high_society Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 I email social smoke to see if they are going to carry funnel bowls soon and I got a pretty interesting email that I thought I would share. "At the moment there is no plan to have those inverted bowls, however www.socialsmokehookah.com is developing new bowls ant they are in production right now. We expect them to be available for our customers in about two months. The new designs are an improvement on any kind of bowl in the market right now. Please Let us know if you have any questions." Sounds like they have something up their sleeves. Does anyone know what they have going on? I can't wait for some reason :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpimpitox Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 hmm something to possible beat the funnel bowl?? i dunno i cant wait to see what they have come up with! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.cOLt.45. Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Excitement!!!!!!!! I wonder what it will be... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scheetz Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 The new bowl, what could be better than a funnel? a dual funnel?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macho555 Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 I can't imagine anything being better then thr phunnel bowl... still pretty exciting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high_society Posted November 24, 2006 Author Share Posted November 24, 2006 going off something sheetz was doing. I think if you kept the holes towards the middle it would allow more smoke. (am I wrong?) One down side it would be tough to do with clay and what not. feel free to bash my idea I wont mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macho555 Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 They are both quite interesting.... I get the idea that Social Smoke might be making things from a new material, rather than a new KIND of bowl. Then again, they did use the term design... They DID also say email them with questions...so I say we bombard them XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 If they have them made in China, like everything else is, they'll turn out the same quality, no engineering design, just cast crud. It still baffles me why Social Smoke refuses to carry my tobacco or heads. I guess nobody likes Tangiers tobacco or heads. Maybe they didn't like the fact that I wouldn't give them a better price than HookahCompany was getting. I hope they aren't planning to by and large rip off my designs...I would have to call Shenanigans...and place a lunch reservation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakemonster Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 I wouldnt take it hard, man... They might have a business commitment with SB....... maybe contractual........ maybe just a matter of honor.... I cant imagine something that sells not being accepted into the product line otherwise. If its any consolation..... I own one of your bowls.... Its a high quality product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rootdown Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 sonther: where would you suggest i buy your bowls/tobacco from? im probably gonna end going thru hookahkings to get them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeLipinski Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 I don't think that they have a contract with SB, because hc.com has starbuzz for 20.00 (same price as social smoke). I understand they could possibly be getting it at wholesale for cheaper, but still. I would hate to stop buying from social smoke if they rip off the funnel bowl... though I always wanted a beautiful MYA hookah. Oh well. TANGIERS WE ALL LOVE YOU AND WANT YOUR FUNNEL BOWL AND YOUR TOBACCO!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostofdavid Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 I thought I FAILED today when I dropped my funnel on the hardwood floor. It lived and so did the hardwood floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PersianPride Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 QUOTE The new designs are an improvement on any kind of bowl in the market right now. Oh oh I sense a possible pwning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yonatan Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 kind of hard to tell from the post if they are coming up with something new or if they're just going to rip off the phunnel bowl and call it "an improvement." seriously, what could be better than the phunnel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyGuy Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 Well, what could be better than the phunnel? I could be wrong... but if memory serves right, Eric has made a bowl that is better than the phunnel, just can't really reproduce it is mass quantities by the chinese midget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macho555 Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Wait wait wait....theres ANOTHER tangy bowl out there??? I must know of this... Ghosty: I've dropped my damn small phunnel four times. Thing doesn't even have a CHIP from it. I'm getting rather confused as to how Dizzy broke his bowl. XD. I was always confused as to why SS didn't carry Tangy stuff...I know I havn't placed alot of orders with them, because I wanted to make one order, and hookahcompany carries EVERYTHING. I honestly hope SS's plan isn't going to be a rip off. I'd less a tad of respect from that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speel Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 whatever it is i hope its cheap and good =] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macho555 Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 My bet is really that they are planning to take the phunnel, and make it from something different. Like say...I dunno, glass, like a smiley bowl. Then they can jack the price up to 30 bucks and say its superior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyGuy Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Well, he has another design, it's the mushroom bowl i think? I think he just has his prototypes and that's it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macho555 Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Lmao, now I'm totally jonesin for new bowls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakemonster Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 I dunno guys... from what he wrote.... I dont get the feeling that this bowl is knock off of anyones stuff. The wording leads me to believe that this new design is a whole new critter. A bit early to go "witch huntin", eh? We dont even have the slightest idea of what this thing is yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalliwag Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 I know that the mod I made for the Tang's phunnel makes it smoke even better. I am sending the protoypes to Scott this week. It takes a lot less shisha with the mod to get it to smoke. I can assure you guys I am not jerking your chain on it. So what I am saying is that Tang's bowl will smoke even better in the near future so the mark to making a better bowl is even higher. If some of you DFW guys wanna have a get together this weekend we will smoke with it and let you guys decide? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostofdavid Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Tangiers, if you have a superior bowl to the phunnel, I'd still like to buy one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Social Smoke Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Its amazing how a simple email turned into this drawn out discussion. Scheetz mentioned harmlessly that maybe our design had something to do with the "phunnel" design. Without hesitation Sonthert/Tangiers makes matters worst by not calming down the situation rather hinting of the possibility that we would rip of his designs. That itself is insulting to Social Smoke. For the record our bowls have nothing to do with Tangiers designs. This first batch of bowls are not earth shattering new designs, rather improvements on traditional designs in terms of quality, style, functionality, etc. I will instruct the sales team to reword their emails from now on to prevent additional confusion. Simply put, the main reason we do not do business with Tangiers is because his business strategy and ours business strategy are not compatible. In addition, I personally, feel that Sonthert is somewhat of a loose cannon. This is at least the second time that I am aware of in the past 2 months alone, that Tangiers has instead of using his influence in a positive way, chosen to in one way or another make Social Smoke look bad. Finally, in my opinion a statement such as this: QUOTE Maybe they didn't like the fact that I wouldn't give them a better price than HookahCompany was getting. is unprofessional and whether or not it has any merit should never have been made as this would have been discussed in private. In regards to Starbuzz. Social Smoke has exclusive rights to market and distribute Starbuzz online. In addition, as Starbuzz's largest distributor, we have a very close working relationship. Hookahcompany has acquired Starbuzz by purchasing it through other non-official channels such as a retail store or a in between middle man. Both Starbuzz and Social Smoke has asked Hookahcompany nicely to respect our agreement which they have chosen not to do. Regards, Ali Nadimi Social Smoke, Inc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djbomberto Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 could it be, where instead of a dual phunnel, it be a Triple phunnel? like smaller openings like in a triangle? Where you get more air in, to where the rest of the tobacco burns at a more even rate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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