My latest pipe purchase was a dud. It was a late-night minimum bid on eBay that I immediately regretted. It was ugly as sin and when I received it, I noticed that it had literally broken in half and been repaired. It had a badly caked meerschaum lining.
Long story short, life is too short for ugly repaired pipes, so I broke it in half and threw it in the trash.
Onward and forward.