I have tried to cut down to about $50 to $100 a month. That's down from about $400 a month the past 6 months.
Now it's mostly just on tobacco
Now it's mostly just on tobacco
Monthly Spend?
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Spent a lot in 18 and 19, about 1/2 as much in 20. I've only bought 3 Meers sand around $1.000 in tobacco this year. No need, I have more tobacco than I'll ever smoke and too many great pipes that don't get the attention they deserve.
If the question offends you, just hit the back button and ignore the thread.
I am not at liberty to disclose such information, as there is a a remote chance that my wife might read this thread.
When I first started getting into the hobby at the end of 2012 I was spending around $100 a month at a time when it seemed like EVERYTHING was in stock and plentiful. I kept a budget of this amount until 2014 and built up a pretty nice cellar with good variety. In 2015, I started slowing down and instead of cellaring wide across many blends I zeroed in on a narrow selection and spent a $100 every couple months. In 2016, I slowed down further and from 2017-2018 I didn't spend much if anything on pipes or tobacco. In 2020, I picked back up a bit and got sucked into the curiosity of the seemingly never ending limited releases that trickled out, but only spent a couple hundred bucks on the year. This year I've been trying to downsize my cellar out of necessity and haven't spent much, but continue to keep an eye out for the interesting limited releases.
The whole time the above was going on my love for books was picking up steam and has taken over as the hobby interest I spend my disposable income on today.
The whole time the above was going on my love for books was picking up steam and has taken over as the hobby interest I spend my disposable income on today.
Your post offends me, Mr. Helper... ?
If she reads this and sees you're reply you'll be in more trouble hiding it from her.?
When it comes to offending, I seem to have a gift.
Aha ... someone with a keen grasp of the obvious.
It sounded like you were offended because it was intrusive.
3k a month for the past 5 years. Didn’t used to cellar before that.
If I had been offended I wouldn't have bothered with an answer. One gets a ton of intrusive questions daily, telemarketers, children, the rude, the curious, and so forth. I very rarely get offended when people let their curiosity over-ride good manners. Curiosity is tough to internalize I find. I've made the error myself much as try not to. I usually start such inquiries with, "Please excuse my impertinence but, what did you pay for your car/horse/camera/etc." Sometimes you just gotta ask I suppose.
Haven't purchased tobacco online in a long while, so I just bit the bullet on a tin of Sillem's for ~$23 USD (~$30 CAD). In the last couple of months I've supported my local shoppe with the purchase of an ounce of something each month @ ~$25 CAD.
Not much in the fabled "cellar" but at the rate of 1-3 bowls per week, don't need armoires chockfull of the stuff.
Not much in the fabled "cellar" but at the rate of 1-3 bowls per week, don't need armoires chockfull of the stuff.
Last time I checked, I’ve actually made more from the hobby than I have spent on it...but then again, if instead of tinkering with estate pipes I was working, I would have probably made more and have been able to spend more as well.
Wait until the Forums members start collecting reverse cob calabashes, then raid @embers trash can ?
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