Highland pipes for sale

Subject: Highland pipes for sale
From: gnu
Date: 24 Apr 08 - 11:25 AM

Saw this and thought someone here might be interested. Is this a good price? Pipes.

Subject: RE: Highland pipes for sale
From: GUEST,Smartarse
Date: 24 Apr 08 - 11:34 AM

Wouldn'nt have a clue, but I do know how to spell tartan.

Subject: RE: Highland pipes for sale
From: Little Robyn
Date: 24 Apr 08 - 04:50 PM

$300!!! Presumably US$. I think that's very cheap - I'd expect to pay around $1,000 these days tho I don't play war pipes.
Geordie pipes can range from 400pounds for a basic set to over 2,000pounds for a good set. Double that for US$!
Maybe the Highland pipes on offer are a very basic learner's set.
Robyn

Subject: RE: Highland pipes for sale
From: Geordie-Peorgie
Date: 25 Apr 08 - 09:22 AM

They look like the cheapo, plastic sets that appear daily on e-bay for about £30-£40

Subject: RE: Highland pipes for sale
From: EBarnacle
Date: 25 Apr 08 - 09:32 AM

He says rosewood but also says that there are two reeds [only?!]

Subject: RE: Highland pipes for sale
From: Big Mick
Date: 25 Apr 08 - 09:44 AM

I have sent him an email. As was noted above, there are many cheap sets that are nothing more than wall decorations. I suspect these are as well, especially given where they are being sold and his description. If he were around a community of pipers, he would know the maker. We shall see.

Mick

Subject: RE: Highland pipes for sale
From: gnu
Date: 25 Apr 08 - 10:41 AM

There are a fair few pipers around here.

Subject: RE: Highland pipes for sale
From: ChanteyMatt
Date: 25 Apr 08 - 10:40 PM

Aye, that's a fair price for firewood.

Subject: RE: Highland pipes for sale
From: gnu
Date: 26 Apr 08 - 05:11 AM

Hehehehe.

Subject: RE: Highland pipes for sale
From: Barry T
Date: 26 Apr 08 - 12:18 PM

I think these may have been made by that famous Roman pipe maker, Caveat Emptor!

Subject: RE: Highland pipes for sale
From: Les in Chorlton
Date: 26 Apr 08 - 12:21 PM

Is 8 threads to abuse a record of patience or what?