Simplicity Gourmet reviews and complaints

In your own comments you say they told you they would "offer you discounts if interested." With that being said, how was that a misrepresentation? You don't get discounts on a product that is not for sale. I work in the customer service department and know also that the least expensive package is not 4, 000. I have seen orders for 100. What you claim above is filled with contradictions and holes. I wonder if you work for a competitor?

We ordered the pots and pans, paid a $100 deposit and never received the pots and pans

I was invited to a bridal preview last weekend and found myself listening to a sales pitch about $3000 to $6000 pots and pans. They trashed store bought cookware and talked about Teflon and how it will poison my family. The salesman talked down to us when we asked questions about his false and insulting claims.The demonstration went on for 2 1/2 hours. When we tried to leave without buying their over priced pots, the salesman was rude and insulting.I can not believe they are still in business. Their gift offering was awful...I highly recommend you stay away from this company.

same thing here last night in baton rouge, gave them $1, 000 check and came home to cancel it after thinking about it on the drive home, they almost had me convinced.

Please note that this company has nothing to do with Simplicity Travel Inc. in Brewster, NY. We are an extremely reputable on line travel company with an A+ rating by the Better Business Bureau, specializing in all inclusive honeymoons in Mexico and the Caribbean. We do not give away honeymoons at the "pots and pans" presentation, and have no relationship to any of this. Those who are interested in wonderful honeymoons at discounted prices should contact us - those who have been promised free honeymoons - please read the fine print.

HAHA U GOT SCAMMED

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We were called and told that we had won "a dinner prepared by a chef in our own home" during our town's pumpkin festival. The woman who called me was very nice explaining "our chef and team will come in, cook you dinner, clean up, and offer you discounts on our cookware if you are interested".

To make a long story short our "chef" was an out of work auto executive and the team was him. It was a sales pitch for their cookware and the meal...was heated frozen vegetables and chicken.

We are certain that the contest we "won" was actually just a company who asked passers by if they wanted to enter a contest and then contacted every person who "entered" stating that they had won. They then misrepresented their prize by selling it as a Chef Prepared dinner when it was a sales pitch for an all or nothing cookware package starting at $4K.

Hopefully this post will save you from having to endure a 2 hour sales pitch for cookware you cannot purchase without a bank loan.

If you went the the BBB, you would see that they are a A rated company. Meaning if you felt ripped off you should have read the fine print and if you still feel ripped off called the BBB. If they were fraudulent, like say Royal Presitage, it would say so on there. I have bought 5 pans for $600 and I never looked back. Best pans I've used, never have to use PAM and easy to clean unlike pans I have bought at JC Pennys or any of the other stores that charge $60 a pan and it's junk in no time. I have not used the 3 night vacation yet but it does say there is a $50 non-refundable processing fee so I will not book with the agent until I know what it going on and then I will let you know if it is legit or not plus it says it does not included taxes because you pay that to the government. I just thought some one should hear the side of a consumer who didn't have a problem.

you are righ the same thing happened to me they would not refund my $50 and i never recieved anything i ordered i called about it and they said they dont know whats going on i asked for my money back and that i felt scammed that i didnt want the product seeing how it was 30 days later and they wouldnt give me a refund they are scammers beware of them. not even a few months later they called me again to go to one of their shows. could couldnt believe they had the nerve. if they call you tell them they are a fraud. and not to call. tell them if they call you back you will sue them for harrasment you wont hear from them again.

Well I can say that Simplicity is a little slow on the draw. I have applied to the organization several times for various positions. I had gotten a good impression of them when I was planning my own wedding and happened upon a promotion guy at a wedding expo. I liked the idea of having great cookware but couldn't get a good grip on the pricing of the product. Never the less I applied a first time.

After a co-worker began doing event promotions for them I decided, hey maybe I can do what she does. She had great things to say about the work but didn't seem to believe in the product. In fact, I don't think she owns products from the company. In other words, she seemed to only be doing it for the money! I thought well, maybe I can do it and actually like promoting it. So, after a few months of waiting for a reply to my applications I applied again. After doing this, I waited and within a week a representative emailed me. He said he liked "my persistance." Well I tried to set up a time with him to meet and talk about employment opportunities, but he has yet to reply to my email.

I guess I will keep waiting. But, I get the impression that they just don't want to hire me. Maybe it is because I am not friends with anyone in the company or that the co-worker I do know wouldn't recommend me because she is a keep the goodies for herself kind of gal, which is smart. Whatever the case, I have no hard feeling againist the organization. I just wish they would be upfront about what they want in their employees.

This consumer actually just emailed us last night, around the same time this was posted with an inquiry into her order. She did not even give us an opportunity to look into her order before posting a complaint and has not contacted us prior to this posting or the email last night. I contacted her by phone upon recieving her email first thing this morning and have not heard back from her.

This customer was not approved for traditional financing but she did opt that in the event of this, she would like to do a credit rebuilding program that requires her to pre-establish credit by making a series of on time monthly payments that show she is willing and able to make consequtive on time payments. At which point, the rest of the balance will be financed completely and the products will be shipped. This is not our standard fianancing, as we don't acutally get paid until she fulfills the pre-establishment of credit. But we do understand that bad things happen to good people, and we want to provide an opportunity for people in her situation to re-build their credit history and still get the products taht they love.

This customer signed a seperate contract stating she would like to do this program should the need arise and when she received her first bill, which she states she's been paying on, a letter was included with the bill stating the finance circumstances pertaining to her order. The terms of this contract are clearly outlined and the consumer enters into it fully aware of the terms.

We are aware of claims online, but none of these claims are regarding our business or orders. Almost 100% of the claims pertain to a voucher for a two night's stay that we give away for attending our showcases. Most of these claims are pure speculation from parties who have never attended a showcase. Our vouchers are not scams and we do everything we can to make sure that all consumers receiving the incentive are booked and taken care of. We do have a BBB account with an exemplarary record; feel free to visit it: https://www.bbb.org/online/consumer/cks.aspx?ID=10705209422

Any questions or concerns regarding orders, vacation questions, etc, can easily be reconciled by calling our customer service department during business hours (M-R, 8-6, CST & F 9-5, CST) @ [protected] or emailing us: info@simplicitygourmet.com.

Many Blessings,
Katie Snyder
Client Services Director
Simplicity Gourmet, Intl.