Never picked back up when it came around again ....gravel":xaf4k4pl said:
That's a shame, because it's assumed store owners want to stay in business. :| Any way to help them help themselves to get with it?IndySmoker":mbx1jf5e said:
I dunno, price isn't always a factor for me with the real stores, they gotta make their overhead. It's why I find the ones that sell an experience, service and ambiance more than anything. I also like "last year's pipes." Some stores seem to get huge quantities of pipes just before the interest in them tanks, and so they hold on to a lot of them. Often, they want to get rid of them, so I always start asking nosy questions while blowing the dust off the stems and briars. :lol:
"fraid your guy was blowing smoke. I spoke with Mark at smokingpipes.com this afternoon on the phone about another thing and while speaking with him, I thought of your guy's statement and asked him about that. He said he did not know where that came from as the US distributor has not stated anything of the sort. I do know that many distributors have min. order quantities which many shops don't want to meet as they might not sell that quantity in the time they want it to sit on the shelf. Kinda like a car dealer, if a unit sits in the lot over a certain length of time it starts COSTING THEM $ profit wise. So if they don't turn it over fast enough , they don't stock it, nor want to. But they don't want to tell a customer that so many times I have heard "... can't get it anymore" or such. Everyone has their manner of doing business which they feels fits their needs. Try somewhere else if he "can't" or "won't" get itIndySmoker":nt2vjqe7 said:
