The joys and dangers of Ebay pipes

[WalesLax]

Wonderful looking pipes, Richard. Hope to have a set of Lawries a lot like those one day, though for obvious reasons, I'm avoiding ebay while shopping for my first set of pipes.

Avoiding eBay while shopping for pipes is an intelligent decision, in general. That said, OC Richard and a few others on here are fantastic resources for identifying some potentially good opportunities on eBay, and possibly more importantly, avoiding some major issues.

Adding my own $0.02, I bought a set of pipes off of eBay that were brought to my attention via this thread, and I was happy with what I got. If you scroll back a few pages, you can see the pictures, but the gist of the story is, I spent a few hundred dollars on what I knew was a bit of a lottery ticket. Once they were in my hands, I could see that they weren’t a jackpot, however they were definitely quality pipes that look and sound gorgeous, and should have cost significantly more than I paid for them.

While not an expert, I am always happy to help out when and where I can, which I think is true for the vast majority of people on this thread and in this forum.

….if nothing else, I find the pipes posted in here to be incredibly interesting and the discussions fascinating.

Rob