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Jan 8, 2013
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I love this blend. It is one of the best blends I've ever smoked. I hope to be able to score more tins here and there in the future as I only have 12 tins. I paid 10 dollars and change for it just a few days ago....
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sealed-McClelland-Balkan-Blue-50-gran-tin/222868922978?hash=item33e405e262:g:S0gAAOSwJ6dancB9
I just can't justify spending that much money on a tin regardless how much I like it.

 

Chasing Embers

Captain of the Black Frigate
Nov 12, 2014
43,248
108,348
Arrr! :mrgreen: All 10 o' me tins be safely agin' in the hold. No scalpin' here. It is disheartening to see though.

 
Jan 28, 2018
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Sarasota, FL
If you invest the time to call around, I suspect you'll still be able to find some tins at a reasonable price. I'd do that quickly though as there are other people out there doing the same thing.

 

Chasing Embers

Captain of the Black Frigate
Nov 12, 2014
43,248
108,348
There are a few obscure websites stocked with several of McClelland's blends. Ordered a bunch of Oriental No. 6 over the weekend.

 

dmcmtk

Lifer
Aug 23, 2013
3,672
1,685
It's cheap! :D
https://www.ebay.com/itm/MCCLELLAND-FROG-MORTON-ON-THE-TOWN-AND-ON-THE-BAYOU-100-GRAM-SEALED-TINS/132527905287?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D50074%26meid%3Dc5fd7fa0bdd7451aa1be5b4639a1f94b%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D142711840110%26itm%3D132527905287&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851
https://www.ebay.com/itm/MCCLELLAND-FROG-MORTON-ON-THE-BAYOU-100-GRAM-SEALED-COLLECTIBLE-TIN/132527879795?_trkparms=aid%3D444000%26algo%3DSOI.DEFAULT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D50074%26meid%3D225143dd6c154d84808f83363bd3efb3%26pid%3D100752%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D132527905287%26itm%3D132527879795&_trksid=p2047675.c100752.m1982
I'm glad I have enough McC tobaccos to last a lifetime.

 

madox07

Lifer
Dec 12, 2016
1,823
1,689
Supply and demand dear fellow pipe smokers ... and a little bit of craze. These prices wouldn't go sky high if nobody would be willing to pay. And since the whole thing with McCleland is official now, everybody went into this hysteria. It's good tobacco, by all means, but it's definitely not worth paying the ridiculous prices.

 

Briar Baron

Can't Leave
Sep 30, 2016
440
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Sydney
It did not take long for the scalpers to get onto ebay. Saw McClelland's 40th Anniversary still on SP only a few weeks back for around $16 and today on ebay I saw it for $65.
When the dust settles I think prices will drift back a bit. If we all do not feed the stampede things will return to some normality sooner.

 

sablebrush52

The Bard Of Barlings
Jun 15, 2013
19,623
44,833
Southern Oregon
jrs457.wixsite.com
These went for $300. If these prices hold, I'm rich!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/McClelland-Tobacco-Tins-Sealed-Unopened-Full-/253463040952?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=X9i2%252BTagWfuB4lLzVcAUV%252BpJQN0%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
What's hilarious is that the seller is still charging shipping.

 

Briar Baron

Can't Leave
Sep 30, 2016
440
569
Sydney
I wonder if a lot of this is going to other countries that recently have discovered pipe smoking and have more $$$ than sense.....The same mob that buys up all the pipes at the pipe shows before they go out on the tables....Let the debate begin!

 

mikethompson

Lifer
Jun 26, 2016
11,292
23,327
Near Toronto, Ontario, Canada
I can see prices getting out of control when all the stock is gone, such is the nature of a supply/demand system. But if there are outlets where the same product is available at normal retail prices why the stratospheric price now?

 

btp79

Can't Leave
Jan 27, 2018
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Sugar Land, TX
I can see prices getting out of control when all the stock is gone, such is the nature of a supply/demand system. But if there are outlets where the same product is available at normal retail prices why the stratospheric price now?
Perception. When consumers perceive a shortage they are willing to pay much more for the same goods they think or know will be going away. This is nothing new, just maybe new to our hobby.

 
Jun 27, 2016
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From what I have been reading, a lot of retailers are jacking up their prices too. So normal retail today is not what it was a week ago. Regulars are complaining that their stores are doing this, and others are complaining that they found out that the stores that they tried to raid and came up empty on, were actually back-rooming the McC and not saying that they had it unless they knew them. Not sure how they would figure that out, but OK. But most or all of the stores out there won't be getting any more, and they probably got sick of having flippers running in and buying everything McC, nothing else, and probably never to return after they leave and sell it on Ebay.

 

midwestpipesmoker70

Can't Leave
Nov 28, 2011
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IL
Geesh...those ebayers can't even do free sipping over $100 :rofl: I have 10 tins of Balkan Blue...that will just have to do me unless I come across secret stash in a B&M.

 
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