I have a mixture of regular pieces and seconds. I'm not collecting for value, I use my stuff so it doesn't matter to me if they are slightly imperfect.
When I head south a lot of times my first stop is at the visitor's center in Princeton. There's a WV gift shop there and they have Fiestaware. The last time I stopped in they had the Halloween pieces on sale... tempting, but I stayed away!
My mom bought me a big platter, bigger than the dinner plate I think the next size up, and she told me if would be perfect for my cakes. I think it was a subtle message to make a cake