Peter Stokkebye

[Piping Rooster]

Where/what happened? How come the supply of this brand has diminished. It used to always be available but its been a long time since its been re-stocked.

 

[That Guy]

The secret got out about how good it is.

 

[The Amish Tyrant]

I agree with @That Guy .

There has ben a lot of discussion about Stokkebye bulk blends recently. In the short time I've been a member here, I've noticed that frequent discussion of a blend often results in the blend either being out of stock and/or jumping the ranks on SPC's best seller list.

Not only does discussion result in members sampling or restocking blends, nonmembers also access the forum. Hence, sponsoring the site seems to be a decent marketing strategy. Just look at the seemingly increased traffic at site sponsor TinBids.

You don't know who is viewing the forum at any given time. For example, 44 members were signed in to PM when I began this post. 136 guests were also viewing the forum.

It's also why people should always be careful about what is posted on any website.

 

[pantsBoots]

Haven't seen anyone talking much about Orlik Golden Sliced, and yet it's disappeared, too

 

[Alex.Jr]

The secret got out about how good it is.

 

[AJL67]

Or maybe they only make so much and it sells our before new batches are shipped.

 

[hugodrax]

We've had it backordered since February. Its pretty obvious the subsidiaries don't communicate very well at all. I've started to bring in other things to replace it under the theory that, well, feck 'em.

It shouldn't be easier to get Gawith tobaccos than STG. Totally unimpressed with their distribution network.

 

[fireground_piper]

I wonder how much their closing of the Georgia facility and exiting manufacture in the US has impacted their distribution here? Just a thought. They closed the Lane facility in Tucker, Georgia about 2 years ago officially.

 

[hugodrax]

Don't know. The claim is the tobacco is sitting in Georgia while they figure out what to do with it. Who knows if that's true.

General is also in the process of automating its warehouses (its made cigar orders super entertaining and relaxing and not at all a giant mess) which could be part of it.

Either way, half a year is long enough to wait from our end. Empty space must be filled. Orlik is no longer smoked by all shrewd judges.

 

[Piping Rooster]

Or maybe they only make so much and it sells our before new batches are shipped.

It's never been that way with STG. I've never had a problem before this year getting Stokkebye tobaccos.

 

[AppalachianPipe92]

Or maybe they only make so much and it sells our before new batches are shipped.

It used to not. Used to always be in stock anywhere you went to buy it

 

[kcghost]

C'est la vie, c'est la guerre, c'est le shit.

 

[Piping Rooster]

C'est la vie, c'est la guerre, c'est le shit.

C'est le shit en effet!

 

[mso489]

Maybe it's the oft cited Asian market sidetracking the goods. A tiny percent of the Asian population taking up smoking pipes corners the market in a flash.

 

[ATLpipe]

The fact that PS and Orlik are so hard to find now just blows my mind

 

[Swiss Army Knife]

STG produces a metric buckton of different blends, I wonder why it's mainly Orlik and PS that's effected?

 

[cosmicfolklore]

The chances that someone on this forum actually knows the reason for this is slim to none. Haha.
I've seen their flakes run out in the past. I wouldn't worry.

 

[cohibajoe]

Maybe it's the oft cited Asian market sidetracking the goods. A tiny percent of the Asian population taking up smoking pipes corners the market in a flash.

This is what is happening to Cuba Cigars...China

 

[simong]

Peter Stokkebye’s ‘Irish Slices’…..that was the one. When they stopped making that It was the end of PS for me.

 

[mingc]

Psst, I'm finding them in stock with Google. Don't tell anyone.