If you are looking for the new in box vintage Revere Ware experience, it doesn’t get better than this listing, with all the pieces new and the majority of them from the vintage era.
Goodbye First Class Package rate, hello USPS Ground Advantage
Unbeknownst to us, the USPS revised their shipping types in the last month. Out is the First Class Package rate and in is USPS Ground Advantage shipping, which is slightly different, but similar.
According to USPS, USPS Ground Advantage will offer lower prices than the existing First-Class Package Service, which is currently the USPS’s most popular package delivery option.
The First-Class Package Service was previously limited to lightweight packages up to 15.999 ounces. Still, in January 2023, USPS redefined it by removing Retail Ground and Parcel Select Ground and expanding the weight limit to 70 pounds. In July 2023, USPS Ground Advantage will replace Retail Ground, Parcel Select Ground, and First-Class Package Service.
Whit USPS Ground Advantage, the price for shipping items weighing up to 15.999 oz is determined by both their weight (rounded up to 4 oz, 8 oz, 12 oz, and 15.999 oz) and the distance to their destination. For packages weighing more than 15.999 oz, the shipping fee is based on a per-pound rate up to a maximum weight of 70 lbs (rounded up).
However, some optional features currently available with First-Class Package Service will not be included in USPS Ground Advantage. Customers will no longer be able to use Certificate of Mailing and Certified Mail with USPS Ground Advantage, but these services will still be offered with alternative products such as Priority Mail.
USPS Ground Advantage aims to offer faster delivery times and more reliable tracking information, and it will be available for both commercial and residential customers. The new USPS Ground Advantage service will be cheaper, faster, and better at helping you schedule shipments and manage customer returns.
Unfortunately, our shipping cost calculator for our website order system requires us to choose specific shipping tiers to support, and once the USPS system was no longer returning quotes for the First Class Package rate, our system defaulted to the next higher rate, Priority Mail.
This resulted in shipping costs about twice as expensive, but also meant packages got there faster.
We discovered the error after a couple of weeks and updated everything to have the proper support for the new Ground Advantage rate a week ago, so everything is back where it should be.
First Class Package
Wooden cookware handles?
I was looking to help someone find a generic replacement handle solution for a 90’s era Revere Ware pot, and did a search on Amazon. Much to my surprise, they were a lot of results for wooden replacement handles and knobs. I wonder what is driving the sudden foray into making replacement handles out of wood.
Granted, wood is a good insulator and some people have turned to wood to craft a bespoke replacement handle when he couldn’t find one. But still, is this a trend being driven by something else? Is there new cookware that is suddenly popular that has wooden handles and knobs? I wonder.
Interesting percolator with some differences, possibly sales sample
Reader Adam sent us some pictures of an interesting percolator that has some differences from all of ours. At first glance, it looks normal.
However, the handles were held on by brass rivets instead of a screw / nut.
On the inside, there is a grid of holes at the spout:
All of ours just have a larger hole at the bottom and a smaller hole at the top in that area.
Someone suggested it was a sales sample.
Revere made that? Part 2
Here is another interesting and somewhat bizarre piece Revere sold.
Not just Revere, but Revere Ware.
eBay Revere Ware deal of the week – bale handle pot
Bale handle pots are nice, and they are vintage era so good quality. This one on eBay with a shipped price of just over $50 is an awesome deal for a relatively rare items like this.
Importantly, it has the bale handle Bakelite and it is in good shape.
Don’t be too concerned about the dark stained inside bottom.
That is almost certainly burnt hard water deposits. A good soak pure vinegar, with intermittent heating and scrubbing will get ride of it, then follow with a polish with Bar Keepers Friend.
Revere made that?
I’m often surprised at some of the things that I find that Revere manufacturing made. Like this lovely earring holder I came across on eBay:
Sure enough, Revere:
With a wife and three daughters in the house, I couldn’t resist. Shhhh! I’ll give it to one of them as a surprise.
Order shipping email issue (ongoing as of 7/9/23)
Last week we did an update of the key software that runs our website and store to bring it up to date with the latest security patches. Unfortunately this caused an issue that prevented orders from being sent to our fulfillment contractor, which we discovered this week on Independence day. Our website operators believed they fixed the issue the following day.
As of Friday we thought the orders had not been shipped, but we discovered today that the orders have been shipped, but our system has not been getting the shipping acknowledgements, and thus has not been sending out the emails to inform customers their order has shipped, and the tracking information.
To those with outstanding orders, we apologize for the inconvenience this is causing. We are working to get this resolved as quickly as possible.
Full copper 14 cup percolator on eBay
It isn’t often I see Revere Ware pieces I haven’t seen before, especially gorgeous ones like this all copper percolator on eBay.
If you look more closely you can see it is copper plated, not solid copper, which makes sense. But it is in new condition and would make a beautiful display piece. The price can’t be beat at just a $99.99 starting bid. I might just buy it myself. 🙂
You’ve got to love Amazon customers
Reviewing returns on Amazon today, I just had to laugh.
In short, customer returns product and blames us because our website description was not accurate; the product wasn’t compatible with Rena Ware and we should have said so. Here is our listing on Amazon.
Yes, we clearly need to fix that listing. 🙂
Here is another one.
Hmm. What does the listing say about no screws:
Ah, it says there are no screws.
The sad thing is that every time a customer doesn’t bother reading the listing and ends up returning an item, it gets us one step closer to Amazon removing our listing for too many returns. 🙁