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McClelland 40th Now $150 a Tin on eBay
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I bought 20 tins of 40th when they were released. I've yet to finish the first tin, and traded one for a tin of Deep Hollow. I'm set for a number of years with that one. Collectively, I have around 180 McClelland tins, and most will likely outlive me.
There are no doubt some people / shops sitting on plenty of 40th (in the hundreds of tins) ....everyone on the forums, and social media show modest stashes.... Perhaps the biggest I have seen is around 40tins.... Generally most people are holding less than 10. Every time SmokingPipes sold out since Novemeber, the following restock in the inventory was over 1000 tins, with the last restock in February was over 2000 tins. And this is just SmokingPipes.... Other retailers also had good allocations.
The other interesting thing is that we were never quite sure whether the previous sellouts of inventory (back in November / December / January) was the last available 40th. Those previous stock sellouts never saw the same level of fever, discussion and hype as the current sellout when we knew the company had shut doors. We humans are interesting....
The other interesting thing is that we were never quite sure whether the previous sellouts of inventory (back in November / December / January) was the last available 40th. Those previous stock sellouts never saw the same level of fever, discussion and hype as the current sellout when we knew the company had shut doors. We humans are interesting....
I’m not trying to be a scalper but the credit card is to high from my TAD cellar purchases. I’m saving a few tins for myself.
All US buyers, I don’t sell international. I’m not an eBay pro so trying to keep it simple so I don’t get burned.
It would be interesting to know what McClelland's world popularity is. Was it primarily a US phenomenon?
Another guy who ships international just sold a tin of 40th for $135, who knows what the price will be in 5 years. I only started with 16 tins, I know a guy who is sitting on 200 tins of 40th.
If I had plenty, I wouldn't think twice of selling off 1/10th of my stash........ at these prices it would make the remaining tins free......... :
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I'm sitting at about 9.5lbs of McC (various sorts).
If 2lbs will pay for the other 7.5lb, I'm totally game.
My biggest concern, however, would be that my palate is going to change and I'll end up selling off something I might wish I had later.
If 2lbs will pay for the other 7.5lb, I'm totally game.
My biggest concern, however, would be that my palate is going to change and I'll end up selling off something I might wish I had later.
I don't know how many tins were sold in the recent McClelland feeding frenzy, when product was still in stores, but there were 100's of tins of most blends on SP alone, and 1000's of tins of at least several other McClelland blends sold in the last couple of weeks. No crystal ball here, but my guess is that prices will settle down quite a bit sooner or later. There seemed to be a lot of guys buying a lot of tins of blends they haven't tried before, but bought them anyway to get in on the action. I don't think there is that short of a supply to support these price levels for long...or not.
Some may not feel the need to sell. It is one thing to sell a tin for hundreds of dollars, and another knowing you have hundreds of those tins that no one can touch.
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