Mail Call

Hiker007

I enjoying see what people are buying/smoking.  Here is a my mail call from today.  It was my end of summer order from P&C.  I know there are some who do not like using P&C, but I have never hand a bad experience with them. 

jfreedy

I’ve also never had a bad experience with P&C. In fact, they recently gave me a free tin of Frog Morton original because they advertised something that they were out of... permanently. I consider that pretty good customer service. 

Woodsman

I use P&C mainly, but I use others as well. I pay attention to the sales.

Topaz75

In general, I think most of us here really like P&C.  They just had one colossal screw up earlier in the year that managed to piss off a lot of people.  Everything now seems to be back in order.

pwkarch

Guys

I think P&C are back on track, several recent orders have been fine........

motie2

@Hiker007 -- Yowza, that's a really fine order of pipe tobacco. 

Where do you guys get this kind of money?

Hiker007

@motie2
Everything except the Briarworks was on sell,  I will not be able to order anything else for a while.  I am stocked up for a long while, especially since I only smoke one or two bowls a week.  I have a very limited budget.  I have been saving to place this order.  It was just over $100, so I could get free shipping.  Trust me, I do not have the money to be place a big order all the time. 

motie2

@Hiker007 --  In any event, well done! You got a lot of return for a $100.00 investment!!!

RockyMountainBriar

Hiker007,  (Hmm, I really need to find out about how to respond/link/ whatever it's called to user names.)  Anyway....... When you get around to trying those Panama Jack tobaccos, let me/us know how they were.  I have been thinking about trying some of those as well   Especially the Pina Colada, Mango, Melon, and Key Lime.  I recently got some of the Planta Anno 2015 "Brazilian Mixture" and it has an interesting lime flavor/note, which I really enjoy.  I wish I had seen it sooner and got a tin, the tin art is really cool.  Alas, I could only find bulk   I have also been looking at the Briarworks Sweet Tea.  It seems we may have similar tobacco tastes

motie2

@RockyMountainBriar -- Just put a @ in front of a name.

Hiker007

@RockyMountainBriar

Will do.  I have tried the Briarworks Sweet Tea.  I really enjoyed it. I have not tried the others yet.  I wanted to get the Panama Jack before I went on vacation.  I wanted to try it while at the beach.  However, I did not get around to it before vacation.  So, while at the beach I smoked more cigars than my pipes. 

RockyMountainBriar

@motie2 Thanks, I thought I had tried that?

RockyMountainBriar

@motie2 Lookie there

Corey562

Its not tobacco but I was happy to see half my order show up today.

mfresa

uh-oh.  @Corey562 is going to be busy.  what will be crafted out of this batch? I can see some plateaus that I'd love to have :-)

Corey562

In this half 16 platuex and 23 ebauchon. A couple of dies a new funneling tool and a few pieces od ox horn.

ghostsofpompeii

@Hiker007 Let me know what you think of the Panama Jack blends. I enjoy "Key Lime" - it's possibly one of my favorite fruit blends. It has a nice refreshing taste and it actually does taste like key lime. I also have "Melon" but not too impressed by it. I've had several bowls and only one time did I get a distinct blast of cantaloupe during a retro-hale. I literally perked up in my chair because it was an honest to God taste of fresh cantaloupe. I never got another taste of any kind of melon anytime after that. It was like a once in a lifetime experience that has yet to be repeated. So I'm really curious how the other three blends fare.   

TaylorJDutton

what happened with p and C? never heard about it. also  corey, what is the difference between those two different cuts/types of briar? i want to start carving my own pipes!

Woodsman

Looks like @Corey562 is going to be very busy. @TaylorJDutton P&C went to a new operating system and messed up  a LOT of orders almost exactly a year ago. Many were never straightened out and many of us $50 credit as an apology.

motie2

Notwithstanding the problems of a year ago, P&C and Smokingpipes.com remain my two favorite online tobacco merchants.

For pipes, I go to eBay.

Charles

Agreed @motie2.  Both seem to have everything and are dependable sources.

thebadgerpiper

Yesterday, I received an order I placed from SmokingPipes.com. I had some money I was holding back for IPSD, but ever since last year, I've been searching for Rattray's Hal O' The Wynd, but it was never available when I'd place an order online. I used smokingpipes.com's handy in stock notification system, and last week received an email that it was back in stock. Since I wasn't sure it would still be in stock by IPSD, I picked up three tins, an additional tin of Dunhill's 965 (before it disappears), and 2oz of C&D's Shandygaff.

Also, as for the P&C concerns, I agree that their service is back to normal. However, after the ordeal from last year, I wouldn't blame anyone having some trepidation about their first order post-P&C System Switch Gate.

motie2

I've bought from both P&C and Smokingpipes.com

Never had a problem with either one. Smokingpipes seemed to ship faster......

Woodsman

I've been ordering from P&C since it got itself running right with no further problems and they seem to be more aware of their customer's opinions.