I almost always concur with this; my local B&M is 45 minutes away and unfortunately doesn't have the best choices in pipes (but their tobacco is another story). In some cases, I prefer to let my mouse do the shopping.
Probably true in most cases; it does seem though that while the order is processed by Amazon, the fulfillment is often listed as "xyz tobacconist" - meaning it's probably some B&M that has an agreement with Amazon. Hard to say, but I know that Smoking Pipes shows you your specific pipe and I have ordered a few from them without fear.
The few pipes I've bought off of there could be had for less (not MUCH) cheaper but my first real credit card was from Amazon and a perk to using that card to buy groceries, fill the cars with gas, and paying all the bills off with it is you earn a lot of rewards points to use on Amazon. I got my first Savinelli (320KS Roma) without paying a penny out of pocket for it. I just ordered my second Savinelli (602 Qandale) this morning and am paying $40 out of pocket not with Rewards Points but the Amazon gift card I received for my birthday in July. Not bad.
I guess I should have prefaced it with I am an Amazon junkie, and I was making an observation in General Pipe Smoking that they carry pipes.
^^^ This. As we all know, PAD traffic can come from many avenues. I needed some company. :lol:
