Chronicling An AliExpress Pipe For Science 2.0: The Re-Chronicling
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Unfortunately it is Holiday time in China, so they aren't responding to chat messages
I just love these quests.
It’s good we can buy the fruit wood Chinese pipes.
It’s good we can buy the fruit wood Chinese pipes.
Ah, a man of learning I see. Yes when the pipe arrives the results should be quick and clear.
This is certainly a quest, but for what, who can say.
There you have it, the wood has been aged a long time.
He must be smoking Latakia as it smells like arse
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Sadly my link to the purchase page is dead, but the principle remains it's not too hard find something decent if you shop around.
There are general unspoken rules about dealing with retailers there (pictures rarely give an accurate perspective of size, but any statements of product dimensions should be accurate and AliExpress is good at holding sellers accountable), but for the hassle you gain access to a lot of stuff you'll never see anywhere else.
Sadly my link to the purchase page is dead, but the principle remains it's not too hard find something decent if you shop around.
There are general unspoken rules about dealing with retailers there (pictures rarely give an accurate perspective of size, but any statements of product dimensions should be accurate and AliExpress is good at holding sellers accountable), but for the hassle you gain access to a lot of stuff you'll never see anywhere else.
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You dont ever know what you are going to get from some aliexpress sellers. There are a lot of musical items that are fake. They show a picture of a real item and you get one that is not the real item...it doesnt even have a fake knock off logo. I buy a few things there but I dont invest much. Ali express rule for me is not to spend more than Im willing to lose. There is always the paypal protection option but its a hassle.
So maybe I missed it, but what is the plan this round? Hang out again? Lol
A series of tests, each more scientific than the last, which will test the limits of human and pipe endurance.
I am a general proponent of AliExpress, but yes, like anything else, buyer beware.
I am curious as to the quality of a $13 pipe.
To be fair, a MM cob is $3 and one survived quite well on my roof for 6 months.
