I spent the weekend at a B&B with my wife in Gettysburg Pa over the weekend. We live about 45 mins from there so every now and then its fun to hang out for the weekend. There is always lots to do and see there. This time i saw online that a newer Cigar and pipe shop had opened up in that city, so of coarse i had to check it out! What i saw there was ghastly. They had a large array of Sutliff Blends, that they tried to claim as their own. I found this out because while looking at their pouches, I noticed one with the label peeling off a bit, and sure enough underneath was the Sutiff logo! As if this was not bad enough, They had a table full of tins from various makers which i thought was exciting. Then i picked them up one at a time to investigate. Every tin was marked up to 35 dollars. Insane i thought to my self. So i started to look over their pipes for sale. They had quite a few new Peterson pipes, not one of them was under the 300 dollar mark. The cheapest pipe they had for sale was 145 dollars for a Stanwell brushed series , which you can buy online for 45 bucks. I relize they have their store centered in a tourist town, But is there anyone out there dumb enough to spend those kinds of prices? YES there is! Just as i was ready to walk out the door a man came in and bought a Peterson pipe for 350 dollars , that he convinced his wife was a steal of a price. " You can't find these anywhere " he said to his wife! So i figured to each his own and left a little bit more discouraged about the state of the world today.