Please Help Me Avoid PAD, I Trust You All

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zitotczito

Lifer

Aug 12, 2014

1,128

175

• Jan 21, 2015

• #1

Well I am doing fairly well on the TAD, 84lbs in 5 months and few real sales so far until Pipe Day in February so I have really slowed on the buys. So I have been looking at commissioning a 36 slot pipe cabinet to match my antique furniture and feel I will have a problem in the future, that is PAD. So far I have avoided looking at pipes, especially new Artisan ones since Estates are out of the picture(pysch thing for me). When I have seen one I like I immediately hit the back button and try to forget the site I was on and it has worked so far, until today. I saw a pipe that really sung to me, actually two and against my better judgement, I remember the site.
So I need you help, please list all the reasons I should not buy them and you can feel good that you saved me. I don't want to think about 24 Artisan pipes in 5 months.
Thanks for the help in advance.

 

peckinpahhombre

Lifer

Dec 24, 2012

7,195

456

• Jan 21, 2015

• #2

Just do what I would do.

 

ivapewithfire

Starting to Get Obsessed

Nov 26, 2014

268

0

West Virginia, USA

• Jan 21, 2015

• #3

Reasons not to buy them:
1.
I couldn't come up with anything. Buy it.
Your trust in me was misplaced.

 

drwatson

Lifer

Aug 3, 2010

1,721

5

toledo

• Jan 21, 2015

• #4

1. your taste in pipes may change

2. your wife/girlfriend/special friend might be pissed

3. hookers are not cheap,save for the good ones

4. damn none of these are that good....buy the pipe.

 

daimyo

Lifer

May 15, 2014

1,460

4

• Jan 21, 2015

• #5

I can save you from yourself. Quickly purchase said pipes and have them shipped to me immediately. That way I can assure they will not end up in your collection. No need to thank me, a man has to do what a man has to do.

 

iamn8

Lifer

Sep 8, 2014

4,248

14

Moody, AL

• Jan 21, 2015

• #6

Refer to my threads and you'll do fine. As I've said previously, this is a completely harmless hobby which has zero effects on finances. Enjoy!

 

indianafrank

Part of the Furniture Now

Oct 15, 2014

950

5

• Jan 21, 2015

• #7

Be thankful your in a position to make those purchases...and just do it. Life's too short.

 

pipebaum81

Part of the Furniture Now

Nov 23, 2014

669

235

• Jan 21, 2015

• #8

1. With a falling Euro, your Dollars will be worth more 6 months from now.

2. Save the money you would have spent and spend it on next Christmas' PM Secret Santa. Make sure you choose me.

3. Pipe values will drop when hipsters move away from pipes and start spending their parent's money on candy.

4. North Korea views pipe smoking as an insult to their Leader and will hack your private emails.

5. Because 84 lbs of tobbacco is better on the shelf than smoked...wait, who am I kidding? Buy buy buy :puffpipe:

 

aquilas

Starting to Get Obsessed

Dec 3, 2013

212

1

• Jan 21, 2015

• #9

Stay strong.
But remember, there is no shame in giving in to the PAD. All those shiny new pipes to play with.

 

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zitotczito

Lifer

Aug 12, 2014

1,128

175

• Jan 21, 2015

• #10

See everyone, I knew you would help. My reverse pyschology worked and I would get lots of reasons to pull the trigger. Gotta love this group.

 

iamn8

Lifer

Sep 8, 2014

4,248

14

Moody, AL

• Jan 21, 2015

• #11

Brilliant advice and FAR more realistic than makes me comfortable.

 

buroak

Lifer

Jul 29, 2014

1,867

14

• Jan 21, 2015

• #12

Since you are interested in current production pipes, delaying purchase is actually fairly straightforward. There really will be more pipes like the ones currently singing their siren call to you. I have my eye on several pipe makers' current wares, but I know delaying gratification will allow me to afford their better specimens.
Sorry to go against the enabling current...

 

freakiefrog

Part of the Furniture Now

Dec 26, 2012

745

2

Mississippi

• Jan 21, 2015

• #13

The thing to keep telling yourself that you don't want to wear out your current pipes smoking all that tobacco. I have a Ratio 2:12 two pounds of leaf : 12 Pipes so lets see, 84# of leaf = 504 pipes. :D happy hunting..

 

woodsroad

Lifer

Oct 10, 2013

11,773

16,070

SE PA USA

• Jan 21, 2015

• #14

Buy nothing. It leaves more for us.

 

lochinvar

Lifer

Oct 22, 2013

1,687

1,634

• Jan 21, 2015

• #15

To quote, in a VERY different context, Aleister Crowley "Do what thou wilt"
Also at an 84lb stash of tobacco, you need a proper sized rotation to burn it all.

 

dottiewarden

Lifer

Mar 25, 2014

3,053

57

Toronto

• Jan 22, 2015

• #16

Give the wife total control of your finances and you'll have to rely on begging her for permission every time you want to buy a pipe.
No money, no PAD!

 

sparrowhawk

Lifer

Jul 24, 2013

2,941

219

• Jan 22, 2015

• #17

As someone who started less than 2 years ago with pipes, I thought I'd get just 3, maybe 4. I now have 25 with more coming next month. There is no hope, no cure. You are doomed.

 

owen

Part of the Furniture Now

May 28, 2014

560

2

• Jan 22, 2015

• #18

Youve come to the right place, no out of control pipe buyers here, ive been a forum member for a year and have only bought forty or so pipes.

 

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hierophant

Lifer

Jul 27, 2014

1,852

2

• Jan 22, 2015

• #19

Comes to pipe forum. Asks for help to not buy pipes. :rofl:
I was bored at lunch, hopped on SPC to kill some time and, well, I'm not the guy to help you NOT buy something...

 

buzkirk

Part of the Furniture Now

Apr 14, 2009

656

752

61

Humboldt Tn.

• Jan 22, 2015

• #20

Tim you really don't need to buy those pipes, save your money !
But, I have a beautiful Ardor Giove 1/8 bent that would make you very happy.
Tom