Anyone ever see All-Clad on sale?
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 11:14 am
I haven't. Rather, I see Macy's ads in the paper for 30% off anything in the store 'This Saturday Only' and the fine print always excludes All-Clad along with Waterford Crystal and a couple other hoity toity brands. Likewise, the 20% coupon that comes in the mail to Occupant every 60 days like clockwork from Bed Bath & Beyond also excludes All-Clad. And that's typical of everything I've ever seen about All-Clad, a brand I've had my antennae in the air over ever since I fell in lust over the MC-2 line. I have about five pieces, all were gifts, and all I've needed to complete my cookware collection is (I have a mixture of old favorites that I won't part with, but none of them are this size) a medium sized saucepan around 4 qts. And two, I've coveted the All-Clad 3.5 qt cassoulet pan.
Every couple of months I check eBay for either. And about a week ago, lo and behold there were both, separate listings, same seller. I won them and they came yesterday, and the contents of one of the boxes reveals that things are a little different in Maine re All Clad being on sale. Because the cassoulet pan had a Macy's receipt inside the box dated earlier this very month. In fact, the seller would have had to list the pan for sale before it was even delivered to her. That receipt names the All-Clad pan, the original price of $126 (which matches the sticker still on the box) less "All Clad sale 50% off" so a final price of $63, and a $12.95 delivery charge. One might feel sorry for the seller at this point as I paid her just $51 for the pan and only $10 shipping, but that's not the point: Macy's in my town never discounts All-Clad even a little bit. They have the specials where if you buy this set or this big pan and you get this little butter-melter free kind of thing, but I've never been able to buy All-Clad on sale.
Let alone at 50% off.
Every couple of months I check eBay for either. And about a week ago, lo and behold there were both, separate listings, same seller. I won them and they came yesterday, and the contents of one of the boxes reveals that things are a little different in Maine re All Clad being on sale. Because the cassoulet pan had a Macy's receipt inside the box dated earlier this very month. In fact, the seller would have had to list the pan for sale before it was even delivered to her. That receipt names the All-Clad pan, the original price of $126 (which matches the sticker still on the box) less "All Clad sale 50% off" so a final price of $63, and a $12.95 delivery charge. One might feel sorry for the seller at this point as I paid her just $51 for the pan and only $10 shipping, but that's not the point: Macy's in my town never discounts All-Clad even a little bit. They have the specials where if you buy this set or this big pan and you get this little butter-melter free kind of thing, but I've never been able to buy All-Clad on sale.
Let alone at 50% off.