The Chronic Consumer

I’ve never paid much attention to cutlery before, but a few friends of mine are on a mission to convert me to Cutco knives. Apparently, this is one of the top brands out there (though I’ve never heard of them), and lots of people swear by the products.

I went to the Cutco website to check out the offerings, and have to say that I was impressed by the range of cutlery sets they have available. Unfortunately, however, I couldn’t find any pricing information since the knives aren’t actually sold through the website. You have to enter your zip code to find an independent dealer, but that page wasn’t loading properly for me.

So I went to Google Product Search instead and discovered that the “Ultimate Entertainer Set” (pictured above) costs a mind-boggling $3,849.95!! Um, wow, I think I’ll pass on these!