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Why is Buying Pipes (on a Budget) So Difficult?
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<blockquote data-quote="Kyle Weiss" data-source="post: 269947" data-attributes="member: 1969"><p>Another question is about the intent to buy a budget pipe...is the buyer collecting them, or smoking them? Or both? No one <em>needs</em> more than probably a dozen pipes at best. Provided they all smoke well (and similarly so) twelve pipes could be easily rotated, rested and cleaned for a lifetime of satisfying smoking. Even that many is probably "too much." Collecting is another matter, and has direct lines of interest and intent. If you do both, well, I've seen the pictures--walls full of 300 Dunhill pipes all of the same shape...people like stuff like that.</p><p></p><p>Opposite side of the spectrum, though, if the buyer is after hoarding, quickly acquiring a mass collection, trying to find that "next profitable diamond in the rough" -- well, impatience will probably be the downfall of any savings such an endeavor might nod to. It's a race that isn't won by speed, if such a game is afoot.</p><p></p><p>My apologies for possibly suggesting the "Internet isn't a good place for pipes." Of course it is. It's also the most saturated market, and the competition is fierce, and requires timing, luck and, yes, patience to wade through. There's excellent sellers, but people also know this: they're the first to be depleted. Also, if the intent is a "$50 pipe," and you really want to get it for $25, well...that's another matter too. Then there's ePrey. Another matter entirely, especially if buying blind and hasty.</p><p></p><p>In the end, like Yak said, buy pipes for pipe's sake (paraphrased). A tough thing to do, not impossible; but still sound advice.</p><p></p><p>8)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kyle Weiss, post: 269947, member: 1969"] Another question is about the intent to buy a budget pipe...is the buyer collecting them, or smoking them? Or both? No one [i]needs[/i] more than probably a dozen pipes at best. Provided they all smoke well (and similarly so) twelve pipes could be easily rotated, rested and cleaned for a lifetime of satisfying smoking. Even that many is probably "too much." Collecting is another matter, and has direct lines of interest and intent. If you do both, well, I've seen the pictures--walls full of 300 Dunhill pipes all of the same shape...people like stuff like that. Opposite side of the spectrum, though, if the buyer is after hoarding, quickly acquiring a mass collection, trying to find that "next profitable diamond in the rough" -- well, impatience will probably be the downfall of any savings such an endeavor might nod to. It's a race that isn't won by speed, if such a game is afoot. My apologies for possibly suggesting the "Internet isn't a good place for pipes." Of course it is. It's also the most saturated market, and the competition is fierce, and requires timing, luck and, yes, patience to wade through. There's excellent sellers, but people also know this: they're the first to be depleted. Also, if the intent is a "$50 pipe," and you really want to get it for $25, well...that's another matter too. Then there's ePrey. Another matter entirely, especially if buying blind and hasty. In the end, like Yak said, buy pipes for pipe's sake (paraphrased). A tough thing to do, not impossible; but still sound advice. 8) [/QUOTE]
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