"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> And Tupperware is, IMO
>> massively overpriced. Even when on clearance. Eh. I'll just make do.
>
> On clearance? Do they sell them at stores now?
>
Tupperware is sold online.
http://order.tupperware.com/coe/app/home
That's the official site. Then there are representatives who sell online,
like this person:
http://my2.tupperware.com/tup-html/M...a-welcome.html
I have also seen sales in other places. Like a kiosk at the mall. And they
had a big sale at Children's hospital. I think that may have been a
representative selling because she had a lot of the little pieces that they
give away as prizes.
> I still have some old Tupperware bowls and containers with lids from the
> early 80's when my wife would go to "Tupperware parties" and order some.
> They are very good, lids fit very tight, and they do last a LONG time. I
> can
> testify to that since mine were purchased 28-33 years ago and I use them
> on
> a regular basis to this day.
I have a severe dislike for most Tupperware because I have issues with
getting the lids to either snap all the way on or once on, to come back off
again. And most of what I bought at the parties turned out to be useless to
me.
Like the cheese keeper. It was of course plastic. Had three pieces. The
lid, the bowl and the shredder. The idea was that you could shred the
cheese into the bowl portion and then keep it there. The problem? The
shredder part was plastic and didn't shred very well. I did like the little
tiny containers that were intended for salad dressing. I used them for
salsa. But I couldn't get the lids off! I did buy a puzzle for my nephew.
It was for babies. Two pieces. A moon and a star attached by thick
strings. It was washable. He loved it then passed it on to my daughter who
also loved it. But... It was also something that they didn't need for very
long. After a couple of months they had outgrown it.
Most of the other pieces I had were not things I had bought. I had
roommates over the years who like me, went to a party, felt pressured to buy
something, then realized that they didn't need it. So left it behind. I
didn't use it either so got rid of it all.
Then when we lived in NY, I went to a party and bought some vegetable
keepers. I never did get to find out if they worked like they should
because husband did something idiotic with them. They had little red things
on the end that were like vents or something. You could open or close them,
depending on what you were storing in them and how much air it needed.
Well... Rather than just take the lids off like anyone else would have
done, he fiddled with the red pieces until he broke them. I was not happy
because they were very expensive. And then I had two rectangular, lidded
plastic boxes with holes in the end with broken bits of plastic sticking in
there.
My mom had a few pieces that got a lot of use. One was the cake keeper.
That eventually wore out. But
AFAIK she never used it for cakes. What she
used it for was popcorn. You were supposed to put the cake on the lid
portion then put the container over it and snap it on. She used it upside
down sort of like a bowl but it wasn't bowl shaped. It was shaped like a
round two layer cake but larger. She would fill it with popcorn, then bring
some bags or paper or plastic cups to eat the popcorn from. We took this to
see the fireworks or even to the movies. In those days you were allowed to
bring in your own food.
The other two pieces were put out at her garage sale that is still going
on. Both are for sugar. One is for granulated. Has a flap on side for
spooning and a flap on the other for pouring. Hers is the aqua color. The
other is for sifting powdered sugar. You can keep the sugar in it. It has
a cover that goes over the bottom. I bought a similar one for myself but I
could never get the cover to fit on mine properly so I got rid of it.
I used to work with a woman who sold Tupperware and she said that the fit of
the lids was a constant problem. So much so that she kept lots of extra
lids around and would swap them out if you had a problem. This of course
wound up costing her money and in the end she quit selling the stuff.