Why Turkish Meerschaum Pipes Are So Expensive | Business Insider
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Whatever material the pipe is made of, I would never use a torch lighter like the man in the video does.
That being said, I consider Merschaum pipes to be no more expensive than the average pipe in general.
That being said, I consider Merschaum pipes to be no more expensive than the average pipe in general.
"Business Insider" is a pay-to-place site...not so much news as press releases and narrative-molding and spin spin spin. My immediate reaction to this, being on BI, is that someone wants to push up the pricing of Turkish Meers in general, and this is the kind of expectation-setting fluff piece that certain kinds of marketers put out... Look out for some makers (or middlemen) to raise some prices!
Funny, if shapes are set next to briar, side by side, by reputable pipemakers, meerschaums are actually cheap. Maybe no hobo corncob cheap, but "cheaper" anyways.
Turkish meerschaums are expensive? Hmm, seems like an attempt at market inflation.
Buy straight from the carvers for half the price of the distributors.
Got to go to Istanbul to get the good ones for a good price. Also...kebap.
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Happens at the 1:25 mark for anyone interested. It does seem like he’s regretting that decision afterwards by the look on his face.
I don't think a carver would have a distributor very long if he cut his throat by selling the same items at half the price.
I'm always amazed at what some folks unquestioningly accept as gospel simply because such was posted on inter-web. PT was right then and now.
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Sometimes I’m surprised by the opposite.
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why? Probably closer to what the distributor pays the carver anyways.
what I love is most of these videos I've seen fit the title. Yeah that tea is expensive, wow a hand made traditional whatever does have a higher over head then a machine made. This one only sorta fits the premise. It tellls what you are paying for though.
I cannot speak of what they do in Turkey. I was thinking in USA. If you are strictly speaking of Turkish carvers, you may very well be right about buying from the carvers at half retail. But here in the USA is a different story. It seems carvers and distributors in USA have a business respect for each other, or should have. A retailer would never buy a product at retail then sell it at twice retail, or twice what the carver is charging. or, a carver selling a produc at half of what his distributor is selling it.This respect is probably common practice in other countries but I live in USA so I cannot comment on foreign business practices.
"Expensive luxury goods"....
Whose manufacturers insist on saving .00000000001 cent for every trillion made by using absolute cheapshit garbage-crap junk-ass plastic connector hardware for the shank and stem.
Whose manufacturers insist on saving .00000000001 cent for every trillion made by using absolute cheapshit garbage-crap junk-ass plastic connector hardware for the shank and stem.
Why would a distributor sell a product that could be purchased at half his price from the manufacturer?