Dangers Of MacB HH Blends With FDA Regs?
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Seems to me, if you like it that much and have the money, just do it. It won't go to waste. If they do or do not ship any more, it won't matter. If you run out, you will have to find another blend or another way. I don't think you can lose, unless you don't have the extra money. No blend is worth losing your car or house over.
Yes, all of the current production HH blends are on the post 2007 chopping block.
The fees are very expensive. $10K? I think a businessman would have to judge a blend as providing extraordinary earnings before paying that price upfront-and that's for just one blend. MB's HH series have been excellent, but my guess is that they will pass away and businesss will try to find a way around that loss.
Guess I’m stocking up. Yeah, money is a thing. I’ve stocked up on a lot of blends, not just ones that will be effected because I have some cash now and eventually they will all be a lot more expensive and harder to get when everyone starts collecting NY excise tax which is 75% on pipe tobacco.
Unless I've forgotten or things have changed due to Covid, August of next year.
MacBaren is a pretty big outfit. They sell an awful lot of pipe tobacco. $10K may seem like a lot to you, but I would bet it is not as much to MacBaren. I can't imagine that they have not been considering this.
The numbers I’ve seen guessed are all over the place. And yes, if it was 10k per blend, that means the entire HH line will come in at under 1 FTE Year for one well paid employee. Seems reasonable to pay that for access to a big market for popular blends.
But the numbers all seem invented. Who knows what will happen?
I agree that MB thrives. But the biggest part of thriving is making money, and a 60K hit for the 6? HH blends has to support that. So I guess the question is how long will it take for the sales of those blends to repay the 60K? I'm thinking years. Does it make sense to MB to carry that loss in support of the long-term?
I don't know. I'm not a business person.
This is like what I was think,ing. MB pays to continue to sell their blends. They demonstrate the power to thrive amidst regulation, and by this make more money
But business goes by the maxim of "more." Make more and more money or get out and find another business that provides for acquisition and greed. What's the point of being in business
unless at least the dream if not the actuality of getting rich is available?
I would guess MB would pay the $10K fee on any of the HH blends where the US Sales Volume would offer a decent ROI. Given all the uncertainties with tobacco at this point, I would also think the ROI would have to be 2 years or less.
Guess we’ll find out. I wonder, too, about old blends that are produced by new manufacturers. The Dunhill/Peterson line comes to mind. Of course all of those blends would be worth $10k (if that’s what the cost is) to continue to produce based on the huge volume they sell.
I am sure Macbaren will keep their top sellers in the market. However if they dont, you will still have access to them from other countries.
Right. It will still be out there, just harder to get your hands on if you're in the US
If online sales aren't banned altogether.
Yeah when I first found out they were outside the deeming regs, I started stocking up. I hope they can hold on through this.
Just what I was going to post. This has already happened in some states. The long-term trend does not look good, even if they do pay the fees what ever they may be.
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