A complete surprise

[chuckw]

Back in January of this year, I recieved an 1896 Peterson's catalog as part of an E-bay win. After copying and posting it in the Peterson's Smokers Group on Smokers Forums, I recieved offers of two more old catalogs, one from 1898/1910 and one from 1965. I accepted and copied them too. I sent Peterson's an e-mail asking if they would like copies on CD and they accepted. After they recieved them, I got an e-mail asking for my mailing address. They wanted to repay me. I thought I would get a few tins of their tobacco.
Boy, was I wrong! In todays mail came this:

A new 2010 Peterson's Pipe of the Year.

 

[unclearthur]

Fantastic! Pays to be a nice guy!

 

[jonesing]

Is that a Gold Spigot?
Christamighty that's some gratitude.
I'm happy for ya Chuck but ain't in the way of things? You have a 40 foot trailer full of Petersons and they just keep falling out of the sky.
How come nodody sends me a free pipe. Oh wait Phil is. I'm happy again.
Very cool pipe and story Chuck.

 

[fhb2532]

Sorry it took me so long to comment but, as i'm slightly disabled, it took me a bit to get up off the floor and back in my chair. GREAT pipe wish I had some old catalogs.

 

[chuckw]

No, it isn't a gold spigot. I didn't clean the silver before I photographed it and my Elements 7 darkened the silver too when I edited it. It is very unusual though. There is no number preceding the /1000.

 

[jonesing]

Oh so it's just a free Silver spigot. Well that's no big deal. :>)
Wow! That's a hot lookin' little pipe

 

[python]

That's a great looking pipe Chuck!
Congrats on getting a great gift from Peterson!

 

[jcsoldit]

Great Pipe Chuck… What a great company to reward your efforts and obvious love for their pipes.
If that's the way they run their business then I may just have to add a Peterson to my collection. You know what they say... "What goes around comes around!"

 

[raf66]

Neat story, chuckw. They certainly expressed their gratitude.

 

[cortezattic]

Chuck, I'm really happy for you. And who better to receive a gift that is guaranteed to be appreciated? Classy company, I'd say...

 

[thecigarsoldier]

Chuck, that is a great story and well deserved reward. Congrats on the pipe but a bigger thanks to your continued support and dedication to keeping our hobby alive.

 

[pstlpkr]

Very nice Chuck,

Pipe of the year... very cool!

 

[oppie]

That's the way to do business. Peterson seems to be a class A company. Excellent pipe.

 

[igloo]

Chuck you deserve it ,what a awsome gift .