Sigg Recall, and Us
September 3, 2009
Two days ago it came to light that Sigg bottles, the old classics from the most fastidious nation on earth, had, up through August 08 (last year, not this year) a bit of bisphenol in the lining.
It's not pure poison. If your children get their teeth coated to ward off cavities (common practice for the past 20 years), that has bisphenol in it. It may even be pure bisphenol, and I'm sure one of the dentists among you will clarify that for me, and then me for you.
But bisphenol is why we quit selling the usual kind of plastic bottles, why we quit out in-house water cooler from Sierra Springs, and let me make this perfectly clear: bisphenol is something we shun as much or more than the next guy; so this Sigg news is a bummer.
The "Water Bottle of the Immortals" is BPA-free, by the way. We still sell those.
Sigg says cold water doesn't bring it out, and that's fine; but Sigg itself is in hot water now, because it wasn't up front with the info until it was forced to be.
Greenies and bloggers are attacking Sigg all over the net now. I don't want to jump in, but I want to address this, because it's out there, and we've sold lots of the bisBottles, so we're guilty by association.
Sigg has to be hating life right now. Many people are miserable, and probably four or five here and in Switzerland are extreeeeeeemely miserable. It's enough, and let's resist the genetic urge to pounce on the wounded, no matter whose fault.
There's a return program. From our point of view, we'd far much rather you return your wrong bottles to Sigg than return them to us, because a deluge of bisBottles would throw a monkey wrench into the works here, BUT we accept our role, and we'll take on any challenges.
Alternatively---not additionally---we can offer the following deal:
Send your bottles to Sigg, and we'll create a credit on your account for $10 per bottle you bought. That way, you get a new bottle from them and a credit from us. It's still a hassle. That we know. The $10 will help cover postage, at least. (This is good for the old bottles with the old liners. If you have newer bottles, that's a different story. Keep them. They're fine.)
If you send your bottle to us, we'll replace it and send it to Sigg.
The bisBottles are dark-colored inside. The NobisBottles are butter-colored.
Here's a link that'll tell you all you need to know:
- Grant
