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It's a deal for two reasons. 4 years of age will provide 75% of more of the benefits of aging. Second, it's relative to the price of fresh tins as of today. Relative to the price two years ago? Not much of a deal. Unfortunately, my time machine is out of service at this time.
Fair enough. If you want Capstan, getting pre-aged tins for near the same price as fresh is a deal.

Relative to other brands, many of which I prefer over Capstan, the price of Capstan is not a deal. I like Capstan Blue. I'd pay the extra bit for that one. Capstan Gold, to me, is a middle of the road bright virginia blend. Nothing wrong with it, but I'd rather have a bowl of HH Pure Virginia. As always, taste is subjective so YMMV.
 
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Fair enough. If you want Capstan, getting pre-aged tins for near the same price as fresh is a deal.

Relative to other brands, many of which I prefer over Capstan, the price of Capstan is not a deal. I like Capstan Blue. I'd pay the extra bit for that one. Capstan Gold, to me, is a middle of the road bright virginia blend. Nothing wrong with it, but I'd rather have a bowl of HH Pure Virginia. As always, taste is subjective so YMMV.
Agreed. I used to not favor these two so much but with age, they have grown on me, especially the gold. Which is why I'm buying some up now, I didn't get much previously. I managed to buy a fair amount of the blue from Estervals a few years back at a bargain price.

Not only is taste subjective, it can change a bit over time.
 

Steddy

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I ordered a set last year. The tin of yellow is actually from 2013. Score! Still haven’t opened them yet though. Hence, I didn’t jump this year. Betting the Three Nuns set is next…
Yep, me too. 1 tin of 2013 yellow.
I’d love to see more of this, especially with C&D tobacco. It’s a huge help for us newbs building a cellar.
 

gervais

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Too rich for my blood. Well that's not entirely true. I'm just a cheap son of a bitch who would rather get 100g of something just as good or better for the price of 50g of Capstan.

Don't get me wrong, Capstan is alright. Great even. Just nothing special compared to everything else out there.
 

filmguerilla

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I think it's a rather fair price for the four tins being pre-aged--and the fact that the new tins cost basically the same. Are the ones here complaining about the price the same ones who didn't like the price of the special edition Christmas plum pudding that sold out in a couple hours? If you like aged Virginia I'd say you'd be wise to snag one of these sets. Especially if you don't have any aged to smoke now.
 

PipeIT

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Nov 14, 2020
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Capstan has been a blend on my list in the past, but I can’t justify these prices for a tin, and I don’t get why these don’t sell for more like $13 a tin. C&D, G.L. Pease and many others sell 2oz tins for less.

I thought Mac Baren blends this, and MB sells many blends at 3.5 oz for around $14.

And then some of the MB HH blends in 1.75 oz tins a little over $12.

hmm 🤔


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I would think, that to some smokers, these three are just as nice for less.



 
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jmsmitty6

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For as long as I remember, Capstan has sold for $3 or $4 more than other similar blends.
You are absolute correct. Capstan has always sold for a higher price than the equivalent blends that have been listed throughout the duration of this thread including other virginia based blends produced by Mac Baren's.

I, like you, very much agree that this is a great deal if you like Capstan. If you don't, then to my thinking, this wouldn't interest you regardless of price.

Jason
 

PipeIT

Lifer
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The older/aged tins are certainly a better deal, and then when everyone sees this, like Marketing never considered that people are now going to look at new tin prices and go, ok, not so good.

Also, I don’t get why they didn’t offer these tins individually, I think as single tins, they might of sold already.

I’ve never smoked these, but I would of bought a tin each to try, not four.

This also comes across as strange marketing, where you need to buy four tins to get the deal. hmm 🤔
 
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The older/aged tins are certainly a better deal, and then when everyone sees this, like Marketing never considered that people are now going to look at new tin prices and go, ok, not so good.

Also, I don’t get why they didn’t offer these tins individually, I think as single tins, they might of sold already.

I’ve never smoked these, but I would of bought a tin each to try, not four.

This also comes across as strange marketing, where you need to buy four tins to get the deal. hmm 🤔
People package deals to move product. To achieve their own goals. I'm guessing they want to move the ready rubbed versions. If they sold individual tins, that would stymie the sale of their fresh tins. Who knows? All you need to know is that everyone markets to achieve their own agenda, not ours. When the two happen to align, a sale is made.