Have You Ever Regretted Selling a Pipe?
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Haven’t sold one but have thought about it, the only thing to me is am i really going to get enough to make it worth while. I have a 1967 Dunhill, my birth year, that i literally hate how it smokes, i paid a pretty penny for it and have an issue taking a big loss on it, then again I’ll probably never smoke another bowl out of it, so there is a conundrum there. Most of my pipes are things like Comoy that i got good deals on on various auction sites and i really don’t think I’d get more than a few bucks each for them. The nice thing about SPC is they will give you numbers and let you decide.
You could probably do better selling it here.
Not real regret, but probably today I would have kept my Les Wood Spigot which I had scored at eBay for a ridiculous bargain price and sold right away to make a quick buck.
But that's how the spirit of a collector evolves, at the time it felt right because I that considered it insane to own a 300 Euro pipe. This has changed somewhat...
But that's how the spirit of a collector evolves, at the time it felt right because I that considered it insane to own a 300 Euro pipe. This has changed somewhat...
I've sold a few pipes and don't regret it. I usually used the money to but another pipe. I have two pipes I would never sell even if I quit smoking, a Mr. Brog my grandson gave me and a 150th anniversary numbered pipe I purchased at A La Pipe du Nord in Paris.
Thought about it, send it to SPC ti get their value figuring their cut and selling it here for a few percent over the Pennie’s they’d toss at me for it. They being said I’m in no need of krona at the moment so on the rack it sits.
No regrets ever, selling (or tossing) a pipe. Plenty of regrets buying some. They tend to be the same pipes. Most expensive toss, a Baki meerschaum:
No regrets here. Not yet atleast. Got 5 more getting looked at by spcom right now. Need to fund my tobacco purchases.
Is the pipe something that could be altered to fit your needs ? For example, like opening the airway more or having a new stem made for it? It's a shame that it doesn't smoke right for you, being a birth year and all. Plenty of pipemakers out there capable of altering a pipe to fit one preference
From time to time i have felt a twinge of regret about trading a pipe. I have also spent some time reviewing my order history from SP and realizing how few of the pipes purchased over the past several years remain in my collection. This clearly has been an overfall financial loss. However, as a previous poster mentioned I have never regretted gifting a pipe, especially to someone just beginning to learn about pipesmoking. This has actually been a great joy.
At the moment I am struggling with the notion of trading any number of Castello pipes as i rarely smoke them anymore. Once the mainstay and pride of my collection, i now find that the stem work is so clunky as to be uncomfortable. Still, i like the pipes. In the end, however, pipes are simply utilitarian objects as well as material things. With the exception of a few of my pipes which have sentimental value, like the Dunhill Cumberland with silver army mount which my wife gave me for my 60th birthday and several pipes received from my kids, i am not overly attached to any
Pipe. Of course, i promise myself that I ought not buy any pipes now as I certainly have more than I need. In the last few months, however, i have clicked the button on a Gabriele poker, a lovely Vollmer and Nielson lovat, a Radice Spring edition apple and a surprisingly nice (in light of a modest price) Northern Briars cherrywood with an Ashton like swirled orange and green stem. The purchases make a culling of other pipes more likely.
At the moment I am struggling with the notion of trading any number of Castello pipes as i rarely smoke them anymore. Once the mainstay and pride of my collection, i now find that the stem work is so clunky as to be uncomfortable. Still, i like the pipes. In the end, however, pipes are simply utilitarian objects as well as material things. With the exception of a few of my pipes which have sentimental value, like the Dunhill Cumberland with silver army mount which my wife gave me for my 60th birthday and several pipes received from my kids, i am not overly attached to any
Pipe. Of course, i promise myself that I ought not buy any pipes now as I certainly have more than I need. In the last few months, however, i have clicked the button on a Gabriele poker, a lovely Vollmer and Nielson lovat, a Radice Spring edition apple and a surprisingly nice (in light of a modest price) Northern Briars cherrywood with an Ashton like swirled orange and green stem. The purchases make a culling of other pipes more likely.
Never regretted selling a pipe. I have regretted the final auction price received on one or two but that is how auctions go sometimes .
I placed an Castello Searock topper with a military bit on Ebay about 10 years ago. I forgot to post my reserve and it sold for $40. What a pisser!!! 
As a recipient of such a gift, I'm glad I can stop expecting you at my door wanting it back!
I don't think I've ever regretted getting rid of any pipe. I do occasionally get feelings of regret for not buying one, but that usually passes with time.
I found the draw on his pipes to be way too restricted.
I have never regretted selling certain pipes because I wasn't smoking them anyway, but I have regretted some pipes that I bought to replace them.
Never sold one in the 40 years I've smoked a pipe. I gave a couple to my brother when he quit cigarettes.
When I first started smoking I didn't know what I liked for shape and style so I bought a lot of different ones and sold a lot, sometimes unsmoked, all without regret. Now that I know what I like I am more careful with purchases (still have PAD but with more discretion 
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The only one I regret is a Mastro Geppetto bent apple that I really loved. It was my first "real pipe" purchase. The only trouble was the button was less than 10mm across which was not comfortable to hold in the mouth. I still wish I had kept it even if I never smoked it. I would buy it back if I ever saw it on ebay...but Life goes on!
. The only one I regret is a Mastro Geppetto bent apple that I really loved. It was my first "real pipe" purchase. The only trouble was the button was less than 10mm across which was not comfortable to hold in the mouth. I still wish I had kept it even if I never smoked it. I would buy it back if I ever saw it on ebay...but Life goes on!