Cookaholics Bulletin Board

... and they want their HTML1 back. I am looking at you, Penzey's.

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I hate this website. I think it every time I have to use it. I want to call up and say "Look, I will code you a new web catalog. Really. It isn't that hard." I want to buy inferior, grocery store spices to save myself the annoyance of dealing with this interface. Hate hate hate.
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I just can't help it. I had to get that off my chest.

I end up placing a massive order once a year or so in order to not have to order anything else the entire year.

--Lisa

On the other hand, the hideous abuse of flash, javascript, ASP and mysql that is the sur le table website is a lot worse. At least at penzeys.com, you can actually complete an order.

Agreed. Sur La Table has it's own problems - it's a bandwidth hog and much more pretty than functional. But the Penzey's website just annoys me. How about actual categories in the drop down? That would be a simple fix! If you search for "Penzey's Sausage" on Google you get a result page with all the sausage seasonings. However, their search doesn't work that well - you have to leave the site. And shopping for "Spices A-E" is really not efficient.

--Lisa

Lisa,

We buy from Bill's sister: http://www.thespicehouse.com/

And I use ,http://www.savoryspiceshop.com. Of course I can go directly to one of their stores, since they blanket the Denver metro area, but I like their quality better than Penzy.

I've been shopping from myspicesage.com . They've had the more unusual spices when Penzey's did not. I like their quality and their plastic bags, easy to freeze. And the shipping is free. I agree with you about Penzeys. I wrote to them about it a few years back after being completely frustrated. I end up doing as Lisa, ordering only once a year mainly for their granulated garlic.