How many times have you said .......

[Tobias Lutz]

A little while back I decided I would make a pipe rack for briar, and another for cobs. I gave away all the old racks, and sold the pipes that didn't fit in the new ones. Whenever I get new pipes I trade/sell the same number to keep consistent. I always leave one empty spot in case I'm gifted something, or I stumble upon an irresistible buy.

[Nature]

I decided that once I get to a certain point, I will require myself to sell one pipe for every pipe I buy. Please don't tell me how naive I am; let me live with my delusions for a little longer...

You're not delusional.
My guess is you just haven't decided what that "certain point" is yet, eh?

[NeverBend]

A little while back I decided I would make a pipe rack for briar, and another for cobs. I gave away all the old racks, and sold the pipes that didn't fit in the new ones. Whenever I get new pipes I trade/sell the same number to keep consistent. I always leave one empty spot in case I'm gifted something, or I stumble upon an irresistible buy.

Hi Tobias,

I decided to give up smoking so to celebrate I bought a lovely old Barling and a few pounds of tobacco from Pipes & Cigars....Just in case.

The above line is mostly true, except I didn't end up quitting and I didn't get the Barling, though I tried, because someone else pressed Enter on BUY IT NOW a hairsbreadth before me. It was bang bang and I lost so I'm going to order more tobacco tonight and buy a pipe tomorrow and then quit smoking again so that I can buy some more pipes and tobaccos.

You're a smoker, not a collector so you'll gradually keep pipes by their smoking ability and then you'll lose count. Add a few more, Smokers always want to see how well the next pipe smokes so we do tend to keep acquiring even when need is long since satisfied. I admire your plan and fortitude, same as I had when I was about your age but that was long ago before I realized that quitting smoking was so much fun.

Pete

[mooster]

You're not delusional.
My guess is you just haven't decided what that "certain point" is yet, eh?

Too true!

[MrMotoyoshi]

I'm slowly running out (actually quite fast) of pipes to sell off that will allow me to get more pipes. What is a piper supposed to do?!?!

[rx2man]

I still remember telling my wife 3 yrs ago that I was only going to buy a few cobs. Told her they are cheap dont worry I am not going to start collecting pipes. She just rolled her eyes and said "yeh right". Well she was right. I do not know how many pipes I have but its probably close to 100. And once my next trade comes in over 10 lbs of tobacco. I did trade off a lot of cigars so I did get rid of something. Poor wifey, she stopped counting the pipes a while back.