[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT Pots

Thanks for the heads up, Judy!  I know mine were still very expensive in the 
day, but they have served me well.   A lot of houseware companies are serving 
similar fates; being bought for name and reputation and then gutting the 
qualities that made them famous.  Pyrex and maybe Corelle are a couple of other 
examples.

I grew up in SE WI; where are you?  I rarely get back, and do not miss winters, 
but wish I could visit good friends there more often...

Valerie


On Jan 2, 2010, at 8:54 PM, Judy s. wrote:

> I'm going to wave a red flag of caution concerning Royal Prestige pots.  
> They're made by a company called "Hy Cite" which is headquartered here in 
> Wisconsin.  Sadly, I think the company has changed drastically over the years 
> since when Valerie purchased her super cookware. I heard about this because 
> of living here in Wisconsin, and it was a big deal because it is a 
> Wisconsin-based company.
> 
> The California attorney general successfully sued them in 2008/2009 for 
> unsavory business practices.  He (Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr). said 
> (quote): ""Hy Cite hoodwinked hundreds of consumers into purchasing 
> high-priced pots and pans by using deceptive in-home demonstrations and scare 
> tactics."
> 
> From an article on the Attorney General's website: "Brown's office 
> investigated Hy Cite and found that the company violated the state's unfair 
> competition and false advertising laws, as well as a previous injunction 
> prohibiting such practices." (url: http://www.jerrybrown.org/node/579 )
> 
> There's more information about this recent case on California's official 
> website ( do a search on "Hy Cite" on the Attorney General's page at 
> http://search.doj.ca.gov/AGSearch/search ), or, for example, at the Los 
> Angeles County website ( http://dca.lacounty.gov/artRPSettlement.htm ).
> 
> The pans are very expensive nowadays, running from $2000 to $4,500 for a set, 
> and consumer sites list a lot of complaints about how the quality of the 
> products consumers receive after ordering is nothing like the quality of the 
> products that they are shown in the demonstrations.
> 
> So just a "for what it's worth" caution. smile.
> 
> Judy s.
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