There are a few vintage places that have taken bags of mine - mostly Mulberrys from the early 1990s with a stray exception or two. It's much more effort and involved going to the store, showing them the bags etc, but I liked that - it felt more like handing it on to the generations to me! From memory, there was a shop in Covent Garden (Monmouth Street) and two in Notting Hill I sent things to . . .I know what you mean though, I'd love a reliable, honest and efficient alternative to the lion's den that is ebay . . .