Two-in-one convenience

Last night I met my mom and sister for dinner at Bostons. I honestly don't like eating at places like that but what the heck, we had fun and were together. Then after that I went to Macy's to exchange the blender I got for Christmas which was chrome for a white one. I hadn't taken it out of the box yet. I know what you are thinking.. , but all of the rest of my stuff is white. I wanted a white one. I think a chrome one would always look dirty if I had it.

Anyway, I took it back and the guy was cool about it but they didn't have one that was just a blender. They had the same thing but it had a food processor top part also. Smart Power Duet. "Two-in-one Convenience". And they were on sale so the guy said I could up-grade for a little over $10. Well I use my food processor a lot, so I'm like, heck yes!

When I got my food processor (another Cuisinart) I had to take it back twice until I got one that wasn't damaged or didn't have parts missing. I told the salesman that I had a problem when I got my Cuisinart food processor and had to return it twice. Well he assured me that this new blender/ food processor had not been opened and would be fine so I chose not to look at it very close. They are really hard to get back in the box, so I took it home with just a glance inside the box.

I got it home and looked it over to make sure all the parts were there and then I noticed that the base of the food processor part was cracked! So today I had to take it back. So out of two new Cuisinart products I've gotten, I've had to go back to the store three times! The service at Macy's has been great, but the Cuisinart has some quality issues. Once you get one home with all of the parts and no defects they are great. The trick is to do your own QC while you are at the store.