So I had one time alerts at SP for Brigade Dark Campaign Flake and Astley's 44. Got the emails at 9:49 am. Tried to buy at 10:15 and -- no longer available. Not going to even bother with these alerts anymore. Do they get in 5 tins at a time, or are people hoarding or both?
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Alot of people were more than likely anxiously waiting for them to be back in stock as well and bought the minute they got the alert. You gotta be on the ball with blends such as those, or you will be late to the party everytime. 10-15 late is too late ?
Better luck next time though my friend
wouldn't be the first time
As a customer, I push back at blends that require emergency purchases like this, or months of waiting and hunting in ambush. There's a time tested well honored principle of supply and demand, and if a brand and retailers don't want to subscribe, let them sell their damned blends at neighborhood art fairs. I hate to be churlish, but I say get into business or get out of the road. To put it in a more positive way, I give high points for high volume, well-produced, sufficiently distributed brands and blends, whom I salute.
I believe there were tin limits of 2 per day so hoarding is hardly the issue. I think they're just getting relatively small quantities.
Or they ran across 10 tins in the warehouse or something.
My guess is they are getting rather small quantities in, especially considering similar items have very low tin limits. To sell out that fast with a 2 tin limit leads me to suspect a small supply. Hoarding doesn’t come into play unless people are beating the tin limit system.
My advice is don't bother. Find a substitute. The hoarders have it worked done to a fine science. They probably sit in front of their screen all day watching it and then, hell, who knows? Some auto-mechanical, transmogrifier program that let's them buy it all up. I give the forum five minutes before the hoarders start posting and bragging.
Seems likely you are all right -- low supply. But to mso49's point, seems silly to even carry it. But now I'm verging on whining. Whatever -- I certainly have plenty of choices without it. Was just a bit surprised is all.
I think many of us feel that way but I don’t think it’s that simple. Some products are not easily substituted. Supply issues lead to many people stocking up in cherished blends (hoarding) before they disappear, like toilet paper. ?
I know what you mean. If you don’t stay on top of things you all of a sudden find your favorite blends are hard to come by. I dug into my cellar to revisit some things I hadn’t smoked in a long while, fell in love again only to find out you can’t get your hands on the stuff. GH Ennerdale and SG Kendal Cream - I was able to find some Kendal Cream but only the smallest amount of Ennerdale and no tins. Bracken Flake - discontinued!!!!
Then it was Peterson PPP -Rediscovered it, ordered some and saw the ridiculous “new” tins. Went to find out why they changed and discovered it actually wasn’t available for a while. Glad I missed that one.
Theres really no rhyme or reason. At the moment there’s plenty of good stuff to smoke, like you said, but it’s nice to be able to get the blends you would like to.
My advice is don’t bother with SPc. They never have shit in stock. Too many hands in the barrel.
If it's too much trouble I'm out.. If these blends don't put out by at least the second date, I'm on to better ones. Haha
I don't think you can call it hoarding if there is a 2 - 5 tin limit..
BROBS - yeah, I don't think I will be ordering from them much in the future unless I have a need to restock readily available tins, which is not likely at the moment. Looking forward to a large order coming in from Estervals.
yup. I've halved my frustration by basically giving up on SPC ever having stock of anything I want to buy.
and for readily available tins there are cheaper and faster sources, with lower free shipping thresholds.
One other point -- I know some will disagree, but i think its a bit absurd that supply pricing doesn't reflect demand. Does it make sense to charge the same amount of a tin of Astley's 44 or Esoterica as a tin of CAO Bella Vanilla, or even close to it? If tins sell out that quickly -- and they know which ones will -- they should increase the price dramatically. Would make good business sense for them, and would dissuade people from building cellars with multiple tins of tobacco they will never smoke but will eventually try to resell at a huge premium.
Interesting to see these in short supply again. The 44 has undergone a blending change, so I don't look for more of it. It's not bad, it's just not 44. Wessex Campaign cometh and goeth. I do like that flake and have a goodly supply from 2014, when it disappeared for awhile. Eventually it came back into stock.
If you want to find either of these two blends, widen you search from the big on line stores and reach out to B&M's. It may take a bit of effort and the price may be higher, but you will have what you seek in hand. When it comes to hard to find blends, I don't waste time with the main online stores. I get what I want through B&Ms.
If you want to find either of these two blends, widen you search from the big on line stores and reach out to B&M's. It may take a bit of effort and the price may be higher, but you will have what you seek in hand. When it comes to hard to find blends, I don't waste time with the main online stores. I get what I want through B&Ms.
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