sarasquares

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I have been looking for some saucepans and found a Morphy Richards set with really good reviews in Argos for half price.

Buy Morphy Richards 5 Piece Blue Stainless Steel Pan Set. at Argos.co.uk

They were sold out everywhere so i asked Argos if they could find me any, they suggested contacting Morphy Richards and ask them if they could send me some. MR told me they do not sell pans but that Argos are allowed to use the MR name when selling pans and have been allowed to for years.

I called Argos back to see how this could be and they told me that they pans are made in Asia for Argos!!!

How is this allowed? You think you are buying something with a name that you trust and its cheap sh1te from Asia.

PaulC72

its called licensing.

Will

I think that's poty.

stilover

If we're not careful, this could be a pandemic

sarasquares

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This is going down the pan

Will

And i think Argos should be panned from selling

dpb

Nothing to get steamed up about

you paid half price , what did you expect - if the qualitys not there dont go to 'murphy richards' again

SunnySideUp

So, you jumped out of the Frying Pan into the .......

That's quite shocking to learn, but we are in a global market ..... nothing to say that the Chinese Pans won't be every bit as good as Pans you would get from anywhere else? Those 9 year old Chinese children are pretty good at knocking things up!

sarasquares

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Will

Was he the one in The Pirates of Panzans

dpb

Larfed like a tru child of Thatcher

J4CKO

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I think there are worse injustices in the world !

Argos indeed, what did you expect !!

Kieran_Burns

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So pandemonium ensued in Argos? Was their a series of panic buying? Have you decided to blow the lid off the whole scandal?

Or will you look for a cheap chinese import and wok on your cooking?

Trout

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Most things you buy are not what they seem.

Not sure if it is still true, but ten years ago most Fords were made by factories owned by Fiat group.

J4CKO

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Please stop the Pan related Puns !

dpb

Thats put a tin lid on it

sarasquares

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Now i am really boiling over

Tam the bam

I'll take this thread with a pinch of salt as the OP has been proven to be a compulsive liar!

PaulC72

liar liar ******* on fire...well they will be with those pans...

coolangatta

Yes, why are none sticking to talking about the pans people

Midlife......

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Sara........... back on topic LOL

I recently moved house and since we had a new kitchen I bought a set of Morphy Richards pans.....the quality was shocking !! bits would chip off and the cream colour outsides would melt onto the hob !!

After 3 visits to Argos for replacements I went for some more Tefal Jobbies OK, the advert had the guy with a huge forehead but the last set soldiered on for 10 years !!

Shaun

Kieran_Burns

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Pun related pans?

LG John

I think I'd have been tipped off to the fact I wasn't buying premium pans when I realised I get getting a 5 piece set for 20-notes. That said, I take your point.

It works the other way though....I was one of the guys that bought a Technosonic (or some sh*t) 32" LCD TV from Woolies for £400 (back when that was dirt cheap for a 32") and the TV was in fact a rebadged Thomson that retailed at £999 just a month or so earlier.

David Lock

Like Sabatier knives. Made by loads of companies but sold with Sabatier name. dl

WRX_Dazza

OK dont fly of the "handle"


Suprised none of the NSR'ers have suggested another £1,000,000,000 set instead.....

by the way

Prestige pans have always been good to me

are you after triangle shaped ones to match the microwave??

StickyMicky

When i first moved into my own pad i fell into the trap of buying a ****e/cheap wok from asda, it was about a fiver, it just fell apart, so i bought another one, the non stick coating fell off and it went rusty, so i bought another, same thing

Damn i have spent 15quid on a cheap wok, might as well pay the 20quid for a good one (may have been tefal), it has worked flawlessly ever since, the none stick coating is still on the pan, the handle is still on the pan, it has not went rusty, its easier to clean, worth spending the extra, lesson learned.

There is a shop near me that sells "good" pans, some french make, me and the missus, on our new "good pans are worth it crusade" called in one day while out shopping, we have never seen anybody in the shop before and have always walked past it, **** me the prices were crazy 100quid + for a single pan WTF!?!

We will stick with the tefal jobbies LOL

PaulC72

we always buy stainless steel pans now as we can turn them upside down and use them like steel drums....I just can't get on with a stainless frying pan

Leslie

Not satisfied with ripping us off they are now into total deceit. I think that is shameful SS.

Les

sarasquares

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I have always had stainless steel pans but i had to buy a new set because i have just bought a ceramic hob so i needed smooth bottoms so not to scratch it.
I have never understood why they make stainless frying pans, there is no way you can fry an egg and get it out in one piece.

sarasquares

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They were not Morphy Richards as they dont do pans

I dont know why MR would allow their name to be used on inferior products, it cant be good for their reputation. If i had some MR pans that were crap i wouldnt go out and buy a MR electrical product. My thinking would be that if they cant even make a decent set of pans then i wouldnt trust their name.