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I was surprised to read this. He was obviously fired or he is a competitor. (or just an idiot)

I am very familiar with this product and factory. I bought their set 38 years ago. They have produced many millions of sets and it is by far the highest quality American made cookware world wide. How do I know? I checked. Except for this disgruntled moron there are no complaints anywhere on the internet complaining about the quality of this cookware. And that’s out of over 10 million clients. He calls it crappy cookware. Is that why a factory that’s been around since 1865 can put a full 50 year warranty on it?

I have to agree with him that the interest is high. I hate paying 24% interest and try my best to avoid that.

If someone can’t pay cash then it's their choice to go on a payment plan and pay the high interest.

If their credit wasn’t crap they wouldn’t have to. They would simply use their line of credit with their bank.

If they don’t have this then they should be grateful the company took a chance lending them the money for it and helping them reestablish credit.

As far as the price goes, it is half the price of Salad Master and superior in quality.

He claims that everything sticks and burns in these pans. He should learn how to cook. You can burn anything in any pan if you use high heat.

He is correct about the gift to make the appointment. They will offer it to anyone to get the appointment. That is not uncommon. And yes, the travel company will have weeks available only on the ones that are not booked.

If they had more people in their customer service department then guess who pays for that? The consumer does with higher prices and American made products are expensive enough. Why? Because their overpaid.

If you want cheap cookware go to Walmart and buy the Chinese made crap. See if Walmart will repare a pan for free 38 years later. This factory will.

Rebecca, I am sorry that you are not satisfied with your cookware. I am not sure who your independent distributor is but you are welcome to contact our customer service at 866-897-7676 or email us at customerservice@simplicitygourmet.com and they should be able to help you with the issues you are describing. Additionally, I know we have a few distributors in the Minneapolis area that are excellent and I am sure we can have one of them come to your home and help correct any problems you may be experiencing from burning, clean up etc. I can also set up a time for you to come into the local office in Golden Valley to get some help if you prefer.

Hope we can help Customer Service

Rebecca, I am sorry that you are not satisfied with your cookware. I am not sure who your independent distributor is but you are welcome to contact our customer service at 866-897-7676 or email us at customerservice@simplicitygourmet.com and they should be able to help you with the issues you are describing. Additionally, I know we have a few distributors in the Minneapolis area that are excellent and I am sure we can have one of them come to your home and help correct any problems you may be experiencing from burning, clean up etc. I can also set up a time for you to come into the local office in Golden Valley to get some help if you prefer.

Hope we can help Customer Service

My husband and I bought a set of the Simplicity Gourmet cookware about a year ago, and I have to say I was very disappointed.
My sales rep has been difficult to get a hold of for questions, and when I was upset that the cookware wasn't working as it was said to the sales rep came to our house, cooked a meal, cleaned them and left me still feeling upset.
The oil-less electric skillet which food is not supposed to stick to, well food does stick and I follow the book with all the directions for different settings. If I set it any higher than 200 degrees everything burns on to it. I had to get a special cleaner to remove the discoloration. It also scratches very easily and the scratches are difficult to remove, I spend 30 mins just cleaning the skillet alone.
The other pans I have, I have to add quite a bit of water or vegetables burn to the bottom and I always set the temp about 3 on my stove which is what the rep told me to do. Never once have I had a meal come out like the rep showed me, twice.
Also I too noticed that even with the payments I have made over the past year, the amount I owe has barely moved, and the finance charges are rediculous.
I asked my sales rep if I could return them and get my money back shortly after purchasing them, he said no because it had already been 30 days from the date ordered, which is also rediculous because it took 10 days to receive them.
I can assure you I would never buy another pan or any other piece of cookware from this company.

Rebecca T.
Dissatisfied customer from Detroit Lakes, MN

I am a business partner and independant distributor of Simplicity Gourmet International and New Era Inc, and a business partner of Equitable Acceptance Corporation. This post actually made me laugh, I found it quite humorous. This is not written by a former sales assistant, this was written by someone obviously who has a information that they falsely portray in this report, which means it is someone who was once in some sort of administration with this company, or a competitive company in this industry with a fair deal of knowledge of how certain things work.

I'm not going to take the time to break the post apart and dispute every fact, because I learned log ago to not argue with fools. I was entertained though, by the authors poor grammar and horrendous spelling throughout the article. If he/she is no longer employed by the company, maybe some work on their professionalism and writing skills would have helped them keep their job?

What I will say is that this article is absolute nonsense and 100% untrue. It's quite easy for people to hide behind the mask of the Internet and post terrible things about people and companies that they have been shunned from. I'm sure everyone has seen situations like this in the past. Just last week I saw quite a few friends on my Facebook page talking about much they hated their significant others and they were breaking up because the person was terrible, blah blah blah. Well guess what, they're all back together again. And I'm quite sure if this person was given the opportunity that I currently have and offer to others, they would jump at it and rescind their testimonial as well. Don't believe everything that you read, especially from websites and blogs that you have never heard of. What's the best way to not only check out a business or organization, but also to file a legit complaint if you have one? The Better Business Bureau.

So go check out Simplicity Gourmet on the Better Business Bureau. We have an A+ rating. See how many other business's have that class of rating. This person also could have a report or complaint there, if it was really legit, but the problem with doing so is that you can't just post anonymous undocumented nonsense on the BBB site. You need documentation, and you need to put your name and contact information to give the company a chance to respond to you. This person obviously did not leave any name or contact information.

Well I don't hide behind anonymity. My name is Jay Johnson, and I'm a business partner and distributor of Simplicity Gourmet. I've been with this company for close to five years now, and I love every second of it. I have THOUSANDS of thrilled customers all across the United States. And I have many happy consultants and employees as well. This Rip-off Report website instructed me that I cannot leave an email address for people to contact me at in my post. That's kind of strange. But I'll do so anyways. You can reach me at the first letter of my first name, then my full last name at SimplicityGourmet and then of course, the .com. So whoever wrote this report, there's no need to hide. Please contact me asap, I'd love to discuss your concerns with you. If there is no response from you with contact information, and/or if I don't hear from you, I guess we'll just assume that what I said is true, and that you are just a "scorned" ex-employee being spiteful because your career didn't turn out the way you wanted. Please try to use some better spelling and more proper grammar when you post again, that would probably give you a slight bit of actual professionalism.

Thanks for reading guys. Simplicity Gourmet is an awesome company. Check them out for yourselves, not by reading random posts from anonymous strangers on sites that you never even heard of. Have a great day!

I have never responded to these types of things before but I felt that I must do my best to help this young person understand some things that I believe they probably were not aware of with Simplicity Gourmet and their cookware.