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.