SRS, check your local craigslist. Dishes are going for ultracheap around here. I'm trying to sell a couple huge sets, and not having much luck, either because everyone else has too many, or they're just unfashionable. Anyway, be sure to search the whole list for dinnerware, dishes, and china. They seem to turn up in several categories. If you can arrange a pickup, there'd be no packing/shipping hassle. If you were closer, I'd try to figure a way to get my box of Homer Laughlin Golden Wheat dishes to you. They were given away in Duz detergent boxes, and apparently Mom only bought small boxes of detergent, so I have 24 teacups, and about a dozen or so each of saucers and salad plates.