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AJL67

Lifer
May 26, 2022
5,585
28,313
Florida - Space Coast
I'm obviously a nobody as I dont know even know what that is!
That's when someone is moving from one house to another and they have a shit ton of tobacco they are selling off so they don't have to move it all and you say things like "oh Wessex Gold Slice, how many of those do you have? 19 tins, ok I'll just take them all" and you do that over and over and over and over. For the record what was well over a year ago and i still haven't opened one of those tins to try it. LOL
 

Revnatorade C.P.G.

Part of the Furniture Now
Feb 4, 2024
841
4,884
North Florida
That's when someone is moving from one house to another and they have a shit ton of tobacco they are selling off so they don't have to move it all and you say things like "oh Wessex Gold Slice, how many of those do you have? 19 tins, ok I'll just take them all" and you do that over and over and over and over. For the record what was well over a year ago and i still haven't opened one of those tins to try it. LOL
That's hillarious!
 

HeadMisfit

Can't Leave
Oct 15, 2025
455
316
The I were more fun if you bought a pipe and got an extra % off on that brand. But overall only useful brand hi get discount on is peterson 5%. Sure I get 15% on dunhill but it doesn't apply to estates and it doesn't help that much when the pipes start at 600$
 
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burleyboy75

Starting to Get Obsessed
May 22, 2025
168
332
Ohio
I have finally ascended. Thought the discount would be bigger. Oh well, at least its back to what silver was.
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sorry if this is elsewhere in this thread. Never seen gold before!

How long did it take? Ive heard its a threshold to spend lifetime with them? you dont have to go into specifics. do you smoke a ton, just buy a of pipes? stockpile tobacco. nice!
 

Revnatorade C.P.G.

Part of the Furniture Now
Feb 4, 2024
841
4,884
North Florida
sorry if this is elsewhere in this thread. Never seen gold before!

How long did it take? Ive heard its a threshold to spend lifetime with them? you dont have to go into specifics. do you smoke a ton, just buy a of pipes? stockpile tobacco. nice!
Ive only been a client for a few years but have spent a decent amount. Its kind of ambiguous and they're aren't clear metrics for it. But i do have a gold badge in most of the categories that i buy in so im sure that helped.
 
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NookersTheCat

Part of the Furniture Now
Sep 10, 2020
746
3,686
NEPA
It doesn't help the badge for pipes decreases if you don't buy pipes for awhile
Yeah I've been a customer for going on a decade now and even after dropping a not insignificant % of my annual gross income with them over the last 12 months or so with the Sutliff situation I'm still at silver.. hich I was already beforehand.
Kinda made me feel like I don't even really care about it at this point if after all that it still didn't even make a dent... I doubt I will ever spend that much on there in a single year in my life again anyway.
 
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Merton

Lifer
Jul 8, 2020
1,117
3,069
Boston, Massachusetts
I like SP a great deal and have been a customer for more than 10 years. Always thought that the badge thing was kind of dumb and, as a result, don't pay attention to it. I've been a silver member for a number of years. Mostly it is just a small acknowledgement by the vendor of their customer's loyalty. It really never had too big a bang for the buck and any that was there has been substantially diluted by recent business policy changes.