CPT/VSG
New Member
I've really been tempted lately to make a purchase from a well-known Internet pipe site that is, apparently, the first to have Pease's Maltese Falcon. The aforementioned Internet site has tinned tobacco--for example, GL Peases', that is $3+ per 2 oz. tin less than either of the two bricks and mortar stores I frequent in Columbus or than the Internet site of a famous pipe store in Chicago that I visit several times per year (I order frequently from that site when products are unavailable locally).
Although I'm tempted to save a few bucks at the lower priced Internet site, I also believe it is important to support B&M businesses that still support the pipe trade as a major part of their business. Plus I enjoy visiting the two local stores regularly and herfing there; the Chicago store is my first stop every time I'm in town and I'd hate to see them dissapear after 150 years. Consequently, I spend more than I have to for the same product. I justify this on the basis of loyality to real live tobacconists who I have come to know and the relatively low price of pipe tobacco (and pipes) in relation to cigars. As a serious cigar collector the past several years, pipe tobacco and pipes seem modest in cost by comparison.
What do you guys think? Take the best deal or stick with the B&Ms?
Although I'm tempted to save a few bucks at the lower priced Internet site, I also believe it is important to support B&M businesses that still support the pipe trade as a major part of their business. Plus I enjoy visiting the two local stores regularly and herfing there; the Chicago store is my first stop every time I'm in town and I'd hate to see them dissapear after 150 years. Consequently, I spend more than I have to for the same product. I justify this on the basis of loyality to real live tobacconists who I have come to know and the relatively low price of pipe tobacco (and pipes) in relation to cigars. As a serious cigar collector the past several years, pipe tobacco and pipes seem modest in cost by comparison.
What do you guys think? Take the best deal or stick with the B&Ms?