Dock
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Yesterday I offered a 2 oz tin of Bohemian Scandal here, on ASP and on Smoker's Forums. I priced it pretty high at $110.00 but that's keeping in line with what similar tins have sold for on e-bay lately. It lasted for two hours til it sold. The fella who bought it is an old friend of mine. BS is his all time favorite tobacco and he was down to his very last tin of it. He was psyched to be getting it and looks forward to smoking it.
Over on Smoker's Forums I received a comment from some ramrod scolding my high price. His words to me were: "does it come with a gold ring, c'mon man".
This was my response to him:
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Hi,
I'm sorry sir. What was the "come on man" comment for? If you look on e-bay you'll see that the last two tins sold during the last couple of months went for around $100.00 ea! Believe it or not that's the current market price for a 2 ozer. Do I need to expain the philosophies of suppy and demand now? Like any item on the free market,a sealed tin is worth what someone is willing to pay for it. I sold this tin for $110.00 and I included shipping as it went to a friend. I have two other tins of B.S. which will also go for around that same amount. I personally don't care for the blend. I find it harsh and rather flat but lottsa other folks love it. God bless them if they're willing to pay over a hundred dollars for a tin of it.
A new Lars Iarsson pipe sold on smokingpipes.com last week for $5,500.00. Too much for me but someone sure bought it. I sure as hell didn't say shame on the seller! People pay big bucks for rare items. My tin was no exception. If you think it's too much just don't buy it, but bashing the seller is just kinda lame and makes you look like you don't know what you're talking about....
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The bottom line is, you may NOT like the soaring prices on rare tobaccos, but keep in mind that prices are high for a reason. There won't be any more of it made EVER! As long as the market thinks that a tin of B.S. is worth a hundred bucks than tins of it will sell for that price!
Sincrerly,
Dock J.Perry
Over on Smoker's Forums I received a comment from some ramrod scolding my high price. His words to me were: "does it come with a gold ring, c'mon man".
This was my response to him:
_________________
Hi,
I'm sorry sir. What was the "come on man" comment for? If you look on e-bay you'll see that the last two tins sold during the last couple of months went for around $100.00 ea! Believe it or not that's the current market price for a 2 ozer. Do I need to expain the philosophies of suppy and demand now? Like any item on the free market,a sealed tin is worth what someone is willing to pay for it. I sold this tin for $110.00 and I included shipping as it went to a friend. I have two other tins of B.S. which will also go for around that same amount. I personally don't care for the blend. I find it harsh and rather flat but lottsa other folks love it. God bless them if they're willing to pay over a hundred dollars for a tin of it.
A new Lars Iarsson pipe sold on smokingpipes.com last week for $5,500.00. Too much for me but someone sure bought it. I sure as hell didn't say shame on the seller! People pay big bucks for rare items. My tin was no exception. If you think it's too much just don't buy it, but bashing the seller is just kinda lame and makes you look like you don't know what you're talking about....
___________________
The bottom line is, you may NOT like the soaring prices on rare tobaccos, but keep in mind that prices are high for a reason. There won't be any more of it made EVER! As long as the market thinks that a tin of B.S. is worth a hundred bucks than tins of it will sell for that price!
Sincrerly,
Dock J.Perry
