What Makes Starbucks Coffee Mugs Collectible?

One of the hottest items selling on eBay has always been Starbucks coffee mugs. Now, with the specialty coffee they’re putting in their coffee mugs they’re going to be even a bigger seller.

You can get a coffee mug just about anywhere but a collectible Starbucks coffee mugs are not that easy to find. So what makes them so popular? Let’s find out…read on.

Of course, anything vintage is collectible and that’s true with Starbucks coffee mugs however, the new ones coming out are also becoming collectibles. The one that is working it’s way to the top is Starbucks fabulous ceramic 3 piece set that looks like a coffee to go cup from Starbucks coffee house. You know the ones on your corner or in Barnes and Noble. You order a coffee and get a paper cup with a white top for sipping. They now make one made of ceramic with two coffee mugs to go with it. A very unique coffee mug.

Starbucks coffee company is the leading retailer of coffee throughout the world. There’s not many people who haven’t heard of Starbucks. They are well known for creating the bottled Frappuccino coffee drinks, DoubleShots coffee drink, and a premium ice creams that they sell in all their stores. There’s a Starbucks on most corners for everyone’s hot beverage pleasure. But why are Starbucks coffee mugs collectible? It’s because you can only get them in the city they are made.

That means if you want a coffee mug from Germany you have to go to Germany to get one, you can’t buy it at the corner Starbucks. If you want one from Seattle, Washington, you have to go to Seattle to get one. Starbucks don’t sell their coffee mugs anywhere but in the city they were designated for. That’s why they are collectible. Because you can’t find them just anywhere, you have to get them when they come out and in the city where they were chosen to be sold.

Starbucks coffee mugs aren’t sold for a great price however, they garner great prices when people turn around a sell them on websites such as eBay and Amazon or a specialty website for collectibles.

They have different type of coffee mugs depending on where you buy one. They come in stainless steel, insulated, ceramic, and travel mugs. There’s a coffee mug just waiting for you to buy it and use it.

With the recession still going on a Starbucks has stopped their expansion, their mugs will become more popular, and there will be more mugs for sale to collectors. Since you can’t get them anywhere but at Starbucks to only way you’ll get some of the specialty coffee mugs is to buy them through a collectible website. You might be able to find them in specialty stores locally to you, even sometimes at thrift stores where people have given them away thinking they aren’t worth anything.

So now you know why Starbucks coffee mugs are collectible. Don’t wait to buy them at collectible stores, use the Internet to find someone who will buy them locally for you. That way you won’t have to travel to the city where you want one of Starbucks coffee mugs.

Category: Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deals 2012, Coffee Kitchen Accessories