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Retail Mystery: Pottery Barn Portable Massage Table?

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Hmmm. Does this strike anyone else as a sort of bizarre marriage of item and retailer? We were looking through the PB holiday catalog, and, just past all the ornaments and gifty decor, on a full page of prime glossy real estate sat this $499 portable massage table...

 
 

It says "perfect for professionals", but somehow it seems unlikely that pro masseuses would think to shop at Pottery Barn for their equipment.

Perhaps it is supposed to be a gift item? While we know plenty of people who would like a gift certificate to a spa for a massage as a gift, we can't think of a soul who would want this table hanging around their home.

Huh...now we just saw that JC Penney sells them as well.

Is there an portable massage table craze sweeping the nation? Now we're curious...AT readers, do you own a massage table?

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If I was super rich and had a masseuse that would come to my house, say, every day, I'd want my own table. But I don't know if I'd be shopping in Pottery Barn then. I'd also need a closet devoted to storing it-it looks huge!

posted by pelicolina on November 6th 2007 at 10:15am
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This creeps me out.

posted by NashvilleJen on November 6th 2007 at 10:20am
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Haha, this is so deliciously random. What the hell, Pottery Barn. what. the. hell.

posted by mmadden on November 6th 2007 at 10:50am
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My aunt has a table at her house, but she is a masseuse.

posted by sarahduckie on November 6th 2007 at 10:54am
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That is just bizarre!!!!

But they do fold down into manageable sizes, the table folds in half. No huge extra closet needed!

posted by katie on November 6th 2007 at 11:27am
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Our Urban Lotus Collapsible Massage Table is well-suited to rooms where relaxing and entertaining demand equal time. This piece features sleek clear-laquered hardwood rails and feet and a corded welt finish along each seam. Let your onsite masseuse tend to your knots without missing the party. Repositionable conversation mirror is a tempting add-on.

Made in the USA.

posted by stonelake on November 6th 2007 at 11:45am
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Seriously, who has an on site masseuse? I'm still trying to grab free meals over at my parents a couple times a week.

posted by Julia at Living Luxely on November 6th 2007 at 11:48am
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Maybe they meant a different kind of "professional".

posted by SpaceMonkeyX on November 6th 2007 at 11:49am
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The trick is to make friends with one and hope they give you a friends discount!!

posted by katie on November 6th 2007 at 12:04pm
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So pottery barn is imitating skymall?

posted by lurker2209 on November 6th 2007 at 12:23pm
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I have one, but I was in training to be a massage therapist till I realized I'd have to take a lot better care of myself before I could handle the work (still on my mind for someday). My hubby and I occasionally get it out of the closet and give each other massages, but it takes up a lot of space, even folded up.

posted by Ariel on November 6th 2007 at 2:44pm
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This IS weird....but a lot of (over-educated children of the white middle and upper class) people I know are taking massage classes with or without their partners. So maybe it's for them? I would never own one, though, sheesh...

posted by MadHatter on February 25th 2008 at 10:08am
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