C&D From Beyond
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Latakia/Perique/Burley laden C&D blends comprise about 95% of my wheelhouse. I’m not a big FOMO chaser per se but I did go ahead and order a tin this morning just to try.
I've been good lately and haven't ordered anything in 3 weeks so I decided to get 3 tins. Hopefully it lives up to being a "strong" blend.
Hmmm. Just can't decide if I want any or not. Everytime I light up an English/Balkan, it's nice for a few minutes, then I just want it to be over with, lmao! I think I'm not too crazy about Latakia.
The 2021 Christmas Pipe and the "Limited" Tobacco....Nothing special to the 2021 Pipe...Pass and Pass
I don't mind latakia, but I'm also not loading up my cellar on latakia blends.... at the moment. If there were something different or unique about this one, I would have already pulled the trigger.
So far, nothing has been said that would attract me... like a pretty girl, pretending to read a book to keep us from talking to her.
But, I'm sure that since it's a small batch, it'll eventually sell out.
So far, nothing has been said that would attract me... like a pretty girl, pretending to read a book to keep us from talking to her.
But, I'm sure that since it's a small batch, it'll eventually sell out.
What's not to like about a pipe that looks like it was drilled by a third grader...?
I have a feeling that the small batches are made with some of the tobaccos they bought from McClelland.
Good point. Now that I'm putting 2 and 2 together this does make sense.
I ordered 3, then a handful of other blends to hit my Free Shipping.
I'm such a sucker...
I'm such a sucker...
I picked up ten tins. Worse case scenario someone will like it and pick up what I don’t.
Picked up a few tins as soon as it dropped last night. I missed out on this years Sun Bear so I thought I’d jump on this. I know you shouldn’t judge a blend by it’s art…but I’m really digging the tin art on this one.
FOMO marketing is an anathema to pipe smoking, which we generally tend to think of as a patient and mindful hobby, rather than one subject to this type of hype. Unfortunately there is a portion of the pipe smoking market that eats up this type of stuff, the worst offenders being those chasing Esoterica blends. I've seen groups on social media where they refer to all Esoterica blends as "the gold" and will buy ANY of them they can find.
In the bourbon world, they call the bourbon-drinking equivalent of these people "taters" based on the internet slang insult "potato" meaning a gullible person of very low intelligence.
If I wasn't such a "tater", I would infer that you are calling a lot of us "gullible and of very low intelligence".
It must be so cool to be smart enough to be above marketing hype.
They got me on the hook for a few tins too!
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If you're talking about investment groups on social media then I 100% agree with this assessment. Buying Esoterica blends at retail price is probably better than gold right now.
*This as well as my OP you replied to was somewhat tongue in cheek, I probably should've specified my sarcasm.
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To be fair, it is though. Funny how bulk packaging of the same blends don't sell nearly as well without the mythological blurb and alluring tin art.
That said, slap a fat, shiny whale on a tin and I'll pay you anything you want for it.
Wait... so I am confused... did smart people buy it, or did smart people not buy it? I'm trying to figure out what I am.
There is a distinction between trying something because you're genuinely interested, and trying it because you get FOMO'd into it.
It's really more an issue of self-control and general emotional continence rather than one of intelligence. If you find yourself impulse buying stuff you weren't planning on buying just because it's a "limited time only, buy today!" type thing, then I've got some bad news on that front...
Wait... so I am confused... did smart people buy it, or did smart people not buy it? I'm trying to figure out what I am.
So are the authorities and the rest of us for that matter
I kid, I kid. All I'm getting at is that FOMO type "limited time only! " marketing is unscrupulous. Buy hey, if you have decided on your own accord that you want a limited release tobacco, sales tactics aside, then by all means go for it.
I guess it's the "tater" in me, but I don't know what FOMO means:
I"m sure there are plenty like me here that buy some of the limited releases and pass on others - depending on if the blend sounds good. I'm also sure that there are plenty of other blends very similar and just as good as these. So much of tobacco buying is the "marketing": the tin art, the description, the rarity.
I'm not sure what "self-control" has to do with anything. I don't want "self-control" in these cases, I like to make impulsive, visceral decissicions. At the end of the day, were not buying a new car or some major purchasing decision. These are $12 tins of tobacco. Maybe the tobacco lives up to the hype and the story, but maybe it doesn't - not a big deal either way, but it is much more FUN For ME then just buying another tin of Nitecap etc.
I dig the limited releases largely due to the hype around them. It's FUN! I like the story they tell, I like the description of the (perhaps) rarer/older tobacco components. I like to support the energy and creativity that the blenders put into them.
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