Quote Originally Posted by Pugsley View Post
I have hundreds of tins of tobacco, which has always been my preferred method of buying and aging it, but I wonder how long it would last if I could no longer afford to replace it. It seems the smart move is to change my ways and buy in bulk now while I still can.
I bought some tins at the beginning before realizing how drastic the difference was in terms of cost/oz. I traded most of them away, so I wouldn't fall in love with tin only offerings. Especially if you are vigilant and catch the good deals, it's a huge difference even factoring in jars. I got 5 lbs of lane limited ready rubbed recently for a dollar an ounce with free shipping. I could have bought 8 pease tins, or a few more of something cheaper like orlik, but instead I ended up with 5 times the ounceage. Then came 5lbs of D&R tobaccos for 87 shipped. IT's all about watching for the good deals. McClellands I don't care for, and they were (for a while) almost twice as spendy as C&D, and you ended up getting more water weight with the McC due to more humectant use in their bulks, so it's easy to spend a ton on bulk too, but not as much so. On deck sometime is a 5lb bag of Macbaren Golden extra, just waiting for the coupon codes necessary to get it under 120$. the list goes and on with regards to great economical gems.

I do think baccy ages a little bit nicer in the tins, but not enough to make up for the cost difference give that I am an extreme penny pincher. Unfortunately I did fall for Pease Key largo, so I'll need to grab a few tins of that =D