Harry & David - 2 Boxes of Royal Riviera Pears - $29.95 Shipped!

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Royal Riviera Pears

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Don't do it. I got suckered in again this year, because they used to be so good. However since changing owners and then going bankrupt, the pears are no better than store bought.

Quikboy4 said:   I have to say that I am quite disappointed with this year's batch too. First off, each of the two boxes only had 6 pears in it, and none of them were as large, beautiful, or as delicious as year's past. This will be my last year ordering them.

That's lame! The pictures above show 9 pears in each box!

(I sent this as a gift this year, so I'm disappointed I didn't get my money's worth)

You should complain, since the description on their site says, "2 boxes, each containing 7-12 Royal Riviera Pears."

Quikboy4 said:   I have to say that I am quite disappointed with this year's batch too. First off, each of the two boxes only had 6 pears in it, and none of them were as large, beautiful, or as delicious as year's past. This will be my last year ordering them.

umcsom said:   Don't do it. I got suckered in again this year, because they used to be so good. However since changing owners and then going bankrupt, the pears are no better than store bought.

Thank you for letting us know! I was really lamenting that I didn't pull the trigger on the deal for $20 with free shipping. Now I feel much better, like I didn't miss out on anything.

They should be sold by weight. $1.50/lb is typical around here, nice to have them shipped to the house and don't forget you can delay delivery.

I had 11 in each box, but they were probably a bit smaller than the ones pictured....very tasty though, I was pleased.

These are also called COMICE Pears. You can buy them at any fruit store and at many supermarkets.For a LOT less money.

daddyweiss said:   These are also called COMICE Pears. You can buy them at any fruit store and at many supermarkets.For a LOT less money.must we go thru this again?

SteelRing said:   It's really about the giftability factor, not necessarily the pear itself. having it well-packed in a closed box with the "Harry & David" logo makes for a much more pleasant gift than a plastic bag of fruit you hand to your relatives. Now, unless you hate your relatives...... or you're just a real cheapskates who like to show up to christmas party wearing your FW BF T-shirt you proudly got......

So... the deal is about getting the "gift" pear for a cheaper price than otherwise, it's not about pear...of course, it's all about the pears

Comice pears, buy them from Sams Club. They are the same thing

I have a question - is the price going to show on the packing slip when it's sent as a gift?

For those of you that don't like your H&D pears, I'll take 'em off your hands. For free.

I've been buying Royal Riviera the past few years and got in on the last 2-box deal a couple weeks ago. Sent to my parents and they were very happy, each box contained 9 big pears. I got to have some over the holidays and are as tasty and juicy as I remember them. Was definitely a good deal for ~$20, but not sure if I'd pay close to $30 for them.

One other thing, last year after the holidays H&D had a similar but cheaper priced deal on blemished pears. Pears that were perfectly good except that the skin was discolored or had minor blemishes that precluded their use in a gift box. Since we were ordering for ourselves we didn't care about the cosmetics and the cost savings was substantial. I'm hoping they do something similar again this year.

CA2DC said:   One other thing, last year after the holidays H&D had a similar but cheaper priced deal on blemished pears. Pears that were perfectly good except that the skin was discolored or had minor blemishes that precluded their use in a gift box. Since we were ordering for ourselves we didn't care about the cosmetics and the cost savings was substantial. I'm hoping they do something similar again this year.

Those are the Mavericks, and H&D in my observations always run a sale on those at some point or another, too.

just ate a couple of them last night from the $22 for 2 boxes deal we received in the mail last week (USPS of all things). While I can't say whether this is the same as Comice pears from Sam's (will definitely try that and compare), what I can say is that it is easily the creme de la creme of pears I ever tasted. The texture is perfect and the sweetness is not the typical grocery pears for sure. It's definitely a deal for $22 on the 2 boxes but that's as high as I'm willing to go, definitely not buying it for $30 for sure.