"Given the prices that I've compared between Amazon/Etsy versus buying direct"---Yankster1
Oh look, WiddleWingWalk is trying to lie again 
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Here's the rest of what I said:
"Given the prices that I've compared between Amazon/Etsy versus buying direct, it's about 3 to 2 ratio in price. So I definitely recommend buying directly from some of those India manufacturers, and cut out the middle man."
"For example, you can save over $100 on that Dubrovnik set from Staunton Castle if you buy directly from their website, and you'll always have 3rd party protection through Visa, Google pay, Paypal, etc..which sometimes is even better than Amazon or Etsy." Yankster1
And Staunton Castle are a India manufacturer.
Aww,,,widdlewingwalk thinks Canada is in India . Bless his heart
Again FOOL. I ordered my Dubrovnik for Amazon.com. It shipped from INDIA....Fool.
Aww...now he thinks Amazon is an Indian manufacturer too .
But hey, I'm not the fool who overpays on chess sets from India, through a Canadian company, then through Amazon. That's a real FOOL.
Mandeep Saggu.....
I don't think widdlewingwalk knows what he's actually saying anymore...kinda sad 
The only one that does not know that Staunton Castle is a India manufacturer is you.....
And we can all see on their web site that the company is in Canada. It sounds like you're actually saying that any company who sells chess pieces and sources them from India is then considered an India manufacturer . So, Amazon, Esty, eBay... all India manufacturers then, huh.
There SC web site office is in Canada, Staunton Castle manufacture and ship from India fool!....
Our manufacturing origin, Mandeep Handicrafts, is located in Amritsar, India, a renowned city known worldwide for its exceptional craftsmanship in creating chess sets. Even in this technologically advanced age, the majority of chess sets are still handcrafted in Amritsar using wood, and we proudly supply them globally.
The Staunton Castle website is under the company Chess Creation Inc. is located in Canada, which makes it a Canadian company. Just like so many American companies, many international companies have manufacturing sites around the world, i.e. China, but that doesn't make those companies 'Chinese' companies. Does that make sense...fool? [widdlewingwalk goes D'oh!]
So you are saying the chess sets are Canadian....
Hey you're the one with the funny logic. If I go to a grocery store and buy an avocado that's grown in Mexico...is that an American or Mexican avocado?
Wow...you're actually saying if I buy a Mexican avocado at Market Street, then I'm buying from a Mexican supermarket . Your rationale is quite a bit off. - what a fool you are.
I said this fool.
Now answer the question...
You tell us....you can not have it both ways.
Does Staunton Castle manufacture their sets they own in Canada, or India.... Fool!
Our manufacturing origin, Mandeep Handicrafts, is located in Amritsar, India, a renowned city known worldwide for its exceptional craftsmanship in creating chess sets. Even in this technologically advanced age, the majority of chess sets are still handcrafted in Amritsar using wood, and we proudly supply them globally.
Hey well I've already said that you're buying a set from India, through a Canadian company, then through Amazon....Where's your confusion fool?
Hey well I've already said that you're buying a set from India, through a Canadian company, then through Amazon....Where's your confusion fool?
They are not buying sets from India fool. They are manufacturing their sets in India.
Our manufacturing origin - meaning Staunton Castle.
Our manufacturing origin, Mandeep Handicrafts, is located in Amritsar, India, a renowned city known worldwide for its exceptional craftsmanship in creating chess sets. Even in this technologically advanced age, the majority of chess sets are still handcrafted in Amritsar using wood, and we proudly supply them globally.
Oh, I see the problem...you don't read very well. Otherwise you wouldn't have thought that I said 'they' were buying from India...what a fool you are .
Oh, I see the problem...you don't read very well. Otherwise you wouldn't have thought that I said 'they' were buying from India...what a fool you are .
So they are Indian manufacture chess set.
You don't write so well either....fix that sentence so that it means something.
Oh, I see the problem...you don't read very well. Otherwise you wouldn't have thought that I said 'they' were buying from India...what a fool you are .
So they are Indian manufacture chess set.
You don't write so good either....fix that sentence so that it means something.
And you do not think to good.
Staunton Castle chess sets are Indian made chess set by Staunton Castle.
Yep, just like I've said, not really sure you have a point there. And just like Mexican avocados, I buy them from an American store, even if they are grown in Mexico.
But can you buy a Staunton Castle chess set for Chessbazaar..... NO!
But can you buy a Staunton Castle chess set from Royal Chess Mall... NO!
But can you buy a Staunton Castle chess set from Jaques of London... NO!
No...Because they do not make chess set for other companies.
Your avocado Mexican brain can not seem to understand that the Mexican grower sells to everyone.
Uh...you do know that Mandeep doesn't make all of Staunton Castle's chess set's right?
You know that Apple has a huge manufacturing presence in China right? Seemingly a much greater percentage of Apple products are made in China than Mandeep makes for Staunton Castle. And those sites in China only make those products for Apple. And yet, I would never call Apple a Chinese company. Would you?
The Iphone is made and manufactured in China by Apple. It is a China Manufactured phone. And Only sold by Apple.
Apple is also a global company.
But can you buy a Iphone from the Mexican Avocado grower.
Can you buy a Staunton Castle chess set from the Mexican Avocado grower.
And yet, Apple is an American company, just like Staunton Castle is a Canadian company. It doesn't matter where their products are made or who makes them. It does matter where they are officed/headquartered.
Not new only used after he has bought it from Staunton Castle.
And that Avocado grower can do the same with a Iphone, and a Chessbazaar chess set, a Royal Chess Mall chess set and anything else he can buy with his Avocado profits.
Well then he would be a Mexican reseller of used items. And if he incorporates (or maybe just sets up shop in Mexico) then you would be buying these items from a Mexican company. Same as I've said about Apple and Staunton Castle.
It seems that you're just blabbering about nothing now. Maybe soon we'll need to contact Staunton Castle to check on their return policy on sale items. I've never bought from them, but I did see that someone else assumed that any sale, no matter how small, would void a return/refund. I really doubt they meant a typical 15% discount...but let's check and see. At least we could benefit some folks here after all this rambling .
We are talking about chess sets that you buy direct or 3rd party.. And Yes Staunton Castle's chess sets are made in India. If that matters.
Well maybe you haven't been reading very well, because I've made several statements about buying directly from Indian sites, as in, directly from the country where they are made. Whether you buy through Amazon, Etsy, or a Canadian company...these are all 3rd parties (middleman taking a profit).
But still, I have to wonder if what you are saying is actually true when buying from Staunton Castle at a mere 15% discount. So do you want to ask them, or should I, or maybe both of us?