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Post by Dramatwist on Dec 11, 2018 21:56:29 GMT -5
Kelly, your absolutely correct. I checked a bit earlier as well. PS
A tin of 40th Anniversary sold for $80.00!! Guess that means I have at least $800.00 in hand....lol...we're all gettin' rich... |
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Post by trailboss on Dec 11, 2018 22:15:43 GMT -5
How much was the 40th anniversary going for when it was released, about $20?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2018 22:18:43 GMT -5
How much was the 40th anniversary going for when it was released, about $20? I paid just under $19.00 per tin. PS
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Post by kxg on Dec 11, 2018 22:22:39 GMT -5
I suppose this is one advantage to tins over bulk; easier to market some years from now. Of course you have to have the foresight to stock the tins that will be in high demand in the future!
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Post by Mac on Dec 11, 2018 22:29:49 GMT -5
Yeah its more like tripling the price of bottle water before a hurricane or buying up all the generators and selling them at three times the price after the storm. Or like quadrupling the price of a epi-pin. The first two is price gouging and is illegal, though rarely enforced. Those are necessities, and urgently needed in a time of some crisis or other. Asking a small fortune for pipe tobacco is not "nice" but not in the same category as gouging. The Epi-pen price hike is reprehensible, but not illegal. |
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Post by trailboss on Dec 11, 2018 22:41:20 GMT -5
How much was the 40th anniversary going for when it was released, about $20? I paid just under $19.00 per tin. PS
Heck, I offered you a tin👍I know, and it is greatly appreciated,I was just curious about the price when sold... The local B&M (YeOld Pipes) sold Christmas Cheer for about the same price when it was available.... not a bad pricepoint for quality tobacco to enjoy on special occasions. I paid $150 per pound for Heinrich’s Curly Block at the time, but it is worth it. |
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Post by Legend Lover on Dec 12, 2018 5:36:46 GMT -5
I wonder what it would go for if it did start at $0.99.
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Post by qmechanics on Dec 12, 2018 6:04:53 GMT -5
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Post by scrooge on Dec 12, 2018 6:18:41 GMT -5
Fair price for ebay prices. We're spoiled here we sell for our costs an below.
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Post by kbareit on Dec 12, 2018 7:20:35 GMT -5
Being I'm new to all of this and have not had any of the McClelland blends am I just better off not knowing what I missed out on or pony up some cash and see what could have been?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2018 10:10:03 GMT -5
Fair price for ebay prices. We're spoiled here we sell for our costs an below. Nice seeing you on here James, hope your doing well👍 |
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Post by sablebrush52 on Dec 12, 2018 12:53:27 GMT -5
Very likely the buyer is a stateside agent buying for Chinese buyers. These prices are peanuts.
Spot on. Buyers set the prices in a market, not sellers. If you don't like the price, don't buy the product. The market will adjust accordingly.
Nobody has a gun to their head, forcing them to spend this kind of money on tobacco. It's their choice.
When McClelland's impending demise became clear, speculators descended like locusts, on a biblical scale, to wipe out everything they could find, anywhere they could find it. I know of one guy who rounded up 38 lbs of 5100 alone, by calling every B&M within a three state radius and driving to pick it all up. Opportunities like this don't come along very often and people are opportunistic. Buyers provide the opportunity. Vintage tobacco is a luxury commodity, not a necessity, so collectible rules apply here, not humanitarian.
Would I pay this kind of money? Not unless I was sure I could flip it or flip enough of it to cover what I want to keep. At this point, I don't need any more tobacco. I have plenty of great smokes that I really enjoy. So I really don't care what's available, what's not, or what someone will pay.
So I neither blame, nor praise, this guy for selling his collectible tobaccos at a fairly steep profit. He took the risk by buying it in the first place. Buyers provide the profit. That's what capitalism is.
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Post by sablebrush52 on Dec 12, 2018 12:59:09 GMT -5
Being I'm new to all of this and have not had any of the McClelland blends am I just better off not knowing what I missed out on or pony up some cash and see what could have been? It's just tobacco. There's a lot of it available at regular retail. Frankly, I wasn't a huge fan of McClelland's offerings, with the exception of their Red Virginias, so I didn't really cellar much and have what I'll need. There are a lot of great blends available. What's the point of lusting after something that's unavailable, or priced at "collectible" levels? |
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Post by sablebrush52 on Dec 12, 2018 13:03:26 GMT -5
Yeah its more like tripling the price of bottle water before a hurricane or buying up all the generators and selling them at three times the price after the storm. Or like quadrupling the price of a epi-pin. The first two is price gouging and is illegal, though rarely enforced. Those are necessities, and urgently needed in a time of some crisis or other. Asking a small fortune for pipe tobacco is not "nice" but not in the same category as gouging. The Epi-pen price hike is reprehensible, but not illegal. The Epi-pen guy is in the slammer, if I recall. He should be covering the expense of his incarceration. I have a different take on life saving medications. They ought not to be commodified, nor monetized. But we're still a primitive society, and so it goes. |
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Post by PhantomWolf on Dec 12, 2018 22:18:53 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2018 22:52:27 GMT -5
I offered $30.00 and it was not accepted 🤪😜🤪 |
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Post by Legend Lover on Dec 13, 2018 4:23:25 GMT -5
That's just crazy. It's already been said, but if it goes on at a reasonable price and the bidding takes the final price up to the $3000 mark then that's the buyer's prerogative. But to put it on at $3000 simply winds me up (regardless of whether or not someone is willing to buy it). |
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Post by PhantomWolf on Dec 13, 2018 14:11:05 GMT -5
I offered $30.00 and it was not accepted 🤪😜🤪 Hahaha I'd offer $200 but what if he accepted ?!
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Post by pepesdad1 on Dec 13, 2018 15:14:49 GMT -5
Can't think of anything of McClellands that would be worth anywhere near those prices. But since I have a decent McClelland cellar...maybe that is driving my thinking.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2018 16:22:59 GMT -5
I offered $30.00 and it was not accepted 🤪😜🤪 Hahaha I'd offer $200 but what if he accepted ?!
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