Customer Rating: 
Summary: Buyer beware! This item is very likely 18/0 and not 18/8!
Comment: I recently purchased a service for 8 from Amazon.com for a very reasonable price, only to find out that it was, in fact, 18/0 stainless steel prone to rusting and not the 18/8 rust-resistant stainless advertised! I then went to Bed Bath and Beyond and found their items were similarly mismarked! Furthermore, I checked with several Ebay vendors and they all stated that their postings were also accidentally misleading in labeling 18/0 sets as 18/8.
I did research as to the cause of the mixup and found out the following: Two-or-so years ago, Oneida reacted to the rising cost of nickel by making its lower-end lines (among them American Harmony, Sand Dune, and Satin Sand Dune) with no nickel (signified by the /0). Nickel adds rust resistance and luster to stainless steel, and I have read reviews that state that the new stuff is prone-to-rust.
Be careful when reading reviews from owners that were either posted more than two years ago or from owners who state they have had their set for more than two years, because the set they are describing is of much higher quality than that which they are currently selling under the same name! Shame on Oneida, and watch out when purchasing sets marked at 18/8!
For accurate information on the accurate current composition of this or any other set of flatware by Oneida, go to [...] and look up the set by name.
Online outlets such as DiscountFlatware offer the discontinued (18/8) variants of these lines for about the same price, if you're willing to wait for shipments that usually take a little longer.
Happy Shopping!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Beautiful!!
Comment: I love this set! I am actually going to purchase the service for 8 now that I have received the service for 4 and seen how beautiful it is. The flatware is very classy-looking and is heavy without being bulky but rather being sturdy. Although the price is great, there is nothing cheap about this set. You can tell that this silverware will last a long time. You can definitely use this for everyday use and for dinner parties/company as it has a look that truly goes with anything. Oneida is a name I have always relied on and this purchase proves that they are still the best in silverware!
Customer Rating:
Summary: good and useful
Comment: its good and useful! what else can i say? it is classy and beautiful. it is made in Vietnam, which in my opinion is much more reliable compare to made in China. i like the look and the weight. perfect for daily use, it gives another level of pleasure for eating food. Even its just instant noodle it taste much better with them.
Customer Rating:
Summary: great silverware!
Comment: This is a great product! I'd recommend getting the service for 8 instead because it comes with serving pieces.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent service
Comment: The Sand Dune series is one of the most elegant flatware services available. Easily found in many retail stores, its success is perhaps due to the sweeping line inside the form of the handles that makes gripping easy and graceful, and the heft that's actually provided. The weight provides a good lever for cutting (for the knives) and stabbing with the fork. This is not a series so light and hollow that the utensils will fly from a hand, or cause you to press with wrist and hand so hard as to cause ache. The utensils seem to help you move through a meal.
They are lovely at an elegant table, but also at home with your everyday dinners. I've purchased two 8-place settings for myself, plus found the serving utenils at a local outlet mall. The large serving spoons and serving forks (great with carving) are very hard to find and many places will not have them in any open stock. If you ever see the serving utensils, grab them.
My mother-in-law from Australia liked Sand Dune so much when she visited, she asked me to take her to purchase her own sets. She bought enough for 8 places and took them back to Australia.
Sand Dune has been one of my best table purchases.
