A question was asked in another thread, “Why cellar pipe tobaccos, is it because of the FDA?” Sure, the looming FDA deeming sanctions might be one seriously good reason.
What are some other reasons?
What are some other reasons?
Why Cellar Pipe Tobaccos?
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Having tobacco when it's too expensive to buy.
Because I can and I just adore getting boxes in the mail.
Because once you smoke aged pipe tobacco, (like aged Orlik Dark Strong Kentucky), you prefer it over fresh!!!
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Stacked crates of tobacco replace the need to buy furniture.
It's one of the three requirements for turning your home into a shrine to the ATF.
My tins seem to be outpacing the S&P 500.
It's one of the three requirements for turning your home into a shrine to the ATF.
My tins seem to be outpacing the S&P 500.
In the long shot, it’s a pleasure to share with a friend.
Because I get to smoke what I want, when I want it. Because I can open a tin of McClelland, or McCranie's when I want it, and I didn't have to sell a kidney to afford a tin. Because I can smoke a tin of real Escudo, instead of STG's "version". Because I can enjoy aged tobaccos that improve with age.
Hey man, that’s just too much. You need to calm down. There are newbies on this forum.
Once I learnt enough to be able to smoke a pipe and enjoy it, and pick out the notes I read about I smoked nothing but Dunhill Nightcap for a few years. When it went away I nearly quit pipe smoking because in my ignorance I thought there're no other tobaccos I'd like.
I don't want that to repeat, even more so that I've sampled some more blends, or blend types, which I love. So I now buy more than I can smoke in order to know that I have some depth of smoking ahead of me. The ageing factor is a bonus, not a driver of cellaring.
I don't want that to repeat, even more so that I've sampled some more blends, or blend types, which I love. So I now buy more than I can smoke in order to know that I have some depth of smoking ahead of me. The ageing factor is a bonus, not a driver of cellaring.
To answer the question, just look at what happened in Denmark. 30% tax increase on tobacco starting this April. California was also recently hit with two new tobacco taxes in the span of two years (might have been three or four years; feel free to correct me on this, but still, it’s pretty crazy).
Cellaring tins of tobacco is a hedge against when you might not be able to afford it.
Although i always get a laugh when an American gripes about how much their tins cost.
Although i always get a laugh when an American gripes about how much their tins cost.
I started doing it when I got in the old Yahoo Pipesmokers2 group, because of folks talking about Virginia blends, in particular, improving when aged. The Marlboro Protection Act, as then Senator Mike Enzi referred to it, was nowhere on the horizon. Nobody was hording. Nobody was thinking about McClelland's closing up. It was fairly easy to order just about anything you want. And I discovered that, yes indeed, aging does do marvelous things for Virginia blends.
That's why I do it. And that's why I keep adding, in moderate quantities - not to sell, or trade, or any other reason. I've never been one of those "I gotta try everything, and I have to buy 6 tins of this blend I never smoked before, because everyone is raving about it" smokers. To each his own.
That's why I do it. And that's why I keep adding, in moderate quantities - not to sell, or trade, or any other reason. I've never been one of those "I gotta try everything, and I have to buy 6 tins of this blend I never smoked before, because everyone is raving about it" smokers. To each his own.
Three reasons I cellar tobacco
1. I aspire to smoke tins which I aged myself some day
2. I like looking at the tins
3. I like buying them - It’s fun!
Three reasons I BELIEVE are BAD reasons
1. I don’t intend to sell tobacco ever. Even if I did, I don’t think tobacco is an investment
2. I believe as long as smoking tobacco is legal, I will be able to buy them. I don’t cellar for the reason that tobacco cannot be purchased in the future
3. My mathematics tells me (Power of compounding) - While tobacco is getting more expensive, money invested in a suitable portfolio grows faster in MOST cases. So to me the logic - tobacco is cheaper today does not make sense. Yes tobacco is cheaper today than in the future- but if I invested the money instead, I will be able to buy the same tobacco in the future if it’s available at a higher price and have change left over in my pocket.
1. I aspire to smoke tins which I aged myself some day
2. I like looking at the tins
3. I like buying them - It’s fun!
Three reasons I BELIEVE are BAD reasons
1. I don’t intend to sell tobacco ever. Even if I did, I don’t think tobacco is an investment
2. I believe as long as smoking tobacco is legal, I will be able to buy them. I don’t cellar for the reason that tobacco cannot be purchased in the future
3. My mathematics tells me (Power of compounding) - While tobacco is getting more expensive, money invested in a suitable portfolio grows faster in MOST cases. So to me the logic - tobacco is cheaper today does not make sense. Yes tobacco is cheaper today than in the future- but if I invested the money instead, I will be able to buy the same tobacco in the future if it’s available at a higher price and have change left over in my pocket.
Because there is an out of control mob of "do gooders" trying every day to make sure that they control what I do.
When the revolution comes, tobacco can be used as currency.
...and I like getting stuff in the mail.
...and I like getting stuff in the mail.
Because I can afford it right now but I might not be able to in the future.
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