Inflation????

I knew the value of our currency was dropping but didn't realize it had gotten to the point one could take a chop saw to a beech dowel and start selling em as tampers for $12+ with the s&h

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BEECH-WOOD-SMOKING-PIPE-TAMPER-NEW-PERFECT-/310808507691?hash=item485da1752b:g:tt4AAOxy3zNSl8bx

What the market can bear, yes?

Agreed,lol Just have a hard time with what the market will bear sometimes.

But the dowel is nicely shaped at one end.

And the grain is outstanding !!!

Looks like those they hand out at pipe smoking contests. Most of that seller's stuff is slightly "fringey," if that's a word. I like the fly ashtray, actually, and just might buy it unless someone more depraved than I beats me to it. The shipping cost rankles, though...

That's what unscrupulous people do. $3 for a dowel and $9 to ship it, I wonder where he's making the more profit.

Cartaphilus wrote:

That's what unscrupulous people do. $3 for a dowel and $9 to ship it, I wonder where he's making the more profit.

I would have been less taken back by this if a little of the profits had gone to some light grade sand paper to remove those rotational tool marks up the sides.

YGBSM !!! FTRPLT

ftrplt wrote:

YGBSM !!! FTRPLT

Had to look that one up, fighter pilot.

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12 ALREADY SOLD! WTF?

Yeah Zero...that was my feeling on this. If only someone had let all the pipe and accessory makers know this what people really wanted.

A hunk of dowel makes a nice tamper. Not at that price, though. Unless one cannot afford the sandpaper and/or cannot cut a piece off of a full dowel.

Richard Burley wrote:

ftrplt wrote:

YGBSM !!! FTRPLT

Had to look that one up, fighter pilot.

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Hey Bro', nice find!!! Been there, done that; albeit in a different airplane! FTRPLT

It seems I put too much effort into my craft.....................

Fazby wrote:

A hunk of dowel makes a nice tamper.  Not at that price, though.  Unless one cannot afford the sandpaper and/or cannot cut a piece off of a full dowel.

I'll stick with a 20 penny nail in a pinch, requires no mods to be functional.

Ozark Wizard wrote:

It seems I put too much effort into my craft.....................

Imagine what you would do without all the time invested in making a nicer finished product though...you could make twice as many things you wouldn't want a decent picture of. For what it is worth I have enjoyed your work.

And the salient point is that this seller will very probably sell many of these.



Caveat emptor!






Cheers,

RR

Hell, maybe I outta just give up making pipes and start making tampers, it's seems the profit margin is better.

Gonzo wrote:

Ozark Wizard wrote:

It seems I put too much effort into my craft.....................

Imagine what you would do without all the time invested in making a nicer finished product though...you could make twice as many things you wouldn't want a decent picture of.  For what it is worth I have enjoyed your work.

I'll second that. I love the pipe I got from him.