When Esotericas drop: No one tells!
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To some, it might be a big deal. To most, it's about as exciting as watching sea cucumbers having sex.
You’ll see them snatched up even faster if you openly announce it on a very public forum.
I don’t find them a big deal though after trying a few of them and stopped buying them. I have a harder time trying to figure out what to do with the ones I bought in the past and I only have a couple. That was enough.
I don’t find them a big deal though after trying a few of them and stopped buying them. I have a harder time trying to figure out what to do with the ones I bought in the past and I only have a couple. That was enough.
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Not really. Online stock is a drop in the bucket while bags sit on B&M shelves collecting dust. A few B&Ms have been said to be shipping them to China because they don't sell. Little more than trading fodder and photo dressing.Interesting, well that may be the case, but for people like me where B&Ms don't exist, online stores are really the only option.?
I've seen a handful of announcements on drops from Germain's.
when I was in my tobacco accumulation phase , I would post about a drop of SG FVF, popular Wessex products, etc …. There was another member who always posted drops about hard to find tobaccos , and I appreciated it greatly. Some members take a negative of posting drops and have posted so.
as for desired esoterica being readily available at physical stores I don’t know . I doubt it. All that I do know , is that in free markets , you wouldn’t see bags readily sell in minutes at 100-150 bag . The Brick n mortar shop should wise up sell $100 bags on this forum all day of stone haven and Penzance.
as for desired esoterica being readily available at physical stores I don’t know . I doubt it. All that I do know , is that in free markets , you wouldn’t see bags readily sell in minutes at 100-150 bag . The Brick n mortar shop should wise up sell $100 bags on this forum all day of stone haven and Penzance.
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This is another issue. Many of the eyes reading these pages aren't forum members and if a blend gets too much noise here, it will be out of stock for months.
Tell that to the guys that Sable and I buy from.
Thought you despised Esotericas! If not, what do you like?
It's regularly announced on this forum, amongst others, on a consistent per-drop basis.
Pembroke, Dunbar, and Blackpool. My big hate is Stonehaven. It reminds me of that old black treacle cough syrup from the '70s.
I believe you that you, sable, and numerous others who have been smoking a pipe for a long time get a good deal, I’m guessing you have personal relationships with the sellers, you know them, they know you …Tell that to the guys that Sable and I buy from.
If more than two guys could do this at scale you could make let’s say $70 a bag profit minimum , buy 1000 bags make 70k a year easy breezy.
If I had more time I would test the theory . Someone should take up this risk free arbitrage in the market and make easy money . You be doing a service to the pipe tobacco mkt making it more efficient .
Not really into scalping, no tobacco is worth more than $5/ounce. When I got tired of Penzance a few years ago, I split up four pounds and gave it away to members here that hadn't tried it and traded my last bag to pipestud for some Murray's Three Year Matured Virginia.
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