I was talking to Rich at 4Noggins today. He said he ordered $18K of SG. The distributor charged his card and then sent him an email that said they weren't able to fill his order.
He's seeing similar problems with other Euro blends. He said he doesn't have all the info but believes that people are really hording and Smokingpipes.com ends up with a huge share of the supply, then P&C and then guys like him.
He is able to get G&H. Sometimes a but sketchy. But he's out of Bob;s Chocolate Flake and will have it next week. So some supply.
On the plus side he said business is great. He will be discontinuing RYO when PACT goes into effect. Currently about 15% of his biz. But all things considered the pipe business is great.
We also discussed Pipesmagazine.com and I let him know his ads here had impact.