Bulldog_916 Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 ERIC THE HOOKAH MASTER SPEAKS!I had a feeling the crap with the KMs would keep happening as they figured out how brand loyal people can be. "Hey look they're still selling, lets keep giving it to em!"Boo for higher tobacco taxes, but you knew this would happen with the state the union is in. "Hey, we cant tax anything else and we need money, let's put this bigger stick in their asses and fuck over tobacco growers more, that'll solve all our problems!"Yay to Hookah Company for stepping up and making sure quality stuff hits their shelves. Yay to Eric for keeping up the R&D in this shitty economy. You keep working man and we'll keep buying. I'm almost ready to take a little vacation in San Diego soon. Possibly look for me late this month or late May-early June. I'm gonna need a little rest from this hectic bullshit called college/work. Tangiers: Not just A shisha, THE shisha. Haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted March 10, 2009 Author Share Posted March 10, 2009 MZs are overpriced. They have tighter tolerances, so they are easier to fit with gaskets, but the jars are above average.Yeah Russia! Call me.More later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voski Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 My ass is definitely coming down for spring break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rani Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 QUOTE (speel @ Mar 9 2009, 07:24 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Seems like the west coast is having all the fun.As always! (Says the Cali girl born and raised.....)'Rani Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rani Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 And..... Thanks from me too Eric for the update. It warms my heart a true coconut as only Tangiers can do it is still on the radar even if stalled. I will develop patience, I will, I will, I will...... I keep thinking I'm going to try and make a San Diego run in the near future and bring some friends from SD into the lounge, but I haven't cleared the time yet.... I'm working on it though!'Rani Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FactorE Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 All i gotta say is please make all these flavors in Lucid as well! sometimes i enjoy products with less nicotine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted March 10, 2009 Author Share Posted March 10, 2009 Gnu World Order: The Federal Government has a flat per pound tax. Some states do it by tobacco weight.Lucid/F-Line flavor additions are in line, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bye bye now have fun Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 QUOTE (Sonthert @ Mar 10 2009, 06:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Gnu World Order: The Federal Government has a flat per pound tax. Some states do it by tobacco weight.Lucid/F-Line flavor additions are in line, too.well in that case they might as well add the weight of the container to the tax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbs Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 More Lucid and F-Line? Grab the sharpies and cardboard I'm making a sign.."Will work for shisha" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippo_Master Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 QUOTE (Sonthert @ Mar 10 2009, 05:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Gnu World Order: The Federal Government has a flat per pound tax. Some states do it by tobacco weight.Lucid/F-Line flavor additions are in line, too.If you see a homeless man with a huge beard out in front of your lounge, it's not me (It's Scoop). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoop Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 QUOTE (Hippo_Master @ Mar 10 2009, 08:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (Sonthert @ Mar 10 2009, 05:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Gnu World Order: The Federal Government has a flat per pound tax. Some states do it by tobacco weight.Lucid/F-Line flavor additions are in line, too.If you see a homeless man with a huge beard out in front of your lounge, it's not me (It's Scoop).what? im not homeless and i always pay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victim026 Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Hey Eric are the new AF Hookahs already ready for sale and if so where can we look at and purchase them online? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippo_Master Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 QUOTE (Scoop @ Mar 10 2009, 11:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (Hippo_Master @ Mar 10 2009, 08:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (Sonthert @ Mar 10 2009, 05:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Gnu World Order: The Federal Government has a flat per pound tax. Some states do it by tobacco weight.Lucid/F-Line flavor additions are in line, too.If you see a homeless man with a huge beard out in front of your lounge, it's not me (It's Scoop).what? im not homeless and i always pay!Shhh don't blow my cover!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newjacksm Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 QUOTE (Victim026 @ Mar 10 2009, 05:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Hey Eric are the new AF Hookahs already ready for sale and if so where can we look at and purchase them online?Would like to know this too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpimpitox Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Awesome update Eric! Can't wait for these new flavors to come out. I have another 3 weeks vacation incoming I'm gonna spend one of those visiting your lounge for a few days...its been too long. Im surprised nobody has thrown out a personal thanks on the mini phunnel of love. It's so beastly! I still have my sexy super chief I bought from you last time I was down. If they go into production again people pick one up! Tangiers hookahs? sign me up for sure! Taxes suck ass but I'll still buy feeding my hookah addiction cause well you only live once don't let something like shitty taxes bring you down and besides this may force other companies to possibly up their quality as they see dwindling sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookah hippie Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Nice update Eric I am excited for some new flavorsQUOTE (modisess @ Mar 9 2009, 01:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>p.s. scoop, your avatar is hilarious! i might do that to my sis one of these days..Dude much better idea I am going to do that to my roommates girlfriend who thinks she lives at my house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 QUOTE (Sonthert @ Mar 9 2009, 03:18 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Here's what's been going on...They raised taxes on all types of tobacco. The federal tax on 1 Lb. of hookah tobacco (454g) is going from $1.0969/Lb. to $2.82 approximately, April 1st, 2009. They will also be supposedly retroactively taxing tobacco back to January 1st. 2009 (Absolute horseshit!!). What does that mean to you guys? The wholesale price on tobacco will go up about $4.10/Kg ($1.71*2.2 Lb./Kg). This will of course raise the retail price at least $1/250g package, regardless of the initial price. You'll notice it most on lower price brands (since the tax is relatively a larger percentage of the price of the product). Starbuzz has already moved to increase wholesale. Tangiers is going to follow suit, raising wholesale $5/Kg. Increased prices on molasses and packaging make up the other $.90 cents. Other brands will be likely to follow suit up and down the line. If you're a big fan of roll your own cigarettes, grab your ankles, the tax is going from $1.0969/Lb. to about $26/Lb. So it could be worse for hookah smokers....Another KM container hit Los Angeles, more craptacular stuff, according to George. The guy that imported it doesn't like me too much, so I haven't seen for myself, but George assures me that is similar to the container from November, 2008. HookahCompany has a container coming in from Egypy sometime around March 12th. Supposedly its better KM stuff, some MZ and some no-name Egyptian stuff, including three piece leather hoses and high-quality stem pieces for them. Apparently, George spared no expense, avoiding third quality stuff for 1st quality stuff. I'm excited.No movement on Syrian shanks, but after the Egyptian container, George and I might dip into them. I haven't made any progress on making Tangiers shanks, but it is still high on my priority list. I've been working on a lot of new flavors. It gets harder and harder each time, the number of good flavors keeps dwindling and your expectations continue to go up, so...Flavors I'm working on...Tropical Punch....Done (#48)White Grape....Done (#13)Cola...stage 2Green tea with honey...stage 3Renovated Indigo Flower....Stage 4Violet...Stage 1Mango...Stage 1 (Still...yes)Undefined herbal flavor like Chartreuse (Stage 1) New Lime...stage 4Coconut...still stalled. Fail-boatCheesecake flavor...fail boat.Coffee Flavor...fail-boatMade some test batches of washed caffeinated tobacco. Look for samples of that.I forgot if I mentioned...a new batch of Japanese Golden Canaries were imported. They're back to their weight from about three years ago...17.6g/bar. The last batch was about 15.9g/bar. The Abu Hitham ones from 6 months ago were 15.4g/bar. Way to go Canary! Still no movement on Easy-Lite Chinese coals. Probably not going to be imported again. If you like them...stock up.Hookah Company washable hoses...big disappointment.Newer KM hoses...still crummy. Hoping for good ones in the next cargo container...does the carpet flavor ever go out of the deluxe hoses? Bohemian Jars. Still in short supply...will they ever get imported again? Romanian glass...not as good. Not that much cheaper. New KM jars...the gold rubs off. Bummer.Inspected the line of Hookahs from Al Fahker's West Coast distributor. Excellent. Easily the best quality shanks on the market. Look for a new entry to their hookahs, if you haven't been keeping up. Its quite nice, mediumish, not solid, much more affordabl, without the gold plating. Tony gave me a master case of Al Fahker plastic playing cards. Excellent. First class guys at Al Fahker's distributor.I'm still working with the distributor of Meduse hookahs in Great Britain to import Meduse to the US, to get the smoking ban/excessive taxation on Hookah tobacco lifted in Great Britain and get Tangiers imported to Great Britain. They also have a novel heating device for replacing charcoal. Quite interesting.Inhale has a new sculpted hookah, a resiny-plastic cover that has a glass jar over it, It has a skull, a snake and some other grim icon on it. Quite interesting and attractive, though.Super Chiefs may be hitting circulation again. MN Hookah...dropped off the face of the planet???Hookah-Shisha wants me to do a blog for their website. I have only one question...whats a blog? Lots of hookah lounges keep opening. Guess in Chicago closed theirs to do retail.Met and saw lots of nice people from out of state..MechAnt's friends, Judge Poser and his sister...Guys from the Chicago naval training center. Edit: This item removed to conform with Forum RulesSomebody wants to jack the the name Kashmir Peach...I have a trademark attorney working on the problem. You can thank Top Tobacco for trying to end-run me. Thats about it, all that I can think of. Thanks to all the people that support Tangiers, I love you all!OMG LIME SHISHA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternalSoil Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 QUOTE (FSUReligionMan @ Mar 10 2009, 10:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (Sonthert @ Mar 9 2009, 03:18 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Here's what's been going on...New Lime...stage 4OMG LIME SHISHA!he's had it... =)i think i have only tried his lemon lime, which was good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 AF Hookahs...I don't know where to get them...quizzically.Pimpito, call me if you need a place to crash for a day or two. Look forward to seeing you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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