The Cross-Blade stalled the motor using frozen strawberries to make a smoothie on around it's 3rd use along with a plume of smoke from the motor unit and no longer interfaces to the motor unit as the blade interface is chewed up. The flat blade still works correctly but leaks as the rubber seal is missing. This in itself is not the reason fro the poor score but the lack of response from customer services. The on-line form has been submitted, a direct e-mail (from work so may have had a response on Friday) and not even a confirmation that they are looking into it. Will have to be a phone call on Monday as it is just an ornament at the moment :-(