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  1. MarcosEZLN

    My Experience with Exclusive Baki Distributor TuWon Meerschaum on AliExpress

    I believe all communication is auto-translated by the app, so I suspect my messages to him read just as poorly. At this point my interest in doing business with this store is two fold: I have a morbid curiosity about what I would receive if he sends me the pipe I ordered, given that I know...
  2. MarcosEZLN

    My Experience with Exclusive Baki Distributor TuWon Meerschaum on AliExpress

    As an update, I finally received a reply from TuWun Meerschaum (I misspelled in my title) to my messages: "hello,my friend. am so sorry for delays response." "it was limited send the parcel because of the pandemic control" That was a few days ago, however, and doesn't speak at all to the fact...
  3. MarcosEZLN

    My Experience with Exclusive Baki Distributor TuWon Meerschaum on AliExpress

    I wouldn't really even mind them selling pipes before they list them on the site; that seems like their prerogative as a vendor. I just can't understand why they're showing pipes as available that sold years ago, and totally ghosting people who order them. Maybe they do more business outside of...
  4. MarcosEZLN

    My Experience with Exclusive Baki Distributor TuWon Meerschaum on AliExpress

    That seems like my best bet at this point, thanks. I've had an eye out on eBay for a while but the scarcity of Bakis is what prompted me to find who's retailing them directly these days.
  5. MarcosEZLN

    My Experience with Exclusive Baki Distributor TuWon Meerschaum on AliExpress

    I've heard from multiple people who ordered successfully from this vendor, and many more who've used AliExpress with no problems. My money got refunded to me quickly, so I'm not so much sketched out as pretty confused. After my order being refunded the pipe in question is marked as back in...
  6. MarcosEZLN

    My Experience with Exclusive Baki Distributor TuWon Meerschaum on AliExpress

    I figured this deserved its own post in case anyone has been looking into Baki pipes. 12 days ago I ordered a Baki from TuWon Meerschaum on AliExpress and while it was a good chunk of money I was pretty excited: Within a couple days I came across a thread on this forum from someone who had...
  7. MarcosEZLN

    Diners' Bill of Rights

    If restaurant owners can't afford to pay a living wage they should just skip their avocado toast and iphone payments, just like all the servers making $3 an hour are supposed to do in order to pay rent.
  8. MarcosEZLN

    Fiki Baki Meerschaum Purchase

    The order was about a week and a half ago. I wondered the same thing as you, but in the messaging feature of the app it shows the seller as being active just about every day. At this point I don't know what to think and there could still be plenty of reasonable explanations for the lack of...
  9. MarcosEZLN

    Fiki Baki Meerschaum Purchase

    I ought to have specified, but I believe the only authorized distributor of Baki pipes currently is TuWun Meerschaum Pipe Store, a seller on AliExpress. They're the ones ghosting me after taking my money. From what I can tell AliExpress has decent customer protections so I'm not worried, but...
  10. MarcosEZLN

    Diners' Bill of Rights

    This list was written by a central Florida food critic roleplaying a restaurant owner. I'd just as soon listen to the average moviegoer opine about how Paramount Studios ought to be run. Copies of this list should come with those fake $20 bills that are actually just covered in Bible verses, as...
  11. MarcosEZLN

    Fiki Baki Meerschaum Purchase

    I'm surprised to hear that as most of the feedback I've seen about Baki is that they're the Cadillac of meerschaum. Thanks for offering a dissenting opinion. Prior to this I checked out SRV on Meerschaum Market and it seemed like a great value. I'm also a fan of Altinay's involvement across...
  12. MarcosEZLN

    Fiki Baki Meerschaum Purchase

    I ordered a pipe about a week and a half ago, only to come across a post from 2 years ago from someone who ordered the exact same pipe. Same pictures, same item number, everything. Mine hasn't shipped yet, and even if it does it can't be the exact pipe I ordered, but the time to ship before I'm...
  13. MarcosEZLN

    Hello from Pnw

    Welcome from Bellingham, WA, just about as NW as PNW can get. What part of the region do you live in?
  14. MarcosEZLN

    Bought a Baki Meerschaum -- Shank Band Issue?

    Hmm, that's curious. I'll be sure to update here whatever the outcome is.
  15. MarcosEZLN

    Bought a Baki Meerschaum -- Shank Band Issue?

    I already messaged the OP, but since he or she hasn't been active in quite a while I'm resurrecting this old thread in the hopes of answering a question. A few days ago I ordered a Baki only to stumble across this post and realize I ordered exactly the same pipe. Same pictures, same item number...
  16. MarcosEZLN

    New Beavis And Butthead Movie

    It was so delightfully stupid, I loved it.
  17. MarcosEZLN

    Stem Material

    There have already been plenty of clarifying answers here, but I wanted to add that my pipes with Juma stems have become favorites. They feel about halfway between acrylic and ebonite and supposedly won't oxidize. As a clencher who is terribly lazy about pipe maintenance this earns a lot of...
  18. MarcosEZLN

    Show Us Your Radice Pipes

    I just picked up this Radice Clear OP (Occhio di Pernice) diamond shanked billiard but I'm a little torn about it. It's unsmoked (I'm pretty sure) and has some lovely birdseye, but at 64g it's my heaviest straight by 15g. The auction description had no dimensions and I took a chance but this...
  19. MarcosEZLN

    My Experience with Sinan Altinok Meerschaum Pipes

    I've only heard great things about Altinok pipes, and reading his occasional posts on various forums gives the impression he's a stand up guy. Nice to hear it confirmed.
  20. MarcosEZLN

    Show Us Your Radice Pipes

    I just added this unsmoked, oil cured, twin bore Silk from 2007. It's been raining nonstop since it was delivered so I haven't had a chance to smoke it yet. I've also got a Clear OP diamond shanked billiard on its way and I'll post pictures when it arrives.
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