A couple of great items at great buy-it-now and starting bid prices came up today, a square skillet and a bale handle pot.
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Another rare early style handle on eBay
A week ago we alerted you to the availability of an early style handle that has both screws at the close end of the handle. Well here is another. If you need one, buy it now as they don’t come up often.
Note that these, like the more modern version, come in different sizes, so make sure this is the size you need.
Rare 3 quart kettle handle in eBay
We make replacement handles, caps, and triggers for the common 2 1/3 quart Revere Ware kettle.
The less common, but still iconic 3 quart kettle is harder to find parts for.
Our cap is said to work on this model by some customers, but we haven’t tried it. The trigger can be replaced with a 3D printed version we designed. But for the handle, you are out of luck. Except a brand new, new-old-stock version just popped up on eBay.
Get it while you can; these are pretty rare.
Rare early style handle on eBay
Occasionally we get people looking for the old style handles, used in the first few years of Revere Ware production. They are characterized by having the two screw holds close together near the front of the handle. We found today; they don’t come up often.
The only other alternative to finding a new-old-stock handle like this, is adapting one of our newer style handles to the older style spline.
Revere Ware find of the week
Another very inexpensive square skillet.
Update:
Another one about the same price.
Revere Ware parts … in Spanish? Or, why not to buy our parts on eBay
I suppose this was bound to happen. We’ve written before about retail arbitrage, where some eBay sellers relist items available on Amazon.com for a higher price than you might otherwise pay there, and simply have the item “drop shipped” to you from Amazon.com, when you purchase on eBay. This essentially means just purchasing the item on Amazon.com and entering the eBay buyers address as the shipping address.
Of course, there are websites that providing information on setting this up.
The most recent twist to this is that we’ve found listings for our parts now in Spanish.
Note that eBay’s official policy is that this practice is not allowed:
Drop shipping, where you fulfill orders directly from a wholesale supplier, is allowed on eBay. Remember though, if you use drop shipping, you’re still responsible for the safe delivery of the item within the time frame you stated in your listing, and the buyer’s overall satisfaction with their purchase.
However, listing an item on eBay and then purchasing the item from another retailer or marketplace that ships directly to your customer is not allowed on eBay. In such cases, we may remove your listings from search, display them lower in search results, or remove them completely from the site. We may also limit, restrict or suspend your ability to buy, sell, or use site features on eBay, and you could lose any special status and/or discounts associated with your account.
A more nefarious twist to this practice is that some scammers use stolen credit cards to purchase the items from Amazon.com to fulfill the purchase on eBay; this is called triangulation fraud.
The bottom line is that, it is generally a bad idea to buy our parts on eBay for a number of reasons.
- There is a high risk of fraud
- You get no guarantee at all if anythng goes wrong or you get a defective part. These sellers are about as fly-by-night as they come, and will just close up shop and open a new account if their feedback becomes negative.
- You are paying more than you would just buying it on Amazon.com
- The sellers are selling in violation of eBay’s policy.
Please buy just from our website or from our store on Amazon.com. We are the only authorized sellers of our parts and we don’t sell on eBay. If you buy from us, we guarantee a good experience and will replace your part if it is defective.
How to make beer elegant
My first reaction to the Revere Tapster was, “How elegant!” Take a boring can of beer and serves it like a fine beverage. You insert a can of beer, and close the lid, which punctures the can, and allows you to pour it out of a beautiful looking server.
It’s available for purchase at a very reasonable price.
RevereWare.org updated
We spent some time this weekend updating the RevereWare.org eBay helper site. If you aren’t familiar with this site, it finds all the Revere Ware related listings on eBay and separates them into different categories and sizes.
Algorithm updates include:
- Better categorization; many things that were in the wrong category are now properly sorted
- Categories that have listings that offer multiple sizes, like lids, are now categorized as such and appear at the bottom of the list.
- Better job finding the correct size for items.
- Added size sorting to more categories
It’s an ongoing challenge to keep the listings organized, as sellers don’t use the same standards for listing titles, but we do our best.
We also added a category for kids play sets, as there are more of them appearing these days. That is in addition to the recent addition of the Tri-Ply cookware category.
Deal of the week – new old stock percolator
Here is one of my favorite vintage Revere Ware items, the percolator. 
is new in box and in perfect condition.
When the Revere Ware brand mattered
This listing for Revere Ware branded aluminum foil reminds us that there was a time when the Revere Ware brand was strong enough to sell a product for which quality isn’t so much a differentiator; when is the last time you thought about the brand of aluminum foil you purchased and worried about getting an inferior quality product?
