Dear Mound Builders on Ebay: How Many Grandpas You Got?

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snagstangl

Lifer
Jul 1, 2013
1,606
768
Iowa, United States
Every listing says from grandpa's collection. But they keep forcing Grandpa to buy new pipes and sell them immediately, what kind of sick assholes are these guys, oh and no refunds or returns. Minty, what can you say.

 

Chasing Embers

Captain of the Black Frigate
Nov 12, 2014
43,249
108,349
Never came across one of those. All of mine just listed name brand, any kind of stamping, and overall condition.

 

ashdigger

Lifer
Jul 30, 2016
11,378
70,056
60
Vegas Baby!!!
I've noticed the same disturbing trend. I saw one the other day that read "from my personal curated collection", yeah sure, since the stem was clearly, obviously, upside down.

 

theosprey247

Can't Leave
Feb 29, 2016
373
0
A sales gimmick like this car was owned but a grandma who only drove it to church and the grocery store.

 

brian64

Lifer
Jan 31, 2011
9,603
14,669
What's a 'Mound Builder' ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH3l6RpAfFE
Or, a very different example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT8vuM0OUh4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezQ2UouoHDU

 

sablebrush52

The Bard Of Barlings
Jun 15, 2013
19,625
44,836
Southern Oregon
jrs457.wixsite.com
The following listing is far more up to date. Not stinky dead Grand Pa. This one is about modernity. This pipe comes from a climate controlled home:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Barling-pipe-unsmoked-all-pipes-kept-in-climate-controlled-house/202592998603?hash=item2f2b7bd4cb:g:BlQAAOSw-hRcX6ub:rk:1:pf:0
And as we all know, meerschaum must be kept under the most rigidly controlled climate conditions, right?

 

brian64

Lifer
Jan 31, 2011
9,603
14,669
I dream of one day living in a climate controlled home so I can own a meer.

 

trouttimes

Lifer
Nov 26, 2018
5,169
21,491
Lake Martin, AL
Are you guys always this cynical? With so many divorces and blended households, there could be that many grandpas. And who doesn't have heat and air these days, climate control at the finest. Now if they say vegan and gluten free home, that is something to pay attention to.

 

brian64

Lifer
Jan 31, 2011
9,603
14,669
And who doesn't have heat and air these days
Spoken like someone of extreme carbon footprint privilege. Here in my fishing village of bamboo huts we don't share your kind of pampered life (there is wifi of course...but who doesn't have that?).

 

judcasper

Can't Leave
Jan 9, 2019
306
14
What's a 'Mound Builder' ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH3l6RpAfFE
Or, a very different example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT8vuM0OUh4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezQ2UouoHDU
Ah, thanks! As clear as mud :D

 

aldecaker

Lifer
Feb 13, 2015
4,407
42
Are you guys always this cynical? :rofl:
This is actually the least jaded and cynical I've seen these guys in months!

 

mso489

Lifer
Feb 21, 2013
41,210
60,433
That kind of a sales pitch means there is something wrong with the pipe, the price, and always the seller.

 

pappymac

Lifer
Feb 26, 2015
3,272
4,267
And as we all know, meerschaum must be kept under the most rigidly controlled climate conditions, right?
I'd say about 97% of houses in the United States are climate controlled.
I do question that Barling being new and unsmoked since he didn't post photos of the bowl to prove it.

 
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