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<p>[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 1444481, member: 78"]Hi,</p><p> Back when I was buying and selling in Manhattan I would go to Chinatown and buy three or four of these containers for 10 bucks each. The grocery man would be so glad to get rid of them since he had to pay to have them hauled away. I would clean them up and they would sell for 75 to 200 each. It was a win win situation. The grocery made money and did not have to pay to get rid of them. I made money and the decorators made money. It was a shame when China started using cardboard to send things over here. I miss those pots. I used to keep a lamp or a plant on them.</p><p>Some were so huge I was not able to lift them but there was always somebody around to put them into the taxi for a buck or two.</p><p>greg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 1444481, member: 78"]Hi, Back when I was buying and selling in Manhattan I would go to Chinatown and buy three or four of these containers for 10 bucks each. The grocery man would be so glad to get rid of them since he had to pay to have them hauled away. I would clean them up and they would sell for 75 to 200 each. It was a win win situation. The grocery made money and did not have to pay to get rid of them. I made money and the decorators made money. It was a shame when China started using cardboard to send things over here. I miss those pots. I used to keep a lamp or a plant on them. Some were so huge I was not able to lift them but there was always somebody around to put them into the taxi for a buck or two. greg[/QUOTE]
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