I was perusing one of our vendors sites and the heading caught my eye: Consignment Tobaccos. Hmmm. Some were quite expensive at $70 for 100g, and I even saw one for over $100!
But what surprised me was the vendor's disclaimer that the seal on old tins can go bad on their own and the contents dry out. Anyone ever have that happen?
That it was no big deal and to just re-hydrate it. I've never had a dried out weed come back well enough good as new, much less after paying a dollar a gram.
But that they also made no guarantees on the condition and it was a buy it at your own risk totally! Really? Can't they at least look the tins over and say AS FAR AS WE CAN SEE, everything looks OK and in good condition? Even if the buyer understands that there is no promise of satisfaction?
They make it sound like the stuff came in, they never even checked it out, have no idea if there is a bullet hole in the side, and you git what you git and don't squabble about it if the stuff is shit.
I should think the tins would be graded by condition. Final price fixed by both rarity, age, demand, AND visual inspection.
Just wondering what folk's experiences have been (if any) buying old consignment tins and why would you take the totally open-ended risk at these high prices? Just a way to burn yer money and take yer chances? Has anyone ever gotten a lemon?
There WERE some tins there that looked pretty tempting.
But what surprised me was the vendor's disclaimer that the seal on old tins can go bad on their own and the contents dry out. Anyone ever have that happen?
That it was no big deal and to just re-hydrate it. I've never had a dried out weed come back well enough good as new, much less after paying a dollar a gram.
But that they also made no guarantees on the condition and it was a buy it at your own risk totally! Really? Can't they at least look the tins over and say AS FAR AS WE CAN SEE, everything looks OK and in good condition? Even if the buyer understands that there is no promise of satisfaction?
They make it sound like the stuff came in, they never even checked it out, have no idea if there is a bullet hole in the side, and you git what you git and don't squabble about it if the stuff is shit.
I should think the tins would be graded by condition. Final price fixed by both rarity, age, demand, AND visual inspection.
Just wondering what folk's experiences have been (if any) buying old consignment tins and why would you take the totally open-ended risk at these high prices? Just a way to burn yer money and take yer chances? Has anyone ever gotten a lemon?
There WERE some tins there that looked pretty tempting.