I noticed tonight that Hal, Old Gowrie, Red Rap, Marlin Flake are no longer available in 100g tins on Smoking Pipes. Sterling Flake and Brown Clunee aren't even listed anymore. Anyone know why?
Smoking Pipes delisted some Rattray's tins?
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They've got an email addy, ask 'em rather than rely on our suppositions. And, you'll no doubt get a lot of guesses and suppositions. I always suggest going right to the "horse's mouth" for a definitive answer.
Watch City still has some of those in stock, if it helps.
I know they had Brown Clunee 100g tins in stock a couple of days ago when i made an order. At first I thought maybe they planned On removing items not in stock, but that would remove their system of email notifications for out of stock items.
The end is near! Fire up those search engines and break out the credit cards. Buy up everything you can find before it's all gone...
Nothing for sure. I’ve seen they have been doing this for the last year, even with items they seem to restock, though I’m not sure what the purpose is. I think it’s come up before on the boards. Could be something as simple as email notification list max’ing or an update to that system, which would be very welcome
Time to go and buy from my overpriced B&M. I need to get some and put it away. It's my mate's favourite brand and Christmas will be here in 10 months.
It's pretty obvious that this is to blame on vegans. Damn dirty vegans! Causing our Rattrays blends to get pulled from the website. 
Hey, my guess is as good as anyone else's on the forum. These posts crack me up.
Hey, my guess is as good as anyone else's on the forum. These posts crack me up.
Only a Secret Santa gift if he signs up for it and I get him. Long shot there... I give Secret Santa all my unwanted aromatics... /s
The big cans of Rattrays have been on clearance and and/or sold out at 4N for a while.
There are a number of Rattray's blends still available on Esterval's website including some I've never heard of.
Maybe the problem is they just haven't shipped to the US lately.
Maybe the problem is they just haven't shipped to the US lately.
They are probably tied up in some kind of EU taxes type of thing, but who knows and who cares.
I emailed SPC and they said they are still carrying all the Rattray's blends, they are just sold out. Still think it's weird they would delist some of them, while others are still listed as out of stock, but hey, what do I know?
This isn’t unusual among the online shops I check. Some keep a brand category in the menu but, when you click the link, don’t show a single product. Others remove the links for anything that’s out of stock. Others keep everything intact and only include a tiny little “out of stock” notice where applicable.
It astonishes me how quickly and easily conclusions can be drawn based on . . . nothing at all.
This is the magic of social media.
There's always more tobacco even if they are discontinued.
Always get pissed when my favorite blend of cigs is not at my local drug store. But I don't blast it all over the internet about it.
As to pipe blends, over the years, some suddenly disappear for whatever reason. If it comes back, cool. If not, there are other blends.
Maybe this doesn't bother me because I really don't have a favorite daily smoke.
As to pipe blends, over the years, some suddenly disappear for whatever reason. If it comes back, cool. If not, there are other blends.
Maybe this doesn't bother me because I really don't have a favorite daily smoke.