Ive been wating 3 months now. I have heard from serveral people that they signed up and never got anything. Sounds a bit odd to me but then again I am not the one running the company
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Free Pipe Tobacco Sample - Altadis
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Posted 3 months ago #
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Im in!!!!!
----> "The measure of one’s character is how you treat people who can't do anything for you."Posted 3 months ago # -
I just filled out mine...hope something good comes. Ill let you know.
Posted 3 months ago # -
Same here!
Posted 3 months ago # -
Just emailed Sterling Tobacco. I like the suggestions section, but as they also suggest, I just went ahead and sent an email with examples of what I smoke (I decided to mention Apple and Sugar Barrel). Let's see what I get!
"Let them all go to hell except cave 76!"
"There can be no fear sir! Go forward with faith in the briar!!" OTD 2-15-12Posted 3 months ago # -
I got my sample 3 days after filling out the form.
Posted 3 months ago # -
Got my email from Jack at Sterling today and he suggested and is sending me Sterling Honey Smoke based on my mention of Apple and Sugar Barrel. Looking forward to trying!
Posted 3 months ago # -
Well... Filled it out two months ago (see above), came in the mail today.
Thank you Altadis
Oh and it's Blend No. 5 ... Since I've had bad experiences with Lats, this is going in the cellar. It may pop up for trade sooner or later.
"The fact is, squire, the moment a man takes to a pipe, he becomes a philosopher. It's the poor man's friend; it calms the mind, soothes the temper, and makes a man patient under difficulties. It has made more good men, good husbands, kind masters, indulgent fathers, than any other blessed thing on this universal earth."
-"Sam Slick, the clockmaker" aka T.C.HaliburtonPosted 3 months ago # -
I got mine today also!!! Tabac Noir,....
Oh well at least I didn't pay for it!!
Posted 3 months ago # -
Rick, wanna trade ? I'll take a black Cav over a lat blend. Pm me if interested. I can ship out Saturday's only.
Posted 3 months ago # -
Wildcat you will find Jack and stirling tobacco has really good blends and uses very high quality tobaccos
Posted 3 months ago # -
Altadis 3 days really? Ive talked to several guys in pipe clubs who have done this and it seems to be hit or miss some get it and some dont. Seems like they pick and chose who gets it i bet they use your address and do a search that reveals your income and ones with higher disposeable income get it.
Posted 3 months ago # -
What a co-inki-dink! Got my Altadis sample in the mail today! Same as Rick, Tabac Noir from Sutliff. Heres a review I found: http://stlouispipeclub.blogspot.com/2011/05/tabac-noir-tobacco-review.html
We'll see. I do like cavs so I'm hoping me likey!!
Thanks Altadis!
Posted 3 months ago # -
Do I have to keep signing up every year? lol or just the once?
"I was born to lose. So I'll die to win." -Breaking BenjaminPosted 3 months ago # -
Do I have to keep signing up every year? lol or just the once?
Yes, but you have to legally change your name and sell your house and buy a new one each year. Expensive yes, but hey, it's free tobacco, right?!Posted 3 months ago # -
Well to my surprise I did get something from them today a can of tabac noir. ill let ya know how it is if and when i smoke it
Posted 3 months ago # -
I puffed away on my Tabac Noir sample... 2 bowls back to back just about, in 2 different pipes. Moist, not sticky, larger cut, black cav. Very mild and VERY cool smoking. I puffed away trying to get a bite out of it but couldn't. Flavor is fruity, spicy, vanilla but nothing overpowering, really pleasant IMO. Smoked bowl 1 right to the bottom. Consistant to the end, not goopy, nice ash. On the second bowl I set the pipe down and walked away. Relit about 30 to 45 minutes later, not the best idea. Some tobacco is even better (or at least differently good if that makes sense) using DGT, but I don't think this will be one of those. Overall a very nice, mild, flavorful smoke with very pleasant room note. I will let them know I liked it and will probably buy more or something else from them in the future, as this was my first Sutliff.
Posted 2 months ago # -
They must be handing out parkas in Hell right now. I came home this evening and went out to the mailbox and to my surprise, a large white envelope with what felt like a tuna can inside. Much to my surprise it turned out to be a tin from Altadis!
They sent me a tin of "Blend No.5" a nice smelling English blend. Haven't had the chance to smoke some yet though.
Either way, after almost 2 years and 2 requests, they finally sent me one!
Posted 2 months ago # -
They must be handing out parkas in Hell right now
Let the snowball fights begin!
Posted 2 months ago # -
Still Waiting.
I wonder if they go by region of the U.S. I live in Florida and its been 6 months. grrrr.If you can't pack it, light it, and smoke it then why do it. It's a dieing art that must be rekindled in all of us as fortold by our forefathers.
Words to live by for all pipe smokers.Posted 2 months ago # -
I just got my sample from Sterling! A pouch of Boston Whaler Aromatic and a pouch of 'Bargain Pipe Tobacco'. Just the scent of the tobacco in the pouch makes me excited to try it.
Posted 2 months ago # -
@jaysin: You might be right about them going by disposable income. Since all of my income is disposed of, that would put me high on the list, right?
Posted 2 months ago # -
I got a tin yeaterday after 3 months and 1 week.
Posted 2 months ago # -
Just to clarify about the pic, although it says 14 oz. I'd guess the amount as only 1 or 2 oz. They prolly just reuse the same sticker on the packages.
Posted 2 months ago # -
I got mine today....problem is the post office is closed and i only have a po box so i have to wait till monday to pick up the actual package....
“I believe that pipe smoking contributes to a somewhat calm and objective judgement in all human affairs.”
-Albert Einstein, 1950
Posted 2 months ago # -
I just got back from a Disney Land trip with my 5 year old to find my sample form Sterling! Two zip lock bags, one the bargain blend and 1776 Sweet Briar! Both smell great and can not wait to try them. I only took snuff with me on my trip so my next bowl will be a very special treat after a week of no smoke.
If you are wrong and you shut up, you are wise. If you are right, and you shut up, you are married.Posted 2 months ago # -
Got my sampler from Sterling four days after asking for it. One oz of Country Club and another of Bargain. The Bargain comes from all the tobacco they have left on the table after mixing all the blends, so it's random baccy. Both ounces were quality, you could tell the Bargain had not been blended on purpose, it was all over the place, but good tobacco. The Country Club is nice, with a flavor I haven't had before. Thanks, Pete!
Is Sterling a sponsor?
Posted 2 months ago # -
Ok I will stop crying that I didn't get mine. It came yesterday. Sutlif Tobac Noir- good blend, not a favorite but I did like the bottom of the first bowl. It may grow on me.
Posted 2 months ago # -
Ok I will stop crying that I didn't get mine. It came yesterday. Sutlif Tobac Noir- good blend, not a favorite but I did like the bottom of the first bowl. It may grow on me.
Not bad, right? I like it.
Posted 2 months ago # -
So I have been smoking it all day in several different pipes and ITS GREAT. Its seems to smoke best in my bent billiards. Tried it in a bulldog and it just didn't burn right. Its almost impossible to overpack this mixture. Its got a good earthy tone, it tasts kinda like...well I can't put my finger on it. The aftertaste reminds me of shortcut to mushrooms but the smoking flavor is unique.
Posted 2 months ago # -
Few months in and still nothing here.
You may call me "HerrDoctor"Posted 2 months ago # -
Wow! Just 4 days ago I emailed Jack at Sterling and today in the mail I received my sample of Honey Smoke and a bonus sample of Bargain blend! What service! I'll let you all know how they are...
Posted 2 months ago # -
Yep jack is def faster...I've been waiting for my altadis sample for about 1&1/2 mo now.
I'm a genius, kinda like Albert Frankenstein.Posted 2 months ago # -
Several years ago I ordered the Altadis sampler off the Pipe Show Online site and about 3 weeks later a huge box arrived with what must have been twenty pouches of tobacco. Except for the Mixture #79 (which quickly went in the round file after I tried a little in a cob and confirmed it was still the worst pipe tobacco ever made) most of the blends in the box were smokeable and there were a few that were very good. I especially liked the Dutch Masters Cherry Cavendish, the Fox and Hound, and some of the Iwan Ries blends. It was a very generous gesture on their part to send out that many samples. One thing that did irk me were all the pipe smokers that got on the internet and slammed Altadis because most of the blends were aromatics. I would be willing to bet that many of them never smoked most of the blends in the box. I think Altadis is to be commended for trying to promote pipe smoking in this day and age.
Smokey
Posted 2 months ago # -
I requested a sample from Altadis yesterday. We'll see what happens.
Posted 2 months ago # -
Just placed a sample request with Sterling, but so many different tobacco's sounded good I couldn't make up my mind. So I said to surprise me. I tell you what when I smoked a pipe the first go around about 8 years ago there was never so many selections that I was aware of...just the B&M's. Now that I have started back being a piper my head hurts every time I go to make my TAD order.
Posted 2 months ago # -
Mine came in today, sutliff Molto dolce...be trying soon
Posted 2 months ago # -
Just filled their form out. I hope in three years when I receive this sample that I will still be a contributing member of this fine forum.
Posted 2 months ago # -
I know it varies but I really like the bargain blend from Sterling. I'm going to order a pound of it next month.
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