So, I am at the Briary, taking a break from errands, minding my own business, smoking my pipe… when I get drawn into a conversation with pipe selling people talking to Skip. They were tossing around the Dunhill name and looking distraught. (Hmmm, me thinks, a quandary in the pipe world?)
It turns out that these pipe distributors were discussing the folding of Music City Marketing and all of its umbrella companies. This means no more Nashville pipe shows, and… no more Dunhills imported to the United States, apparently. The owner is just getting out of the business. No no no, I know what the layman immediately assumes when a business does this. It does not mean they have failed. I, myself, have closed a B&M, so has my wife, and many friends. We do this until we are ready to either move on to different work, or we just want to retire out. I do not know why this guy is closing shop for sure, but some speculation was tossed about. Pipe guys like to do this, ha ha.
According to Skip, this guy was the only Dunhill… I mean only “Alfred Dunhill’s White Spot” importer in the United States. We are no longer allowed to say Dunhill, by itself, when referring to pipes… apparently. The other guys seemed to concur about future new White Spot imports. So, I suggested that this would be a great opportunity for someone to step in and take over the US import of this new Anti-pipe industry Dunhill, otherwise rebranded as White Spot products. And…. It was suggested that Dunhill doesn’t… ehhherm... Maybe I should refrain from this line speculation. Besides, I am just a pipe smoker setting in on a conversation. What do I know?
But, anyways, I asked Skip and the boys if this was all public information… meaning, “Can I post this to a public forum?” I got the big grins and “go get ‘em,” from the big dogs.
So, this spins a few questions for me…
Is Dunhill’s plan to just completely get out of the pipe industry?
Was this truly the only importer distributor of these :::couch cough::: White Spots in the US?
Does this mean the end of new Dunhill’s in the US?
How will this affect the many, many, many Dunhill collectors?
Did anyone hear anything else at the Chicago show?
How long will the current stock of new Dunhills last on the market, and how will this affect pricing? Will they go up or down?
Will the crime fighting duo escape the evil grasp of the maniacal Joker and his team of miscreant pranksters?
So, tune in, same Bat-time, same Bat-channel! Nano Nano!
It turns out that these pipe distributors were discussing the folding of Music City Marketing and all of its umbrella companies. This means no more Nashville pipe shows, and… no more Dunhills imported to the United States, apparently. The owner is just getting out of the business. No no no, I know what the layman immediately assumes when a business does this. It does not mean they have failed. I, myself, have closed a B&M, so has my wife, and many friends. We do this until we are ready to either move on to different work, or we just want to retire out. I do not know why this guy is closing shop for sure, but some speculation was tossed about. Pipe guys like to do this, ha ha.
According to Skip, this guy was the only Dunhill… I mean only “Alfred Dunhill’s White Spot” importer in the United States. We are no longer allowed to say Dunhill, by itself, when referring to pipes… apparently. The other guys seemed to concur about future new White Spot imports. So, I suggested that this would be a great opportunity for someone to step in and take over the US import of this new Anti-pipe industry Dunhill, otherwise rebranded as White Spot products. And…. It was suggested that Dunhill doesn’t… ehhherm... Maybe I should refrain from this line speculation. Besides, I am just a pipe smoker setting in on a conversation. What do I know?
But, anyways, I asked Skip and the boys if this was all public information… meaning, “Can I post this to a public forum?” I got the big grins and “go get ‘em,” from the big dogs.
So, this spins a few questions for me…
Is Dunhill’s plan to just completely get out of the pipe industry?
Was this truly the only importer distributor of these :::couch cough::: White Spots in the US?
Does this mean the end of new Dunhill’s in the US?
How will this affect the many, many, many Dunhill collectors?
Did anyone hear anything else at the Chicago show?
How long will the current stock of new Dunhills last on the market, and how will this affect pricing? Will they go up or down?
Will the crime fighting duo escape the evil grasp of the maniacal Joker and his team of miscreant pranksters?
So, tune in, same Bat-time, same Bat-channel! Nano Nano!