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 For US customers ONLY: UPDATE:

I can ship again to the USA.

However:

The cheap (no insurance possible) tariff of French Postal (La Post 'Delivengo') stays unavailable for US-customers, due to the tariffs, imposed by the US administration, for which they are not equipped yet.  Only their (less cheap) 'Colissimo' service (insurance paid by me) has now resumed. But things are not yet 100% clear to me. (But that's coming, so I will update when things are even more clear after a first try-out)

What says LaPoste about the import taxes that THE SENDER has to pay (so, the US has become the one and only country in the world where the exporter pays the duties...):

€1,00/shipment + €0,40 + 2.5% on the import taxes, applied by US Customs. As far as I can make out of the USA HTS documents, those import taxes would be:

For briar pipes and bowls: $0.4 + 3.2% per item (HTS 9614.00.25.00)

For system pipes (briar, aluminum, ebonite): I'm not sure. Could be HTS 9614.00.94.00 (metal smoking pipes. Hookahs?): 7.2% or 'Other' HTS 9614.00.98 $0.5 + 3% (I guess it will be that one.)

Shipments are now limited to €620,00/parcel.

It's all confusing, but one thing is for sure: Over all these years, I made lots of friends among my American customers who are very  dear to me. But I'm already working for a net wage/hour, far below the French legal minimum wage, so I'll have to charge those taxes to my US customers. Life has become hard for many people, not only in the USA. Inflation everywhere. I'm very sorry about that. Will the amount be substantial? No idea, might turn out better than expected.

Note: commas and dots in currency are written differently from country to country. Example: one thousand is written in $ as 1,000.00 and in € as 1.000,00)

Only gifts from one private individual to another of less than €80,00 ;-)  can enter the US tax free, but myself, as a pro, I'm not allowed to and so I can't take the risk. French laws and convictions are VERY strict. Penalties are VERY high.  If I would ship as a 'Gift', it would be considered and prosecuted as fraud,  (No slap on the wrist here.)

I'm VERY sorry that I can't take those taxes on me. I would end up with sweatshop wages. But I surely will try to compensate by freebies of your choice with off-the-shelf items from my website. (So: be clever and, in case of multiple items you order: reserve one that might become a freebie)

Thank you for your understanding.

Let's not lose hope and let's continue enjoying smoking a nice pipe.

Elie

Coming soon:

- The last 10 Kool Comrades:

4 sets boxed 3 bowls with ESK system

4 sets (not boxed) 3 bowls with ETK system

2 sets (not boxed) 2 bowls with 9mm filter

- An EKool Special: unique model, boxed, 3 bowls

- 2 new Jeema pipes

- Trying to revive my bowls for Falcon pipes due to high demand, but things aren't running very smooth. Can't figure out yet what's wrong. Maybe will need to cancel this project.

NEW !

3 New boxed sets of deluxe all unique system pipes.

My Delight

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During more than one month and a half, I couldn't log into my PayPal account. Numerous phone-calls to the help-desk (every operator had a different  ultimate solution that would work 100% sure, but none did).

Not only you will pay less, but I might be able to offer you freebies.

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The LAST Symbio pipe set with 3 bowls.

2 Hobbit pipes

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1 refurbished estate pipe.

Made by, smoked by, and refurbished by Elie.

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4 Hobbit pipes / The Shire

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A unique piece of system pipe history.

A collectors' item !

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Jima

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NEW simpler and more economical drying/cooling system for E-Kool, Kirsten and other Elie system pipes.

NEW....

Steppenwolf is back after 9 years !

NEW !
35% off on (already) bargain pipes.
(Clearance of pipes of other brands.)