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sablebrush52

The Bard Of Barlings
Jun 15, 2013
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I have no idea but I wonder if they just want to kill pipe tobacco.
They're a tobacco selling company. They may want to dominate pipe tobacco manufacturing, but kill it? Where's the benefit? Pipe aficionados who don't smoke cigars aren't going to suddenly switch to please the masters of STG. They will buy other makes of pipe tobacco. And if some do switch to cigars, there's a lot more competition, so STG can go suck air. There are bigger companies that could eat and shit out STG.
 
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LOREN

Part of the Furniture Now
Oct 21, 2019
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I'm really curious as to why all of STG's posted minutes and financial reports are in English on their website. Even the PDFs. If someone in Denmark goes to this exact same website, do they see it in Danish or English? It just seems unusual for a European company to use a non-native language for their financial reports.


Yeh, can you imagine how excited they must be to fall under P&C's reputation as of late. If I were the employees, I'd hone that resume.
I believe that English is used for business in some other countries than ours.
 

Sobrbiker

Lifer
Jan 7, 2023
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Again, be mad at MacBaren. STG took advantage of an ownership that got what was theirs to sell dropped in their lap.
Rather than considering the stewardship of history and what those that came before them built, they offloaded for easy money with no regard for those that built the brands (both on production and consumer side of things).
 

Chasing Embers

Captain of the Black Frigate
Nov 12, 2014
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Again, be mad at MacBaren. STG took advantage of an ownership that got what was theirs to sell dropped in their lap.
Rather than considering the stewardship of history and what those that came before them built, they offloaded for easy money with no regard for those that built the brands (both on production and consumer side of things).
Or maybe they just weren't interested anymore. They saw an out and took it.
 

Sobrbiker

Lifer
Jan 7, 2023
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Casa Grande, AZ
Or maybe they just weren't interested anymore. They saw an out and took it.
Very well could be, but regardless the wailing and gnashing directed at STG is in my opinion misplaced.
I’m severely disappointed they seem to be shitcanning Sutliff, but as you point out often pipe tabak is a mere ghost of market share these days. With the tide rolling against tobacco as it’s been, I doubt very few US venture capitalists would’ve been interested in saving what we’re sure to miss.
 

Pipke

Can't Leave
Aug 3, 2024
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Again, be mad at MacBaren. STG took advantage of an ownership that got what was theirs to sell dropped in their lap.
I'm just mad, and I'm not going to rationalize who I'm mad at. If I did, I wouldn't be mad. I'm mad. Then SP pops another sale, and I forget all about STG and Mac Baren. Oh, and I didn't buy products from either one. I'm mad!
 

LOREN

Part of the Furniture Now
Oct 21, 2019
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"how big has your fucking yacht gotta be?"

- Bill Burr
Amazon's Jeff Bezos bought a 'support' yacht to accompany $500m mega yacht for his fiancée's helicopter. The smaller yacht also carries luxuries including jet skis, sports cars, motorbikes and even smaller boats.

So....I guess it's gotta be pretty big.
 

sablebrush52

The Bard Of Barlings
Jun 15, 2013
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Amazon's Jeff Bezos bought a 'support' yacht to accompany $500m mega yacht for his fiancée's helicopter. The smaller yacht also carries luxuries including jet skis, sports cars, motorbikes and even smaller boats.

So....I guess it's gotta be pretty big.
It must be a pretty big yacht if a sports car is needed to drive around it.