Inflation????

[user 3779]

I knew the value of our currency was dropping but didn't realize it had gotten to the point one could take a chop saw to a beech dowel and start selling em as tampers for $12+ with the s&h :scratch:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BEECH-WOOD-SMOKING-PIPE-TAMPER-NEW-PERFECT-/310808507691?hash=item485da1752b:g:tt4AAOxy3zNSl8bx

 

[Ozark Wizard]

What the market can bear, yes?

 

[user 3779]

Agreed,lol Just have a hard time with what the market will bear sometimes.

 

[Stick]

But the dowel is nicely shaped at one end.

 

[mark]

And the grain is outstanding !!! :fpalm:

 

[Richard Burley]

Looks like those they hand out at pipe smoking contests. Most of that seller's stuff is slightly "fringey," if that's a word. I like the fly ashtray, actually, and just might buy it unless someone more depraved than I beats me to it. The shipping cost rankles, though...

 

[RDPipes]

That's what unscrupulous people do. $3 for a dowel and $9 to ship it, I wonder where he's making the more profit.

 

[user 3779]

That's what unscrupulous people do. $3 for a dowel and $9 to ship it, I wonder where he's making the more profit.

I would have been less taken back by this if a little of the profits had gone to some light grade sand paper to remove those rotational tool marks up the sides.

 

[ftrplt]

YGBSM :suspect: :suspect: :suspect: !!! :cheers: FTRPLT

 

[Richard Burley]

YGBSM :suspect: :suspect: :suspect: !!! :cheers: FTRPLT

Had to look that one up, fighter pilot.

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[ZeroContent]

12 ALREADY SOLD! WTF?

 

[user 3779]

Yeah Zero...that was my feeling on this. If only someone had let all the pipe and accessory makers know this what people really wanted.

 

[Fazby]

A hunk of dowel makes a nice tamper. Not at that price, though. Unless one cannot afford the sandpaper and/or cannot cut a piece off of a full dowel.

 

[ftrplt]

YGBSM :suspect: :suspect: :suspect: !!! :cheers: FTRPLT

Had to look that one up, fighter pilot.

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Hey Bro', nice find!!! Been there, done that; albeit in a different airplane! :cheers: FTRPLT

 

[Ozark Wizard]

It seems I put too much effort into my craft.....................

 

[user 3779]

A hunk of dowel makes a nice tamper.  Not at that price, though.  Unless one cannot afford the sandpaper and/or cannot cut a piece off of a full dowel.

I'll stick with a 20 penny nail in a pinch, requires no mods to be functional.

 

[user 3779]

It seems I put too much effort into my craft.....................

Imagine what you would do without all the time invested in making a nicer finished product though...you could make twice as many things you wouldn't want a decent picture of. :idea: For what it is worth I have enjoyed your work.

 

[Brewdude]

And the salient point is that this seller will very probably sell many of these.

:roll:

Caveat emptor!

:!:




Cheers,

RR

 

[RDPipes]

Hell, maybe I outta just give up making pipes and start making tampers, it's seems the profit margin is better.

 

[Jevverrett]

It seems I put too much effort into my craft.....................

Imagine what you would do without all the time invested in making a nicer finished product though...you could make twice as many things you wouldn't want a decent picture of. :idea:  For what it is worth I have enjoyed your work.

I'll second that. I love the pipe I got from him.