of these are just scams.

Door to door salesmen often promote a great product. Be cautious. Their prices are often higher than those in a department store. - 30289

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