When Did the Smokable Seconds Bag Drop to 7 Pipes?

[wyfbane]

Just cruising the MM website and because all the salty bastards on this forum keep buying up the smokable seconds bags apparently they can't screw up pipes enough to meet demands. Now they are selling off '7 day set seconds' instead. I can't tell if the price is proportional to the old 10 pipe bags, but it didn't seem too prohibitive. Just took my by surprise is all

 

[metalheadycigarguy]

I'm not sure when it happened, but I noticed the last time someone posted about them that there was only 7. I've always gotten at least 10. Thought it was odd that it was reduced to 7.

 

[Chasing Embers]

From MM

Before we ever offered seconds for sale, our General Manager very gallantly offered and tried to smoke them all. Since he could only smoke so many pipes, we decided to offer the 10 Pipe Grab Bag of Smokable Seconds. We had no idea how popular our seconds would be, and due to its success we literally couldn't mess up enough pipes to meet demand! The only solution we could think of was to lower the price and offer our seconds as a Seven Day Set to create a simple weekly rotation option.

 

[olkofri]

Got an E-mail from them this morning stating that they will be upping their prices this month, and that the Bag of Seconds will have now 7 pipes instead of 10. There was a video link where they talk about it, but I've since deleted the E-mail and no longer have the link.

 

[Chasing Embers]

EMail

To sum things up...

We had to make a few changes:
A price increase will go into effect on 6/18/2018.

The 10 Pipe Grab Bag has changed to the Seven Day Set of Smokeable Seconds.

The Cobbit Collection will be returning soon!

We have fully switched our specialty bits from Vulcanite to Acrylic.

We now have some new apparel, books, pipe accessories, and more on our website.

We appreciate your continued support and understanding!

MM Video

 

[newbroom]

10 pipes used to cost about $33.00, now, I see that they're advertising 7 for $26.00 something.

Don't worry, you will get your money's worth.

Everbody needs a MM Bag of seconds.

 

[wyfbane]

I have purchased several. But the temptation to get more is always there. And when they changed things it was surprising.

 

[disinformatique]

Missouri Meerschaum sent a newsletter and also posted a video and spoke about price hikes, cobbit collection, seconds bag etc etc.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Missouri Meerschaum sent a newsletter and also posted a video and spoke about price hikes, cobbit collection, seconds bag etc etc.

The newsletter and video link can be found in my second post.

 

[craiginthecorn]

Remember when ice cream was generally sold in half gallon cartons? Years back, they changed the package and the size to 1.75l. My wife commented last night that it's 1.5l now, at least for Edy's/Dreyer's. But seven is a nice quantity.

 

[upnorth1]

I just bought one of the new bags. It's still a great deal for the amount of cob smoking pleasure you'll get from them.

 

[bnichols23]

Fully concur with you & broom, north. Even with a per&each increase,

 

[mso489]

I'm too precious about my cobs to buy a bag of seconds, though getting started I would have jumped at the chance. Now I buy them one at a time, especially the up-market collaborative pipes with acrylic stems. When someone refers to MM cobs as disposable pipes, a shiver goes down my spine. The treasured cobs are like some of the crown jewels. Seven pipes for twenty-six bucks sounds fine, price-wise. If you fish or kayak (etc.) a lot, those are the ones to risk.

 

[wyfbane]

Yeah, the seconds are the ones I smoke when walking the dog in the rain or have kicking around my vehicles 'just in case' or generally won't be too sad about losing. I run the gambler 500 and took a cob second for each of my team mates.
They are also the pipes I give away to lure new smokers into the fold.
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[jaytex1969]

It was only 5 weeks ago that I bought my first 10 pipe bag and posted about it, so the change was recent.

Remember when ice cream was generally sold in half gallon cartons? Years back, they changed the package and the size to 1.75l. My wife commented last night that it's 1.5l now, at least for Edy's/Dreyer's. But seven is a nice quantity.

I bitch to my wife every time I buy jarred pasta sauce. I've watched the price stay the same over the past decade, as the jar size went from 32oz to 28 and now 24.
#GetOffMyLawn... ::

 

[spartan99]

The shrink ray is a favorite tool of manufacturers to handle cost increases or increase their take without an explicit price increase. It's probably noticed by fewer people and so provokes less negative reaction.
Beware the Effects of the Grocery Shrink Ray

 

[spartan99]

To avoid any misundertandings, I'm not accusing MM of doing anything on the sly. They've been very open and honest about what they're doing and why. My previous post was about the shrink ray in general.

 

[bnichols23]

+1, mso. A couple of my favorite bowls have been the high-level cobs. Good karma comes in all forms.
Wyfb, we're gonna start calling you the Candyman if you aren't more careful about your dealing. :nana:

 

[weezell]

Missouri Pride Corn Cob Pipe for $4.79, can't beat em...

 

[newbroom]

Giving away corn cobs to prospective pipe smokers is a great reason to have a bag on hand.

I gave my younger brother a couple of cobs and a tub of SWR a year ago and he's converted from cigs to pipes.

I'm thrilled to have helped him enjoy tobacco sustainably and more thoroughly.
I'm always looking to foster pipe smoking in cig smokers.