In Praise of the PipesandCigars.com mail catalog

thebadgerpiper

I wrote a new post on my pipe blog praising the pipesandcigars.com mail catalog. With print media slowly dying, the P&C catalog provides our hobby with an important resource in preserving our history. I came up with the topic after chatting on here with @motie2 about the catalog.

https://thebadgerpiper.wordpress.com/2018/02/23/advertising-you-want-to-read/

Kmhartle

Great post on your blog, @thebadgerpiper. Thanks for sharing. 

PappyJoe

Nice blog. 

wbradk

Yes, their catalog is nice.  What a shame that there are not more such.  Years ago one saw pipe ads everywhere...

jim102864

It is a nice catalog, but with the advent of online websites and such, I find catalogs to be a nuisance.  They rarely make it past my garbage bin within seconds of retrieving them from my mailbox.  I used to love perusing catalogs and found them a great way to relax.  In many ways, the internet has infringed on our lives and I suppose this is one of them.

motie2

I am very happy with P&C's catalog, their service, and the reviews on their site.
And when something is out of stock I'm happy to have Smokingpipes.com and eBay as alternatives.
But you cannot peruse them in the head, unless you bring your iPad in with you.

buflosab

I kinda like getting the P&C catalog myself, I'll keep it for awhile and eventually discard it. Better than opening up a bill from whom ever. Of course looking at all the great blends a bill is not far behind.

Oddjob27

Great great post my friend. I totally agree with you.

daveinlax

I still enjoy paging though the P&C and CI catalogs in the “reading room”. I grew up in the pre internet pipe mailer days and finding one in my mailbox was always welcome! 

motie2

I keep all the back issues going back to Fall of 2016 when I took up the pipe after more than two decades.

Topaz75

One of the great things about the P&C catalog is that once the new one arrives, you can pass the old one on to someone else. My guess is that a number of folks have been introduced to the hobby in this way.

Londy3

...it's still good bathroom reading material..

pipeman83

I look forward to it each month, I to have several back issues.

xDutchx

Back when I was a kid, there was a company called "Johnson Smith," that had a mail order catalog that I loved to receive in the mailbox. It had all kinds of neat novelty and gag gifts. One of my favorites, was a telescope that you would offer to let an unsuspecting victim look thru, that would black their eye without them knowing it.

The Pipes and Cigars mail order catalogs are reminiscent of those mail order catalogs of old, and almost as much fun.

Woodsman

I always leaf through it when it comes.

Jayhawk422

As part of the younger generation, most of my mail now has been replaced with digital online statements. But I look forward to getting the P&C, CI, and Thompson catalogs in my mail box

thebadgerpiper

Thanks for all the feedback everyone!

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad we have the convenience of ordering pipes/tobacco online, but as I mention in the post, I'm glad we have a print catalog to read through.

Charles

Great post @thebadgerpiper.