in addition, i would like to add roden intl has taken over zackusa-my son
is vacationing in hollywood, florida and stopped into the shop
they were not very helpful-
but my gut feeling is to buy up any jenaer products u enjoy-
joanne
"Bluesea" > wrote in message
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> "Serendip" > wrote in message
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>> Thank you so much for the advice and suggestions!
>>
>> Having been to dozens of sites, I came across one (Ebay seller, maybe?)
>> that said that Schott has stopped manufacturing the Jenaer glass
>> teapots, etc. Since many places were out of stock, it seemed plausible,
>> and non-buyer's remorse can be more painful than the opposite.
>
> At the latter part of last month, I decided to buy a Jenaer Duo from
> wayneteasalon.com which arrived broken (Adagio packs their glassware
> much better!). She was going to replace it out of her arriving order, but
> when she received it, no Duo. So, she refunded my cc and I ordered it from
> eteapots.com which had been out, but they received a new shipment in the
> meantime. (It was delivered to me intact.)
>
> So, now I go to Zackusa thinking that maybe I better get that large Mikado
> that I was thinking about and Holy Crap! they've raised the price by $10
> along with the prices of some of the other items by Jenaer, some of which
> have doubled...
>
> The press release at
> http://www.us.schott.com/english/new...s.html?NID=120, dated
> 01-26-2005, says in part:
>
> "SCHOTT Jenaer Glas GmbH finds itself compelled to terminate production of
> consumer glassware in Jena (Germany) by March 31, 2005. Sales of Jenaer
> Glass by SCHOTT North America, Inc. will continue until the end of
> calendar
> year 2005."
>
>
> If anyone's been thinking about getting a Jenaer, may as well get it while
> the getting's still good.
>
>
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