Comments for sursumcorda.salemsattic.com/post/the-spice-house

Comment #3130

2022-02-10T01:09:36Z

I just bought 135 dollars worth of spices, a day after I bought them I got a ridiculous and hateful email from Bill. Lucky for me they screwed up my order in shipping and I never received my spices. I was able to get a full refund, and will never buy anything from this ignorant man again. I will also tell my friends and family about his hateful ways. I already got all of my family members to stop buying penzeys products, they were just as disgusted as I was about the emails.

Comment #3129

2022-02-02T01:13:14Z

I caught on to Penzeys hate filled rhetoric several years ago. I decided then not to purchase from a company that cashed in a the divisive attitude in the flyers that came with each delivery.

I now do business with the original company they sprang from. I’m not cancelling them - Bill Penzey can torpedo his business without my criticism. Short term jumps will cost him long term in good will. Sad he can’t see that.

Comment #3128

2022-01-31T19:46:43Z

This site is not associated in any way with the Spice House, except as a customer. But I've found that if you contact them, they are very friendly and will let you know whatever they have that is closest to the Penzey's version.

Comment #3127

2022-01-31T19:29:26Z

I left Penzeys years ago, after many orders and telling friends. I left b/c they sent out very shockingly rude political emails. I’ve never been treated this way by anyone, even friends with opposite political views.

Their spices were very good, but not good enough to put up with that abuse.

There’s one spice mix I particularly like.. Turkish Seasoning.

I read some of the family recipes are tgg by e same from both companies.

Does The Spice House make anything resembling Penzey’s Turkish Seasoning? I used it on so many dishes?

Thanks in advance for your reply ….and I pray/wish you continued success in your business.m

Comment #3126

2022-01-21T23:17:16Z

I included the following note in a box returning all our Penzey spices:

To Mr Bill Penzey Jr.

January 17, 2022

We are returning these spices to your company.

They have taken on a taste of the bitter root of bigotry.

We can no longer use them in good conscience.

We do not require a refund, but will find spices from more egalitarian companies in the future.

Thanks for revealing your true spirit on MLK day. I doubt that MLK would approve.

Comment #3125

2022-01-18T13:08:06Z

I am not a Republican and did not vote for Trump in 2020 but am offended by this man’s hateful rhetoric. After his post 2016 election rant I switched to Spice House. When i see the Penney’s label i see virtue signaling. The Spice House is great!

Comment #3124

2022-01-15T16:45:53Z

When a company puts politics above its customers, it serves neither well.

I'm prepared to believe that there are many people who shop at Penzeys simply to make a political statement, but I'm also skeptical of statements like, "online sales rose nearly sixty per cent." For a long time I put up with the abuse from Bill Penzey because he would periodically offer deals that were so good they had to have lost the company money. These would then be followed by announcements that "Our customers must support our politics; look at our sales!" At that point I realized that I was being used, and decided that the savings in spices wasn't worth the cost.

Comment #3123

2022-01-15T16:26:48Z

Sursumcoda from an article somewhere

in the two weeks following his post-election e-mail, the “right wing firestorm” cost the company three per cent of its customers—but that online sales rose nearly sixty per cent in the same period, and gift-box sales increased by more than double that.

Comment #3122

2022-01-15T16:20:35Z

Sursumcorda I do believe it has actually helped the business grow. Sure they lost a lot of customers but they’ve gained so many more, especially people that buy the stuff just because of the message. Then there are the people buying and sending gifts to friends and family intentionally to upset the person receiving it. And there are people doing this.

Comment #3121

2022-01-14T22:16:47Z

Penzey's public messaging has become so toxic and vile, that when I received a (very expensive) gift box from a family acquaintance for Christmas, I tossed it in the garbage with the torn up wrapping paper and empty boxes

Comment #3120

2021-12-31T03:36:55Z

I thought I was sending my humanitarian friends aromatic spices instead my friends got the stench of rotten politics

Comment #3119

2021-12-10T15:45:30Z

Thank you for making your point politely, Eilene.

It would be interesting to know if Penzey's has experienced a net gain or a net loss for his political activism. I still appreciate his spices, but to my mind he has gone beyond standing up for his values well into rudeness, not to mention his terrible treatment of the employees at our local store. I try not to let politics influence my shopping decisions, but character issues like that can drive me away even from excellent products.

Comment #3118

2021-12-10T14:55:32Z

I am the opposite of the others who have commented. I now buy all of my Christmas gifts from Penzy's in addition to what I personally use. I appreciate that Bill Penzy stands up for Progressive values.

Comment #3117

2021-10-13T12:19:41Z

I, too, was outraged at the biased and nasty rhetoric which Bill Spouted at Trump supporters and told him how disgusted I was that he had the gall to use the company’s catalog to berate those whose political stance was not agreeable to him.That did not stop him. What a pathetic person he is. I spent thousands at Penzey’s but after that, I never spent a penny at Penzeys. Although the owners of Spice House are related to Penzey they are NOT LIKE THEM AT ALL.

Comment #3116

2021-05-07T03:01:04Z

I found and fell in love with Penzey's when they opened a store in Santa Rosa. I got on the email list for all the free coupons. And loved their spices. But when I started to get all the hateful emails, and I responded that all I wanted to do was buy spices and not get lectured, that's all he did. So I found the Spice House. Love them. I don't care much about a company's political views, just don't push them on me. I just want to buy spices. So Spice House has a loyal customer now. I won't and haven't done business with Penzey's for quite a while now. And I love the Spice House blends.

Comment #3115

2021-04-25T17:19:17Z

I have loved and used Penzey's spices for more years than I can say. I kept purchasing from them, in spite of the hateful emails I kept receiving. After the last election I finally got smart. I have started purchasing from The Spice House, and have been very happy. I still have a couple of Penzey's products that I love and have not figured out how to replace them. I realized I needed to unsubscribe from their emails, since they continued to be hateful even after Trump was out of office. After all, in my book, the only thing worse than a bad looser is a bad winner!

Comment #3114

2021-03-18T13:37:36Z

I stopped buying from Penzeys as well, after Bill said I wasn't welcome in his store because I voted for Trump. In addition, he spouted lies about the words President Trump used--just regurgitating the usual editing of the mainstream media. I will never darken his door, and continue to support his sister's business.

Comment #3113

2021-02-17T00:47:17Z

I agree with the above posts saying how appalled I was with the liberal rants posted on what should be an objective business site. I’m not interested in his overbearing opinions .

There’s a Penzey’s close to my home that I will not return to - ever.....

Comment #3112

2021-02-15T01:03:04Z

For all I know, the owners of the Spice House are of the same political persuasion as Bill Penzey. Or they may be completely opposite. All I know is that they do not let politics interfere with their customer relations, and for that I am thankful.

Comment #3111

2021-02-15T00:55:41Z

I to will be joining the spice house! I have not bought from Penzeys since they showed their true colors!! They are the ones that need to grow up!

So sad how they lied cheated and stole this last election! Hopefully the spice house can see the truth!

Comment #3110

2021-02-08T16:36:13Z

Sorry to hear that, Kaye. I guess I should be thankful that all my e-mails over the years have been ignored!

Comment #3109

2021-02-08T15:03:58Z

Add me to the list of crossing Penzey's off my list. I sent Bill an email as to why I wouldn't be ordering from him anymore. He replied with berating me and telling me to "grow up". Appalled!!!!

Comment #3108

2020-04-03T20:11:46Z

Note to frequent readers: The Laurie who made the above comment, and the Laurie from my childhood who also sometimes comments here, are not the same person, even though their two most recent comments came one right after the other.

Comment #3107

2020-03-21T04:02:16Z

My mom always got her spices from Penzeys and would share them with me. YUM! I then became a huge fan of Penzeys. But when Penzeys started berating me for voting for Trump, I decided to look elsewhere. I'm glad I found The Spice House. For all I know, The Spice House can be a cesspool of bleeding heart liberals...but as long as they don't spew their liberal hatred towards Christian conservatives, I'm good and will shop at The Spice House!