Priapus Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 so, i was out with a few mates today, and we ended up in edgware road. i said to my mates... wtf?! you lot want me to pay for this (£12 per hookah) when i can do it at home ( a ) more relaxed, ( b ) my own stash ( c ) i know what i'm doing, ( d ) GOOD music... ...( k ) free...anyways, we ended up smokin there, and when i left to buy some drinks i saw a shisha shop, and thought time to stock up WoooT!!!went in, looked at a few flavours, 500g (AF) for £75... i thought that was a BUT...then i saw they want £9 for 20pcs of jap silvers (the ones that come in a log of 4 that you can snap off)i felt the ... x2 so i walked out...or limped ... hobbled... dazed? anyways, whats your worst place to stock up on?price wisetrustability (is that a word?) as in, if you get a dud/broken item (stem/coal) will they replace it.anything else you wanna add, feel free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikemyusername Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 my closest local shop, thats right down the road only has HHblack.ftl.my other local shop is 18 miles away...ftl! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvansLight Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 If i really really really need something the only place close to where i live during the week is a small tobacco store that only sells hookah-hookah shots... for $9 a pop...I mean, its hookah hookah. The devil incarnate, satans tobacco, ya know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherwood Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 No shop with anything worth buying within a mile from my home. All local shops suck. I have no idea why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moefasaaa Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 i've got a cigar shop 2 miles away that sells AF 250g for $15, Golden for $17. Starbuzz 100g's for about $15 as well....way too overpriced for me. Also sells Myas for about the same prices as online (if you figure in shipping) but without any freebies.And then i've got one shop about 5 miles away that sells nakhla and 3-kings coal, another about 5 miles away that sells starbuzz for $19 and coco-naras for $12.50, anddddddd another shop about 10 miles away that sells AF for $10, starbuzz for $17, nakhla for $8, layalina, and arabica shisha, along with 3-king coals. They're my #1 shop to stop at if i need something asap...otherwise their variety isnt too good unless its AF. (but no Golden line ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RingsMaster Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 i dont think i have any shops around my dallas area that dont rip me a new one when i buy something. ugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Caterpillar Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 QUOTE (Moefasaaa @ Jun 24 2009, 10:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>i've got a cigar shop 2 miles away that sells AF 250g for $15, Golden for $17. Starbuzz 100g's for about $15 as well....way too overpriced for me. Also sells Myas for about the same prices as online (if you figure in shipping) but without any freebies.And then i've got one shop about 5 miles away that sells nakhla and 3-kings coal, another about 5 miles away that sells starbuzz for $19 and coco-naras for $12.50, anddddddd another shop about 10 miles away that sells AF for $10, starbuzz for $17, nakhla for $8, layalina, and arabica shisha, along with 3-king coals. They're my #1 shop to stop at if i need something asap...otherwise their variety isnt too good unless its AF. (but no Golden line )Honestly man, if you want them to carry something a polite suggestion would probably be appreciated. Most business owners want to keep their customers happy I was in a head shop in Nor Cal 2 weeks ago and, after being through 5 head shops in the county found only SB and Fumari, suggested that they carry some Tangiers since it's California and all. They were psyched to hear about a Cali-repped shisha and decided to start stocking it. Sometimes you have to open their eyes for them haha Hell, maybe they'll start giving you a homeboy hookup for looking out for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antouwan Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 all head shops here are a complete rip off and usually sell crap on top of crap ontop of MORE CRAP. all for way too much money. but there is one that is somewhat decent, but still too overpriced for me, especially when there are a few quality mid-east grocers here who carry the same stuff plus more stuff, for better prices than i've seen online to boot. and for stuff like tangiers and the real-deal shit, i go to texas-hookah (a ways away from me because i don't live in da hood) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_D Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 This is why I refuse to buy in the uk.750g of nahkla mizo shipped in 5 days from america......£28 thank you!JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canon Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 50 grams of king moallassel for $6. a small dragon hookah (shitty hookah, you can find it on sarah smoke or some other hookah retail site that starts with an s) for $70.i just realized ive only been to 2 hookah shops. hookah kings owned by adrock and one in amarillo tx. adrock actually has reasonable prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zinite Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Smiley's in Tucson - 250g Nakhla for $45. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohinder Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Edgware is a complete joke. Was it Al-Mustafa you went in? She wanted £25 for 250 of AF... I'll leave it thanksUp the road there's a normal shop that sells a few hookahs and they have lots of AF and Nak for £15 and £10 which is about as good as it gets in the UK. I pay it for convenience. Queensway is much better if you want to buy stuff imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priapus Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 QUOTE (Moefasaaa @ Jun 25 2009, 06:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>i've got a cigar shop 2 miles away that sells AF 250g for $15, Golden for $17. Starbuzz 100g's for about $15 as well....way too overpriced for me. Also sells Myas for about the same prices as online (if you figure in shipping) but without any freebies.And then i've got one shop about 5 miles away that sells nakhla and 3-kings coal, another about 5 miles away that sells starbuzz for $19 and coco-naras for $12.50, anddddddd another shop about 10 miles away that sells AF for $10, starbuzz for $17, nakhla for $8, layalina, and arabica shisha, along with 3-king coals. They're my #1 shop to stop at if i need something asap...otherwise their variety isnt too good unless its AF. (but no Golden line )dude... you damn lucky!! i only got one shop near by. yes. ONE. good thing is, the price they sell shisha for is good. £15 for 250g AF. nak going for £8-£10. bad thing is no starbuzz, layalina, or any other shisha... except... the devils very own FAKE shisha... soex. QUOTE (antouwan @ Jun 25 2009, 06:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>all head shops here are a complete rip off and usually sell crap on top of crap ontop of MORE CRAP. all for way too much money. but there is one that is somewhat decent, but still too overpriced for me, especially when there are a few quality mid-east grocers here who carry the same stuff plus more stuff, for better prices than i've seen online to boot. and for stuff like tangiers and the real-deal shit, i go to texas-hookah (a ways away from me because i don't live in da hood)Edgware Road is said to be another arabic state... thats how arab that place is. you want to smoke shisha, there'll be shops lined up next to each other 4 in a row... i have no idea how it works. crazy. i mean, they get the shisha dirt cheap, but sell it at like what 300% markup? i mean, how much is 250g of AF in dubai? £5? 10? they selling it for £30QUOTE (Johnny_D @ Jun 25 2009, 06:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>This is why I refuse to buy in the uk.750g of nahkla mizo shipped in 5 days from america......£28 thank you!JDi guess i'm gunna have to take a page out of your book JD. except if i need supplies ASAP for short notice parties. btw, how much is 20pcs of the jap silver coals normaly? QUOTE (mohinder @ Jun 25 2009, 02:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Edgware is a complete joke. Was it Al-Mustafa you went in? She wanted £25 for 250 of AF... I'll leave it thanksUp the road there's a normal shop that sells a few hookahs and they have lots of AF and Nak for £15 and £10 which is about as good as it gets in the UK. I pay it for convenience. Queensway is much better if you want to buy stuff imo.i cant remember what the shop name was to be honest. all i know is, i'm never going back. where in queensway? towords Taza? if you know queensway, you MUST know Taza... what shisha do they sell there? AF and NAK? no Tang or layalina? if they have Layalina, i'm a gunna head there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spats Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Wow! Here on Long Island the best I found in any of them wasflavored cigars and Bugler/Kite tobacco! I was afraid to ask forany kind of shisha (and this is supposedly an "enlightened" area"!)Got another to try on the way home from work tomorrow, but prollyain't worth the time to walk in the door... Mebbe I'll try the Hessgas station Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gak730 Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 I get my starbuzz for about $15-20, one time on a trip to Wisconsin dells, I went to a hookah shop to get more stuff because I brought my hookah with me, well even starbuzz was going for like over 40 bucks lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hartwell778 Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 I get my AF for about 12 with tax and 3 kings for 12.50 a box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizzbizz Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 QUOTE (Zinite @ Jun 25 2009, 05:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Smiley's in Tucson - 250g Nakhla for $45.Pfft Hippie Gypsy is horrible too. All they have is Layalina, Epic Smoke, and Deja Vu. 50g for like 8 bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_D Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Queensway is another 3 stops of the central line heading westbound.I used to smoke in a bar just opposite the tube station. I miss those days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohinder Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 (edited) QUOTE (Priapus @ Jun 26 2009, 12:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>i cant remember what the shop name was to be honest. all i know is, i'm never going back. where in queensway? towords Taza? if you know queensway, you MUST know Taza... what shisha do they sell there? AF and NAK? no Tang or layalina? if they have Layalina, i'm a gunna head there.I don't know Taza off hand. if you come out of queensway station and chuck a left, a little way up there's queensway market, there's a few guys in there. The hookahs are pretty toilet but there's one guy that sells three piece hoses, fairly decent for £5 a pop, you can get windcovers for £3, and Nak is £10 and AF is £15. There's also a knockoff AF that they're very open about it being fake, it's £10 for 250g and it's REALLY nice. I tried the Watermelon because there wasn't any AF watermelon and it's really really nice, I love it and I'll definitely buy more.The prices aren't as good as online, but if you just want one flavour, 250g of it, it's the only sensible option for me. When I'm staying at my girlfriend's and she has work and I don't, I just nip to Queensway and buy then go home, she's in East London so I'm already in London.I've never seen anywhere in the UK sell Layalina or Tangiers. If they start, I'll buy!In fact all I ever see is Nakhla and its offshoots, el basha and el nakhla, AF, fake AF, and Al Amir, and Al Waha - but I'm sure the Al Waha is fake. Edgeware have some 'homebrew' type stuff, but it's not that cheap I think she said £15 for 250g. If I go back up there and I can get her down to £10 I'll try some. Edited June 27, 2009 by mohinder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blastoffbrett Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 There's a Mediterranean store about 15 minutes away that sells nak for $6, AF for $8, and SB for $17. I haven't been there since the tax hike so idk if their prices are still reasonable. Although the guy kept trying to sell me HH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Best: SB 250g $16.00Worst: Romman 250g $21.00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priapus Posted June 28, 2009 Author Share Posted June 28, 2009 QUOTE (mohinder @ Jun 28 2009, 12:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (Priapus @ Jun 26 2009, 12:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>i cant remember what the shop name was to be honest. all i know is, i'm never going back. where in queensway? towords Taza? if you know queensway, you MUST know Taza... what shisha do they sell there? AF and NAK? no Tang or layalina? if they have Layalina, i'm a gunna head there.I don't know Taza off hand. if you come out of queensway station and chuck a left, a little way up there's queensway market, there's a few guys in there. The hookahs are pretty toilet but there's one guy that sells three piece hoses, fairly decent for £5 a pop, you can get windcovers for £3, and Nak is £10 and AF is £15. There's also a knockoff AF that they're very open about it being fake, it's £10 for 250g and it's REALLY nice. I tried the Watermelon because there wasn't any AF watermelon and it's really really nice, I love it and I'll definitely buy more.The prices aren't as good as online, but if you just want one flavour, 250g of it, it's the only sensible option for me. When I'm staying at my girlfriend's and she has work and I don't, I just nip to Queensway and buy then go home, she's in East London so I'm already in London.I've never seen anywhere in the UK sell Layalina or Tangiers. If they start, I'll buy!In fact all I ever see is Nakhla and its offshoots, el basha and el nakhla, AF, fake AF, and Al Amir, and Al Waha - but I'm sure the Al Waha is fake. Edgeware have some 'homebrew' type stuff, but it's not that cheap I think she said £15 for 250g. If I go back up there and I can get her down to £10 I'll try some.is the fake stuff that good? what flavours do you recommend? i'm trying to get my local shop to get ahold of some layalina and jap coals, he said he'll try to get some.wheres the shop in edgeware that does the homebrew stuff? would you be willing to go halves on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohinder Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 (edited) QUOTE (Priapus @ Jun 28 2009, 05:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>is the fake stuff that good? what flavours do you recommend? i'm trying to get my local shop to get ahold of some layalina and jap coals, he said he'll try to get some.wheres the shop in edgeware that does the homebrew stuff? would you be willing to go halves on it?I've only tried the watermelon but I really like it, it's nice and it's easy. It looks a bit like Nakhla but it works like AF, basically.The shop in Edgware that had the locally made/sourced stuff was Al Mustafa but she wanted something silly for it like £15 or £20 Edited June 28, 2009 by mohinder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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