Some have a lot of discretionary spending and just like Dunhill/White Spot pipes, and they are handsome traditional pipes with a famous name, so that seems fine. If you long for a Dunhill/White Spot, but don't have that kind of money, you can likely find an estate pipe to restore or that has been restored, for a somewhat better price. A few find them for very little in yard sales, flea markets, or antique shops, but that's luck of the draw. If you must have a new one, Al Pascia is said to have the best prices. With a fine Ferndown, a Ser Jacopo, and a Nording hunting pipe, I don't feel any special need for a Dunhill, unless I found one in reasonably good shape at a yard sale for an actual used pipe price, in which case I'd step right up, and thank you very much. I certainly don't dislike them, but I don't long for one either. Many of those grand old English traditional shapes were actually originated by the French pipe makers in St. Claude, and many of those companies still make fine pipes at good prices, by the way.