C4-Wednesday, April 23, 1980 - North Shore News

THE WEST VANCOUVER Sketch

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shown. (Ellsworth Dickson photo)

Coffee percolators dangerous

Province won't take action

VICTORIA (UPC) - The
British Columbia govern-
ment will not be taking legal
action in a bid to get a better
deal for customers of
Corning Canada who pur-
chased potentially-danger-
ous coffee percolators.

Consumer Affairs Minister
Jim Nielsen said Thursday
the company had rejected
suggestions by the govern-
ment that the defective
percolators should be
replaced with another of
their own brands, the Pyrex
model.

Although the government
had not been able to per-
suade the company to
change its mind, no legal
action was contemplated
because no consumer laws
had been broken, he said.

Neilsen said discussions
had been held with Corning,
following widespread
complaints that the per-
colaters were defective and
potentially dangerous, to see
if the company would
consider improving its
recent cash-refund offer to
customers.

Corning issued a warning
to purchasers of coffee

percolators that they were
potentially hazardous. The
metal top may separate from
the ceramic bowl due to a
weakening of

the epoxy

sealant, the company
warned.

The company asked

purchasers not to use the
pots and offered cash
refunds from $5 to $20 on all
range-top pots and from $5
to $30 on electric per-
colators manufactured since
1972.

Owners of earlier models
were given the opportunity
to purchase other products
at discount prices.

“We felt the company
should consider replacing
the defective coffee pots
with Pyrex coffee pots which
they also manufactured,”
Nielsen said. “But we were
informed that these are no
longer being produced.

“The company’s position
is that they consider their
present offer to be eminently
fair and the, are unable to
make further concessions,”
he said.

Nielsen said
been “several
complaints

there had
hundred”
from

B.C.

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residents about the

inadequacy of the company’s
offer.

“The Corning offer was
initially developed in the
United States and approved
by the U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Com-
mission,” he said. “Because
their program is essentially a
continent-wide offer, and
any changes would have to
be applied consistently,
Corning has indicated they
will not change their offer.”

Neilsen said a check of
other provincial govern-

ments has indicated that no
legal action is being con-
templated in any Canadian
province.

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