Need two gaiwans, can anyone help?

I might be able to help you, but i'm not sure when my next trip to monterey park will be.

email me!

~j

Dom> In my last travels to NYC and Chinatown I was able to buy a couple very

GaiWan Tea Cups, $4.99 - $5.99

Yeah, I had seen those but they are all 2-3oz. only. And the only 4oz. one is pretty lame looking with the daisies and $5.99 +$5.99 s/h and to top it off they are all out of stock on every gaiwan except the one 2oz one.

Thanks for the attempt though. Any other links though to reasonably priced gaiwans are welcome, and Jason I'll shoot you an email.

I figure I'd rather give the money to someone here for the 10 minutes it might take to grab two cheapie gaiwans and wrap em in some newspaper and a box... than to pay $30+ dollars to some unknown vendor.

...If only I had a Kam Man to call my own in Pittsburgh I'd die happy.

- Dominic

I'd have to drive to Chinatown. Find some $5 cheapies. Scrounge for a shipping box. They come in original packing boxes. Stand in line at the PO. You're getting a good deal even for $30.

Jim

PS I've been look>

That's why I'm just looking for someone who lives by or frequents a chinatown or chinese market. At $4-5 each for the gaiwans, $4-6 shipping (USPS 2lb package), you are at $8-11, and say I kick in $10 for the few minutes of time and effort that is $18-22. So even if I send $25 I've saved $5-10 and someone has made $10-15 for a few minutes work.

I'm not expecting anyone to go out of their way, and I'm in no rush. I emailed Jason F, but if he isn't interested or can't I'll email Shen. I'd much rather toss a few bucks to someone from this NG's way than any of the unknown vendors online since the vendors I know and use for tea either do not sell gaiwans or charge way too much.

- Dominic

You're really lowballing people's time even if they live in Chinatown. I came across this one yesterday which is what I would buy if I didn't have a 3,2,1 stack of gaiwans in boxes with characters and Pinyin waiting for six people to spill their tea on my oriental carpets. I'm not sure if I could replace part of the matched stack which I've had for years which then was only $3.99 each with original price tag.

Jim

Dom> > I'd have to drive to Chinatown.

Sheesh, I guess you are certainly not the type of person I was looking for to help. People sell stuff on Ebay daily and make less than I am offering for their effort. Seriously, if I walked by Kam Man on a daily basis it would take me 5 minutes to walk in and buy two gaiwans @ $4 each, and they basically wrap them for you, maybe wrap them in a few sheets of yesterdays newspaper and stuff some around them and then stick them in a small old cardboard box with a strip of tape. Then the next time you are going to the post office mail them out... maybe 10 more minutes. So $10-15 for 15-20 minutes time is a pretty decent offering, that is $30-45 an hour. Hell, I'd do it for someone here for nothing more than the cost of the gaiwans and shipping just to help a brotha out. I never realized I'd get flak for trying to *pay* someone to do a small favor. Oi!

- Dominic

They are selling them with similar prices at the markets in China. They are extremely low quality but will brew tea all the same. I know where to pick some up for as little as 3 or 4 RMB which is about 4 cents. I'm sure that's not even the factory price.

And then you'd bitch and moan about what you got ;-). While searching for the cheapest gaiwan on the net yesterday I came across some cheap Chinese teas I haven't seen before. It wasn't a total loss for my time and effort. You're Welcome and Thank You :-).

Jim

PS I stand > Space Cowboy wrote:

I think you mean *40* cents, right? Bargain nonetheless.

/Lew