Title: Don"t Buy This Item, It's Absolute Garbage
Product review: I purchashed this item for my wife's birthday in November 2002 from Bloomingdale's, and a little over a year later, I completely regret my purchase. I will never purchase another Krups product again. The espresso pump failed to heat up after several months and the coffee maker completely failed on me in January 2004. The service center in town, San Francisco, acknowledged that this was a very common problem and that the seals to the expresso pump and the coffeee maker often fail. For something that costs $300, you would expect a lot more quality especially given that this unit is made by the Swiss. Learn from my mistake. DON'T PURCHASE THIS ITEM -- IT'S NOTHING BUT EXPENSIVE GARBAGE!
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