Ebay Watchers: Which $20 Pipes Do You Have To Stop Yourself From Buying?

[snagstangl]

I watch ebay quite a bit. Some brands or types of pipes come up with a $20 Buy it Now option. I have to remind myself that I don't need another smoker. I have plenty of un-resotred ones. Mine triggers are:
Denmark Stanwell 2nds- there are tons
Savinelli 2nds,
Weber or Jobey with Para England/Enlish on the stem.
Oom Pauls of any type lately.
What are yours?

 

[buroak]

<p>Oom Pauls are dangerous for me, too. I've got an unsmoked Jobey-made Wally Frank White Bar that could break your resolve

 

[aquadoc]

I have yet to pull the trigger on an oom Paul because I really have no idea what to look for.... But cheap Webers are hard to resist so I have quit visiting Ebay.

 

[mcitinner1]

After close to three years of looking daily at Ebay, and buying, cleaning, fixing, and selling who knows how many pipes, I had my fill. Now I'm happy and hardly ever go to Ebay, ever. :wink:

 

[agnosticpipe]

The only $20 pipes I have to stop myself from buying are the pipes that are only worth $20 to start with.

But I'll admit, that cutty shapes are my weakness. Odd that I have so few...

 

[snagstangl]

"Jobey-made Wally Frank White Bar" White Bar's would be another type.

 

[cshubhra]

Ebay is an addiction- after spending a lot of capital investment in my first month of smoking I had thought to cool down a couple a months before buying a high end meer ... but in the meantime I am continuously buying old estate pipes of on ebay. However I would prefer to buy more expensive pipes the traditional way, and look in ebay for cheap barn finds.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

still today I can find some Old French 40-50ie estates majorly these are squat bulldog/prince models costing less than $30 obviously these ain't nothing fancy like and coming often as unbranded saying only Bruyere Qurantee ..

 

[mawnansmiff]

Some real bargains can be had on occasion. Yesterday I bought a hand made Butz Choquin 'Maitre Pipier Extra' bent billiard for a mere £22 ($28) including p+p.
Yes it needs a bit of cleaning but is in pretty decent condition with no major issues to begin with. So a hand made pipe with beautiful grain for a lot less than a night in the pub cannot be sneezed at.
The trick on eBay is to look hard and look often and be prepared to haggle as I did with the above ::
Regards,
Jay.

 

[sablebrush52]

Wait...
There are pipes on eBay that you can buy for 20 bucks?

 

[snagstangl]

Sable, not that you can buy. I'm pretty sure it only lets you buy and bid on high grade barlings.
I got a Sav Handmade for $15, no one bid above my $7.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

Congrats on your fresh achievement Jay

 

[stvalentine]

Corn cobs - just bought another one! 8O

 

[dunstanhillwell62]

Stanwell 2nds. I collect Stanwells, both proper and seconds and I really have to restrain myself from going completely berserk.

 

[dunstanhillwell62]

My bank manager hates me.

 

[markus]

I still peruse Ebay, just because I like to look at the vast selection of pipes for sale, but I rarely buy anything anymore unless it's a new or unsmoked pipe that I can make an offer on.

Sometimes I do get tempted by a Peterson or the like, but I rarely pull the trigger and I have enough $20 pipes these days.

 

[mawnansmiff]

I went through a spell of buying many estates cheaply, often as joblots. The intention was to refurbish them and keep some for myself and sell the rest just to cover my costs.
All worked well until I realised I had about 275 pipes scattered all over the house..and have still not sold a single one :roll:
Buying estates on eBay can become addictive. EEPAD anyone?
Regards,
Jay.

 

[cshubhra]

Out of my 6 New and 4 estates, 2 new and all 4 estates were bought from eBay. So 33% of New and 100% of estates were from ebay. Overall 60% from eBay.

 

[bonanzadriver]

Bent Bulldogs. Any Bent Bulldogs! 8)

 

[mawnansmiff]

Bent bulldog pipes are my favourite so any that arrive here stay here ::
I like pretty much any bent pipe but they unfortunately make up a tiny percentage of the pipes I bought to refurbish.
Regards,
Jay.