How many times can a pipe be smoked, and sold as "smoked once"?
Smoked once - Really?
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Depends on the gullibility or knowledge of the target market I suppose. Caveat emptor!
Unconventional wisdom would say once… eBay would say many many many times…
Another else tells you about their product must be taken with a truck load of salt. Kind of like when a politician says, "Trust Me"!!
It depends. All of my pipes have been smoked once. Then they were smoked twice, and then three times, and so on, and so on, many times over. It will always remain true to say they have been "smoked once" from the time I first smoked them until they cease to exist.
If you want to say it was "smoked ONLY once", then the maximum is... once.
If you want to say it was "smoked ONLY once", then the maximum is... once.
There are plenty of broken pipes for sale, most of them have been "smoked once" many times :P
I have bought pipes, decided I didn't like smoking them for whatever reason after smoking them once, and sold them as such, usually only taking a small monetary loss. I see that loss as a "trial" or "rental" fee. So yeah, it happens. I'm picky as hell, especially since I set a pipe quantity limit for myself - if I don't immediately become enamored with a new pipe, it's probably going to be sold as "Smoked Once."
I'm reminded of the tale about the little old lady from Pasadena (not the one in the Jan & Dean song) whose car was being sold by a used car dealer who advertised it as only being driven by the lady to church on Sundays, presumably after the odometer was turned back, which leads to the old adage, "buyer beware."
I think they mean smoked once upon a time (for years on end).
“Only driven once a week on Sundays by a little old lady”…
Caveat emptor my friend. I haven’t been doing pipes long, but if I were dropping money I’d be extensive in due diligence. At the price level I’m comfortable with, I either end up with a cool pipe after some resto work, or a lesson at a cost I was willing to lose. Luckily most have been the former.
Caveat emptor my friend. I haven’t been doing pipes long, but if I were dropping money I’d be extensive in due diligence. At the price level I’m comfortable with, I either end up with a cool pipe after some resto work, or a lesson at a cost I was willing to lose. Luckily most have been the former.
I kind of believe that if you say once it's once.
Then again i'd rather see "lightly smoked" which can have range of use, but seems like it's better than claiming a specific number.
Then again i'd rather see "lightly smoked" which can have range of use, but seems like it's better than claiming a specific number.
Smoked once upon a time lolllll! That’s good
Smoked once, from Dec 4th 1967 until July 14th 2012, only put down on special occasions and to over ream the bowl.
I’ve got in a least a dozen Lee Three Star grade pipes that had been smoked less than half of a bowl.
You can see Dad by the Christmas tree, the wife and kiddies excited to see Daddy get his ten dollar pipe and a pound of Prince Albert!
Daddy puts down his package of Camels and lights up his Lee and that’s all, folks.
You can see Dad by the Christmas tree, the wife and kiddies excited to see Daddy get his ten dollar pipe and a pound of Prince Albert!
Daddy puts down his package of Camels and lights up his Lee and that’s all, folks.
