Gotham Steel 12pc Non-Stick Cookware Set

I bought my first Gotham Steel pan at CVS some time ago and I thought it was fantastic. That particular pan did not let me down and I do still use it to this day. However, I purchased the set not too long ago and I have had a terrible experience with this set. My first experience was with one of the pots after looking at it closely I could see the gold layer was flaking off. I talked Gotham and they responded by saying I needed to send them the pot with a check to cover shipping and handling for another one. I checked out all of my pans and pots today to check for flaking because I heard it could be terrible for me to eat it on accident if it gets in the food. About half of my pots and pans from them are flaking and at this point I figure I will pitch them all and start over. It is not worth sending them the money for shipping and handling as well as paying for shipment on the pots and pans to get them there. That would cost more than the set originally cost. If you do purchase please hang on to your packaging and Amazon may help you out, since I pitched my box in the trash they said I had to contact the seller. All said and done I have to admit I still have my original pan I purchased probably a year ago from CVS and it has not flaked at all and works perfect. Maybe my new set was a defective batch but not worth all the costs associated with shipping and handling to fix product.