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Last 2024 selling window is coming up!
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Autumn Harvest and Selling Window

Dear ,

Happy Autumn!

 We’re all relieved for the advent of cooler temperatures because work in front of the tinning forges is so much easier (and faster)! Back in July, I noted that we were looking to open the next selling window well before the end of the year. That time has arrived:


While the new Texas team has been busy putting the final touches on over 200 BCC pieces, I’ve had time and a few bumper crops here in our “brave little state” of Vermont to run my own BCC at a slow simmer for days on end. Favorite low-and-slow scent? Stewing apples is about as comforting as can be...

Here’s a refresher course on how our selling window works. Please don’t miss the last part of this email, which I’ll tag with an important announcement.

Your guide to the BCC Selling Window

We’ve determined the maximum number of every piece in the BCC line we can make in the remaining months of 2024 (e.g., 8 Stockers, 19 Large Sautés, etc.), and for this window, the total will be about 210 - a short run, yes, but the result of outstanding work by our new production team and very promising for a future where more BCC is steadily available on the website.
Depending on how quickly everything is ordered and paid for, we’re planning on leaving the selling window open for up to several days. Once we have everyone's wishes tallied and settled, we will get busy shipping, likely within about 10 days of purchase. This alone will be a huge advance for us!
Owing to a very small supply of every BCC piece, once again we will be limiting each order to 2 (two) of any individual item (two 6 Quart Casseroles, two 9.5” Sautés, etc.). Because we can’t limit orders in the shopping cart, we’ll be reviewing each order as it comes in and returning over-ordered items to inventory immediately. So, if the piece you want is sold out, hit refresh for a little while - I may have restocked an over-order!
And now some reflection on BCC pricing:

While shipping from Austin, Texas will actually save us a bit of expense owing to UPS, USPS and other hubs being in the immediate vicinity of the shop, I’m sure you’re all aware that shipping costs have risen dramatically in the past several years. There is nothing BCC ships that isn’t dense, big, or both, so we’ve been feeling the squeeze for a while, but have frankly been a bit too caught up with getting our production squared away that we’ve (I’ve) been a little neglectful of the BCC balance sheet. We’ll be having a close look at shipping in early 2025, but suffice it to say for now that we’ll likely have to start charging at least something for it. As always, I’ll work at keeping it real and reasonable - I’m here to sell you copper cookware, not marked-up shipping.

 Lately our material costs have come down a little from a peak in mid-2023, but are still on average about 28% higher than when I last changed our prices in Spring 2021. All users of pure metal are also subject to much higher purchase minimums from rolling mills, which means we may have to finance metal purchases going forward to make sure we have raw materials with which to stay inventoried, and those interest charges will show up on the balance sheet too.

This of course means BCC prices will be rising to meet such challenges. This month’s selling window will, however, be run with our 2021 pricing, and I will be calculating our forthcoming “scratch & ding” sale prices off of the outgoing 2021 price list. Basically, we’re selling anything we made in 2024 at the old prices.

The S&D, by the way, will be coming up in early 2025; we’re still working on making every piece’s imperfections as close to perfect as we can.

In sum, the October 25, 2024 selling window is your chance to collect the BCC you want (or want to give) at 2021 prices. I have not settled yet on 2025 pricing and a new shipping policy, but the balance sheet beckons and striking a healthy financial balance is one of the more important ways I’m working on making BCC more reliably available.

Thank you once again for your abiding faith and support!

Your Pot Dealer,
 
Brooklyn Copper Cookware
110 Merchant's Row
Loft 1
Rutland, VT 05701
United States


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