Need Some Advice, Please!

[Choatecav]

I have somewhat got my urge to buy more pipes under control (although my wife would like a few minutes for rebuttal...). However, I have gone just "ass over teakettles" in the buying of tins of tobaccos. Seems every time I read a good review or watch a video on a new blend and hear the description of the enjoyment "this or that" blend delivers, I am caught up in a whirlwind of temptation to order just a tin or so. The cost is relatively modest and it is so easy for the camel to get it's nose under the tent and before you know it..... I've ordered a couple or a dozen.

I am judicious to seal the blend up in canning jars once I have opened the tin, so at least none of this treasure is going stale.

So the question is, how do the wise and venerable members of this august body deal with this temptation? Is there any counseling I can get? Perhaps a sponsor to call in times of weakness???

 

[FLDRD]

I have somewhat got my urge to buy more pipes under control (although my wife would like a few minutes for rebuttal...). However, I have gone just "ass over teakettles" in the buying of tins of tobaccos. Seems every time I read a good review or watch a video on a new blend and hear the description of the enjoyment "this or that" blend delivers, I am caught up in a whirlwind of temptation to order just a tin or so. The cost is relatively modest and it is so easy for the camel to get it's nose under the tent and before you know it..... I've ordered a couple or a dozen.

So the question is, how do the wise and venerable members of this august body deal with this temptation? Is there any counseling I can get? Perhaps a sponsor to call in times of weakness???

Succumb.
No.
Absolutely not.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Reviews and marketing don't tempt me. Blend content is what I go by but there's been nothing remarkable in the past few years to grab my attention.

 

[PaulRVA]

Nope!
Just go ahead, buck on up and place the order
It helps me to have several bulk staple blends that I smoke all the time and I shop the sales and multiple retailers for tins all the time.
Good luck but it’s a fact of the world we are in now that I get it when the getting is good.

 

[warren]

Just exhibit a bit of self-control would be my suggestion. If you are inclined to obsessive behavior ... well, you are on your own I guess.

 

[Scottmi]

Just remember, tobacco prices are never going to be cheaper than they are today. You're welcome!

 

[keith929]

Never pass up a chance to let TAD take control

 

[yanoJL]

"I can resist anything except temptation"
- Oscar Wilde

I have a tendency to over-purchase as well. But I'm OK with it, especially if my buys are Virginia blends as I'm confident that they will still be enjoyable (maybe more so) if I don't get to them right away.

 

[thesmokindragon]

Don't chase the blend, chase the dream - same meaning really; In that you will find your passion ( a blend you really-really like ) and hopefully feel fulfilled ( buying 100s of pounds of that well-like blend ) as a result. -

 

[woodsroad]

It sounds like what you really have is an excess money problem.
I can help you with that.

 

[Choatecav]

Just exhibit a bit of self-control would be my suggestion. If you are inclined to obsessive behavior ... well, you are on your own I guess.

I'm starting to think that maybe I have posed this question to the wrong group.....

To Warren's point, I like to think of myself as NOT an impulsive buyer. I generally say that just prior to buying that next gun, cigar, pipe, book, etc.

Oh, and @woodsroad..... thank you for offering to help with the monetary aspect of this........

 

[woodsroad]

I'm starting to think that maybe I have posed this question to the wrong group.....

To Warren's point, I like to think of myself as NOT an impulsive buyer. I generally say that just prior to buying that next gun, cigar, pipe, book, etc.

Oh, and @woodsroad..... thank you for offering to help with the monetary aspect of this........

Just to be clear, this is not something that I offer to just anyone.

 

[verporchting]

When the hearse rolls up which would you rather leave behind - cash or partially smoked jars of tobacco? Choose wisely.

 

[PA Piper Mike]

Typically, I just wrap up any new tobaccos I'm curious about in with a larger order. I rarely ever buy less than the free shipping threshold. Typically I'll just wait until a C&D or GLP sale comes around and I'll tack on a tin or 2 of something I want to try. Either that or when the big small batches drop...CRF, Sun Bear, Scarecrow, St. Espresso, etc. Just start tossing those interesting new tobaccos on your wish list.

 

[Epip Oc'Cabot]

Eventually, the urge to buy more pipe tobacco blends will reduce. Something else will capture your fancy. Until then, if you can afford the leaf (and the wife’s grief), I would just ride it out. Why quell the fun of it is not hurting anything?

 

[AcesAndEights]

Just remember, tobacco prices are never going to be cheaper than they are today. You're welcome!

This. When I started smoking pipe about 3 years ago, I started buying like crazy. I’ve now got about a 15 year supply. And when I see what prices have done even in the last three years, I’m sooo glad I went all in for a few years to build my cellar.

 

[GreatWhiteNorthPiper]

Give in to the temptation. You only live once.

 

[Charrington]

When the hearse rolls up which would you rather leave behind - cash or partially smoked jars of tobacco? Choose wisely.

Partially smoked jars of tobacco has my vote...

 

[Choatecav]

Just to be clear, this is not something that I offer to just anyone.

I'm touched................

Also, based on the vast majority of responses, I'm in good company so I won't sweat it. After all, if the "Zombie apocalypse" hits, I may need plenty of extra.

 

[Bbailey324]

Yeah just buy it when the urge strikes. That's what I do anyway.

Jars work well. If it is something I like and I'm going to smoke the tin within a few weeks I don't bother. If it is something I buy to try but not consume immediately I jar it up after a week or two. Keeps it fresh and gets in some ageing time while it sits around.