Last July I purchased a Ceramcor Xtrema 12 inch frying pan from Mercola.com at a cost of $149.95. A few months ago I was putting it into the sink to clean it and it broke neatly into three pieces with the smallest bump. The owner of Ceramcor offered me a new pan without lid for $60, however, then I would have paid over $200 for a frying pan that I cannot count upon to stand up to the rigors of basic daily use. A pan that expensive should last 20 years, not 20 weeks (actually it was probably about 6 months but you get the idea).