For the price, these dishes can't be beat.  We bought 2 sets and use them as kids dishes.  They won't last years...We already had to throw one dish away because of a chip -- it most likely happened in the dish washer or loading/unloading.  I really like the classic blue stripes.  Other minor critiques: the dishes when stacked are not perfectly nested - they are each a bit irregularly shaped.  And the salad plate is smaller than I would have hoped for, they are 7.5" instead of the normal 9.5".  I would buy these again.