They are still expensive but the quality of everything other than the stand mixers is garbage. One example is, my father gifted me a 100 dollar blender that his boss used once for a party and didn't want any more. I got less than one use out of it. The plastic/rubber tabs that couple the motor to the blades had sheered off. I wanted to make a smoothie and it couldn't even blend ice the first time I've used it. After telling people about it is when I started learning how the whole brand went to crap.
Do I want to know what happened to Kitchen Aid?
They are still expensive but the quality of everything other than the stand mixers is garbage. One example is, my father gifted me a 100 dollar blender that his boss used once for a party and didn't want any more. I got less than one use out of it. The plastic/rubber tabs that couple the motor to the blades had sheered off. I wanted to make a smoothie and it couldn't even blend ice the first time I've used it. After telling people about it is when I started learning how the whole brand went to crap.