Have You Ever Wondered....

[shermnatman]

Have you ever ordered a bunch of small 1oz samples of different tabaks, and they all look fairly distinct from one another...

Except for this one sample, which is the 'cousin' of something else you ordered, except it's supposed to be at the other end of the color range...

Let's just say for example: You ordered Gag-n-Choke's Light Oogah Boogah, and, Gag-n-Choke's Dark Oogah Boogah in the same order... and yet, both samples you received look, feel, smell and smoke exactly the same to you; and, you think you got the same thing twice even though the stuck-on labels are different?

So, you go online and look at the pics in on the web site, and on there you can see a color distinction from one Oogah Boogah to the other; but, not in bags you received.

Anybody else ever experience this? - Sherm Natman

 

[BarrelProof]

You mean, do humans make mistakes? Yes, I’ve experienced this almost daily.

Or, are you suspecting malicious intent? Unfortunately, I’ve experienced this all too frequently, as well.

My solution? Equanimity.

 

[shermnatman]

You mean, do humans make mistakes? Yes, I’ve experienced this almost daily.

Or, are you suspecting malicious intent? Unfortunately, I’ve experienced this all too frequently, as well.

My solution? Equanimity.

No, I only meant exactly what I asked: Did this ever happen to you? - Sherm Natman

 

[BarrelProof]

Yep. From Boswell’s with the free samples included with a pipe purchase. I believe one of the culprits to be Northwoods, but I can’t remember the imposter.

 

[shermnatman]

Clarification: I'm talking about Samples of Bulk in plastic baggies. - Sherm Natman

 

[BarrelProof]

Clarification: Samples of Bulk in plastic baggies. - Sherm Natman

Which is what you get with pipe purchases from Boswell’s.

 

[shermnatman]

Don't use them, don't know anything about them, never heard of them.

But, thanks for your reply and heads-up.

So that would a "+1" in the "Yes Column" - Sherm Natman

 

[rmbittner]

Don't use them, don't know anything about them, never heard of them.

You’ve been here almost four years and have never heard of Boswells? They are a very popular B&M/online retailer. (Or were you kidding?)

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Without seeing the tobacco or even knowing what they are, my blind guess is that someone made a mistake.

 

[shermnatman]

Without seeing the tobacco or even knowing what they are, my blind guess is that someone made a mistake.

What's even odder is when you consider how sensitive we are to detecting subtle differences in pre-packaged tobacco in cans and pouches from batch-run to batch-run which can occur sometimes; and yet, this one has me stymied. The thing of it is, this has never happened to me before, so that's why I asked if this has happened to others in their past experience.

I'm going to wait 2 weeka and re-order another 1 oz sample of the suspect one again, and see how that compares; or, order that suspect one from a different source and see what shows up.

This ever happen to you? - Sherm Natman

 

[anotherbob]

worst thing is there is some jerkface out there this happened on their first order of something and now when they get the right one they freak out and tell them they messed up.

 

[Briar Tuck]

It hasn't happened to me with tobacco yet, but it has happened with a pipe. I ordered a MM Cobbit Shire pipe from a retailer and a Cobbit Dwarf pipe arrived in a package marked Cobbit Shire. I was happy with the Dwarf so I didn't take any action to correct it, but it was an obvious screw up by someone mistaking two very similar pipes.

 

[kcghost]

Never happened to me but then I never ordered samples in bags.

 

[verporchting]

No

 

[brian64]

I've never ordered any samples.

But if there really was Gag-n-Choke's Oogah Boogah I'm certain it would sell out faster than Esoterica.

 

[shermnatman]

You’ve been here almost four years and have never heard of Boswells? They are a very popular B&M/online retailer. (Or were you kidding?)

Aww shucks.. that's ain't nuthin' !!! I heard almost that same thing years ago from the Dean when I was going to that 2 year Junior College. - Sherm Natman

 

[Streeper541]

I'm confused.

 

[jpberg]

1 ounce samples?

 

[jpberg]

New Sherm Natman thread:
What the hell does one ounce tell me about a blend?

 

[ThermionicScott]

I have been confused a time or two when a sample blending tobacco didn't taste like I imagined it would, but I can't prove I was sent the wrong thing.

For example, my sample of Sutliff Blending Perique. In the jar, it smells a lot like a chocolate brownie to me, made with enough sour cream to give a noticeable tang. Smoking it, I was expecting a spicy pepper bomb that burned my tongue and singed my nostrils. But it was/is a surprisingly mild smoke in those regards, tasting more like a somewhat funky burley than anything else.