It Came!
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We have a medallion hanging on the front of my house (it was there when we moved in) that looks like that! Bacchus, the Roman god of wine?
"Look, Mummy, it's Santa Claus!" 
"I asked the guy to carve it out of briar, but he told me not to Bacchus up the wrong tree"
Bacchus am I, the roaring God of Wine; And well shall this day be, for thee and thine!
Thank you for selling it!
You are welcome.It was a good time to buy. After next month, buying meerschaum pipes will be more expensive due to Trump tariff.The US Administration announced on July 30 that it's ending the 800$ de minimis exemption effective August 29, 2025.Turkey tariff rate %15
I've been buying a lot of meerschaums lately, and wondered when this would hit us here in the U.S.
If it is not postponed, it will start to affect from September. While normally 100-110$ are paid for a 100 dollar pipe with sales tax depends on state(some states like Deleware have 0 sales tax rate),after august including sales tax, 15% Tariff fee, customs presentation fee and carrier companies' customs storage fees, this amount will increase to 135$-160$.
For example, there are customs between Canada and Turkey. My last Canadian buyer paid $25 tariff and $22 extra customs service fee to the carrier for a $90 meerschaum pipe. So, the $90 pipe cost $137 for Canadian buyer.Of course, this will also affect sellers like Smokingpipes, which are located in the United States. Under normal circumstances, due to the $800 exemption, masters who send wholesale pipes to them here would declare a price below $800 to avoid tax. Now that this exemption is gone and every product will be subject to physical customs inspection, prices for United States based pipe sellers will also increase.
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That feels like a questionable statement. Smokingpipes is generally really buttoned up with their legal stuff, it would be very shocking if they were receiving shipments from oversees with incorrect value declarations.
If you could read FDA and CBP rules and requirements for import export tobacco and tobacco smoking products to United States.You can see how difficult it will be for these products to import by a company.Under current conditions, whosale orders over 800$ must physically pass through customs.And that means there are many rules that must be met, from labels to warnings and manufacturer information.In Turkey, meerschaum masters are exempt from taxes up to a certain amount yearly because they are handmade. They do not need to issue invoices. This means that 95% of them do not have an official company for this reason.This means that in an official wholesale order over 800$, the problem starts with the manufacturer information.Under current conditions, only packages valued under $800 can be imported without any customs investigation.
If you could look the products over,you could notice CE and FDA labels on the box.If you wouldn't see those marks on the boxes of a meerschaum pipe retail in United States,that means they are not imported as they have to be.Otherwise for import those are required.
For example, pipe retails may split an order of $2000 into several packages, each value not exceeding $800.
After September if the new rules are not postponed, all packages will pass through customs, even if the product value is $5,because the ending the 800$ de minimis exemption.Of course, this is not only true for meerschaum pipes, but also for pipes made from all other materials.
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Phooey. The thread title had me expecting some kind of sci-fi monster/porn film. *shakes fist* 
