Hey call me cheap or what ever; But when I buy something I like to get what I pay for. A certain snuff, pipe tobacco company I won’t mention till I contact them. Have no clue they are ripping US OFF or maybe they do.
I buy my pipe tobacco buy the pound and divide it up into two ounce jars for cellaring. Many times I come up short, sometimes by an ounce. Now I am saving by bulk to tin ratio so I didn’t complain as yet.
But I just received so called vacuumed sealed 25 gram tins of snuff and weigh them on the triple beam; just as I figured some tins were 8 grams short. Now start adding up that shortage So if any one has notice your getting less pinches per tin maybe we can get there act straight. Who is with me?
Curious, I’ve never weighed a tin’s content-don’t have a scale. But I’d agree, you shouldn’t be coming short. But 8g’s, could that discrepancy(sp?) be related to lost moisture?
Funnily enough, I noticed the same thing as Gentleman. I got a 25g tin of SP No.1 just last week - still with its vacuum intact and the snuff in great condition - but the tin was only half full. Sounds like a production line issue.
I have had the same issue with Viking. I have numerous tins that were light to some degree. I also had one 8 grams short. Almost 1/3…that was the worse one. Some are spot on but they definitely have a QC issue with weights…
I’m at the point now that if I doing any trades I will have to add snuff to the tin or send it in a separate package to get the weight right.
Im not surprised. @basement_shaman can you weigh all your new tins as they come in, or ones you havent opened yet and chart how different brands are doing? Id weigh the tin with, and if its short with the tin included then they didnt even use lube.
On the opposite end, although I don’t have a scale, I would bet some Toques come in over weight the way they are jammed into the tin. Anyone ever measure them?
I had this same problem in my younger years, but i was not buying snuff, if you know what i mean. The situation was rectified, they quit selling to me. No real excuse for a company though.
Our 10g tins are actually filled to between 10.75 and 11.25 and our 25g tins are filled to 26.00 - 26.5. It’s the same with our Economy bags, we always add a bit more just in case. I’d hate to be short changed and I won’t short change you guys.
@Gentleman I respect your right to your OPINION, but factory work not withstanding, if you presented results to the scientific community based on a triple beam, you’d be laughed out of the room.
