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Post by stone on Aug 6, 2019 15:37:58 GMT -5
I obtained a tin of Peterson Irish Flake and the labels look so cheap they look like bad counterfeits! BTW, does anyone know the dating system on these tins?
I hate to sound like my grandparents and parents but the world my grandsons will live in will be sterile and dangerous!
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Post by puffy on Aug 6, 2019 16:22:56 GMT -5
Society keeps changing.It always has..Us old timers resent it,but we can't seem to stop it.
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Post by pepesdad1 on Aug 6, 2019 17:24:56 GMT -5
Society keeps changing.It always has..Us old timers resent it,but we can't seem to stop it. and probably, if there is a next generation, They will be saying it then too. |
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Post by Wolfman on Aug 6, 2019 17:30:29 GMT -5
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Post by elric on Aug 7, 2019 9:28:54 GMT -5
I obtained a tin of Peterson Irish Flake and the labels look so cheap they look like bad counterfeits! BTW, does anyone know the dating system on these tins?
I hate to sound like my grandparents and parents but the world my grandsons will live in will be sterile and dangerous!
You should see the plain packaging and disgusting pics that they put on tobacco products here. |
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Post by Darin on Aug 7, 2019 10:01:20 GMT -5
My favorite still has to be the naked guy curled up in fetal position with a note about how tobacco can cause impotence.
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Post by elric on Aug 7, 2019 10:22:39 GMT -5
My favorite still has to be the naked guy curled up in fetal position with a note about how tobacco can cause impotence. There's one before pic of a healthy guy who then 'got lung cancer from smoking' with an after pic of him looking like death warmed up. It was soon revealed that the guy died from AIDS, not from smoking related disease. Even though this is known, the pics still remain. |
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Post by unknownpipesmoker on Aug 7, 2019 10:54:57 GMT -5
I almost never buy Peterson's tobacco.
Is the tobacco any good at least? I usually jar and throw out the tin.
The old original nightcap tins were nice.
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Post by captblack on Aug 7, 2019 11:34:25 GMT -5
Agreed, but on the plus size the round tins do seal better than the older square tins.
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Post by BrunoT on Aug 7, 2019 11:51:19 GMT -5
I kept my first tin of Connoisseur's Choice which had the description as well. No "health alert" sticker either(we get these on both sides).
It's unfortunate, but I'm happy that at least a semblance of tin art remains on most. Tobacco for water pipes is just a color and a code here. I can't recall where it was, but I've also seen tins in pure olive green and nothing else on them.
So I enjoy it while it lasts!
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Post by chasingembers on Aug 7, 2019 12:55:46 GMT -5
Tins had very little to do with my purchases. I just bought for the contents.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2019 13:59:59 GMT -5
Tin art does have some influence. I know it has added to sales in the past for Squadron Leader, Mellow Mallard, Choo ChooTrain, etc. It is a shame, these warning labels have ruined that.
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Post by stone on Aug 7, 2019 14:36:17 GMT -5
Tin art does have some influence. I know it has added to sales in the past for Squadron Leader, Mellow Mallard, Choo ChooTrain, etc. It is a shame, these warning labels have ruined that. I think tin art does influence people, just like the artwork on cigars has a huge influence. It's just a shame that the vast majority of companies these days are 100% concerned about squeezing the last nickle out of it's customers with 0% concern for customer satisfaction.
It's how business is done these days but I don't have to like  |
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Post by pepesdad1 on Aug 7, 2019 14:52:11 GMT -5
I saved alot of the older tins from 2013 when I first started getting re-interested in my pipes and tobacco...just for the tin art which I thought one day may have some value as art rather than as a tobacco tin...a number of the McClelland tins had some nice art on them as well...damn shame that the anti-s have changed all that.
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Post by Legend Lover on Aug 8, 2019 7:53:34 GMT -5
I almost never buy Peterson's tobacco. Is the tobacco any good at least? I usually jar and throw out the tin. The old original nightcap tins were nice. I find Peterson tobacco quite good. You know what you're getting with their aromatics - they kinda have a signature taste to them. Old Dublin is a great tobacco though, if you're into latakia. |
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Post by Winton on Aug 8, 2019 8:19:25 GMT -5
Years ago, C & D had their tin art posted on their website. If you don't like new labels, you could print a new label and attach it to you tin or jar lid. Now you could google the blend and perhaps you could find an old label to use. If nothing else, you could use a sharpie to completely cover the annoying portion.
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Post by joeman on Aug 8, 2019 13:23:47 GMT -5
Though there's plenty of room on the bottom half of the label...at least it's free of the gigantic death-threat warning!
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