Anyone Taken Advantage of The Dunhill Sale?

Wellington · Apr 12, 2013

Incase you didn't see, smokingpipes.com has a buy 4 of one blend of dunhill tobacco and get one free. Yesterday I ordered 5 Nightcap. That will make 7 Nightcaps I have on hand, and I have yet to try it. Why then? I have read so many reviews (which I know isn't enough to go by) and recently discovered how much I love English blends, and also, if I don't like it or want more London Mixtures or something else, I know there are a lot of people who love Nightcap and I could probably do some swaps or something.
Anyway, good deal IMO.

mso489 · Apr 12, 2013

If you like full strength tobacco, you will probably like Nightcap. A few suggestions for getting your feet wet. I'd start with a smaller

bowl pipe, if you have one, or with a partial bowl. Go at it a little easy. It won't knock you over, but it is full strength. Try to be a

sipper, not a puffer, at first. And if it seems a little heady at first, let it age a big. I don't think you'll find 7 tins too many at all. Just

don't overdo it and turn off before you've given it a good chance, and I think you'll really like it. Also, keep your household in mind,

too. If you have a choice of smoking outdoors, do that for starters anyway. With all of the good things about Nightcap, room note

isn't one of them. Good buy. If you're going to jump in with both feet on anything, a Dunhill tin or seven is probably the way to go.

cavendish · Apr 12, 2013

I was thinkging about it but I find myself leaning away from latakia blends for some reason. If Frog Morton goes on sale like this I might just fill my cellar :p

shutterbug · Apr 12, 2013

Here's the thing with the smokingpipes.com deal, Canadian members take note:

When capitalizing on this deal, you need to order 5 tins, and the fifth tin gets discounted. With Canadian orders, this bumps the package size up from a small box to a small/medium box and is listed in the customs form as 250g of tobacco (50g over the recommended limit of mail order tobacco). I have found that the small boxes of 4 tins of tobacco passes very quickly through customs without any attention being zeroed in on it. With larger packages, and a declaration of 250g, it usually warrants a higher percentage of getting inspected/duty/opening. Having spoken to many Canadian Post Workers, the amount of small packages vs. larger packages is rather larger, and the odds of it getting randomly grabbed and taxed is low. Larger packages have a higher percentage of getting inspected...but once again it is all RANDOM.

Don't get me wrong, it's a great deal, and having said all of that, I have jumped in on the deal to stock up on some flake and early morning!
So to answer the OP, yes, yes indeed...

Wellington · Apr 12, 2013

Hmm, well I might get dinged for the first time, that sucks. We'll soon find out

skapunk1 · Apr 12, 2013

Got my 5 tins of DF in Ottawa yesterday, no problems.

popsmusix · Apr 23, 2013

Yes I did! I added 5 tins of Dunhill Flake and 3 tins of Presbyterian to my cellar. Also got me some pipe cleaners.

thesmokindragon · Apr 23, 2013

Yep, same here...looking at a 5-tin stack of Dunhill Flake ;-)

lucky695 · Apr 23, 2013

yep got 5 tins of My Mixture 965... I would be up for a trade of a can of Nightcap, to try.

tbradsim1 · Apr 23, 2013

I also succumbed to the sale , 5 Dunhill Flake and a side order of 6 Wesswx GVF, love that stuff.

Wellington · Apr 23, 2013

Pretty sure I got dinged, I don't have the tobacco yet, but suddenly there was $50 charged to my credit card from Canada Post in Ottowa (i'm in saskatchewan). How the heck do they have access to my mastercard that they can just straight up charge me? I don't know what else I could have been charged from.

ghost · Apr 23, 2013

That doesn't sound kosher loseth, I would look into that and let us know. The last thing we need is Canada Post charging us without approval...

chispa · Apr 23, 2013

Wow loseth, they got your numbers huh?
Wait until that internet sales tax hits!!
Tax savings pays shipping costs was the good ole days of internet purchases.

shutterbug · Apr 23, 2013

@loseth:

That's not Canada Post...you should check on who's using your credit card. Canada Post will only ask for money on your doorstep (or at the post office if you have to go get it). I just got my Dunhill Flake, London Mixture, and Navy Rolls (3 separate deliveries) today and no duty/GST. Ironically, they dinged me on 4 tins of Orlik GS last week.

Wellington · Apr 23, 2013

On my mastercard it definitely says Canada Post, I didn't pay Canada post anything, so I don't know what else it would be.

ghost · Apr 23, 2013

Dispute it ASAP, your card may have been compromised somehow.

ghost · Apr 23, 2013

Not to belabor the point, but when I had a card compromised my bank called me right away since the perp tried to buy something really far from me. Ottawa is nowhere close to Sask, but if it's a Canada Post charge they may not have flagged it as suspicious...

peckinpahhombre · Apr 23, 2013

I also succumbed to the sale , 5 Dunhill Flake and a side order of 6 Wesswx GVF, love that stuff.

Hey Bradley - curious to know how you think the Dunhill Flake compares to the Wessex GVF - some folks think they are pretty close to one another in terms of taste and I was curious to know your thoughts.

Wellington · Apr 23, 2013

I did call Mastercard, theres not much they can do without me calling Canada Post first to see what was charged, and how. I can claim something or other and mastercard will file a dispute. I don'w want to cancel my card and say my card information has been stolen without knowing what was charged. What if it is the duties, its about the right amount, but if it is then I need to find out how they had access to my number without my permission.

tbradsim1 · Apr 23, 2013

Peck to me the Wessex has a cleaner, little sweeter taste, mild, yet a little punch, I like it not too dry, cube cut, for my taste it Isn"t at all like Dunhill NF.

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