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attgig
01-15-2003, 12:18 PM
anyone use those HSN coupons lately???



'Exploding' Frying Pans Recalled
Wed Jan 15,11:24 AM ET Add Oddly Enough - Reuters to My Yahoo!



WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 8,700 frying pans sold through the Home Shopping Network are being recalled because they can "explode" while in use, U.S. safety regulators and Innova Inc. say.



Two consumers have been burned from hot oil and there have also been eight reports of property damage involving the frying pans, the Davenport, Iowa-based Innova reported to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (news - web sites).


"The pans can explode or separate when preheated, used on high heat or used for frying," the safety commission said Tuesday in a statement.


The commission said consumers do not need to return the recalled Ultrex Thermal/Double Wall pans as customers who bought the products will receive a free replacement in the mail.


USA Interactive's Home Shopping Network sold the pans from October 2001 through September 2002 individually and as part of a set.


For more information on the recall contact Innova at (800) 845-7447 or visit the Home Shopping Network's web site at www.hsn.com.


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20030115/od_nm/explodingpans_dc&e=3&ncid=

mojo
01-15-2003, 02:10 PM
they don't need to return them? that's an accident waiting to happen. you know they wont throw out the old one and will come up with some non-frying use for it. then they'll forget about the incident or wont be around when someone picks it up to use it and kaboom!

then of course there are those that will be retrieved from the trash by dumpster divers and such. and when those are used...

TERRIBLETOM
01-15-2003, 02:48 PM
Do you think the free replacement is a gesture of good will or is it saying please don't sue us.

Grimm
01-15-2003, 04:26 PM
Originally posted by TERRIBLETOM
Do you think the free replacement is a gesture of good will or is it saying please don't sue us.
It's a no choice issue. They have to repair, replace, or refund.