[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT Pots
- From: Soronel Haetir <soronel.haetir@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 23:51:04 -0900
Even the $1,000 that she was willing to pay seems pretty steep to me.
On 1/2/10, Kim Friedman <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> $2000 for pots and pans? What are they made of? Solid gold? That's
> ridiculous. I don't disbelieve what you say, it's just mind-boggling that
> cookware should cost that much. Regards, Kim.
>
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> 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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