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Comment on “But wait, there’s more!” by David Cintron

David Cintron — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:17:22 +0000

Totally just went through the same experience. Even thought about recording the experience on my iPhone as it was quite like a live infomercial. I too received the free glamorizer and stuck around to hear the whole pitch. I have desperately needed some kitchen knives and after recently getting married, my wife and I didn’t receive any of the way too expensive knives we registered for. I figured these are worth a shot and while $30 isn’t no money at all, if they do turn out to be duds at least I’ll have a funny story to tell my friends how I was sucked into the pitch and bought the set. She really was a good salesperson, and who wouldn’t want to make a carrot and a green pepper into a palm tree with a shark cucumber.

Comment on “But wait, there’s more!” by Me

Me — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:18:35 +0000

I sell these knives, they are good knives. They are not the best in the world but for 30 bucks its a good deal.

Comment on “But wait, there’s more!” by Brad

Brad — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:17:46 +0000

There are not reviews for these knives anywhere on the net. Since people here have bought them it would be great if you could do a follow up review to help out your fellow consumers.

I purchased a set from Kroger last night and I have not used the knives but they feel flimsy. Also, the sales person said they had a lifetime guarantee that was written “right on the blade”. My knife did not have this on the blade at all, maybe it said “Made in China” on the blade???. Makes me wonder if the demo knife and the knives I purchased were actually the same???

The other thing that makes me feel iffy is that right on the box it says the knives are guaranteed as long as the company stays in business. Seems like they plan to go out of business, or change to a different company, before I will be able to see if my lifetime guarantee pans out.

When I bought my lifetime guarantee brakes for my car there was no condition mentioned of the company going out of business. Only the understanding that a good company is selling me a good product and they stand by it.

I’m thinking about just returning them to Kroger.

Comment on “But wait, there’s more!” by Jacquelyn

Jacquelyn — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:26:27 +0000

Dirk–Just a good memory. I used to quote conversations verbatim when I got in arguments with people, “but last week you said THESE EXACT WORDS,” but I find that tends to make people angrier…

I think I was actually more suspicious at the time than I needed to be because I found myself so swept up. They’re probably good knives. The knives I actually own are not. If I’d bought the MASTER CUT 2 two years ago, who knows where I might be today?

I wonder if the company is hiring, and whether they can teach mass hypnosis.

Comment on “But wait, there’s more!” by Candace

Candace — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:37:37 +0000

Just bought the sales pitch,and I’m a sales person . It really was good. Plus I needed the knives just the night before I’d had a fight with a sweet potato. I wouldn’t have bought the knives if I hadn’t had this experiance so recently.

Comment on “But wait, there’s more!” by Melanie

Melanie — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:38:58 +0000

I too purchased the set, but was also one of the few in the crowd to remember the Ginsu…my mother still owns hers…and it is still sharp…and I still cant get her to give it to me! LOL I was thrilled to stumble across this “live infomercial” as I have been needing a new set of knives, but dreaded the rigorous search just to find a halfway decent one. Glad to have purchased these and look forward to fighting with my kids to keep them!

Comment on “But wait, there’s more!” by Dirk

Dirk — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:14:23 +0000

Amazing… I just got out of my Kroger Superstore 40 min ago, having listened to the same sermon, and now being another proud owner of the Glamorizer… it seems you have been there, too?

Did you record the whole thing, is your memory that good, or are you getting paid by the company? ;-P
Because you virtually quoted the whole session with that sales girl verbatim…

Like you, I refrained from purchasing the set. I have looked at the blades more carefully, and they seem to be very cheaply made. Made in China. On the other hand, Apple’s Macs are made in China, too…

I am not so sure what the distribution channel and POS is making off the final purchasing price, but my wild guess would be that for the $29.99 the actual production cost (including overhead) cannot be more than $10.
That is for 8 knives and the plastic glamor utensils…

But why is it then, that any singular professional chef knife really does cost $80 or more, if it wasn’t worth it?

Comment on “But wait, there’s more!” by Kent

Kent — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:02:43 +0000

I found this blog from searching for reviews for the Master Cut 2. This exact same experience happened to me 30 minutes ago, exact down to the “and we do not apologize for this price”. Fortunately (unfortunately?) last night I was cursing at my $80 chef’s knife that seems incapable of ever becoming sharp again. So I’ll see tonight if I just blew $30 or not. But as Benjamin said, this does seem to be a lot for $30. And unlike the infomercials, at least I didn’t need to pay shipping and handling. That was the tipping point for me in deciding to walk away or not.

Comment on Facebook Anxiety Disorder (FAD) by eliminateanxiety

eliminateanxiety — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:37:56 +0000

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Comment on 36th Marine Corps Marathon by Benjamin

Benjamin — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:46:46 +0000

Ok- pictures back!