No, no, I would never complain about a cast-iron skillet. But this is definitely more of a dollar-store skillet. The handle isn't of a piece with the pan, it's *metal*. Shiny. It gets very, very hot.

(This makes my mom sound really bad for giving it to me, but she gave me lots of other nice presents. I'm sure she was just randomly passing by someplace and thought "Ooh, cheap skillet" and picked it up as a stocking stuffer. Still, it really sucks.)