Mel sent this email out today:
Wingenroth Pipe Shop
706 Cumberland St
Lebanon PA 17042
717 273 7727
Regretfully, on Friday, September 30, 2016, Wingenroth Pipe Shop wil be terminating business.
The current **edit** in Pennsylvania has finally succeeded; via a 55 cents per ounce tax on pipe tobacco; in making doing business in this state unsustainable.
By my current estimate, it would cost between 6 to 8 thousand dollars ( based on current inventory ) just to keep the doors open upon the remittance of the extortive floor tax placed on existing inventory which the state requires.
I am sincerely grateful for all the wonderful companies and dealer representatives I have had the pleasure of meeting and working with since acquiring Wingenroth Pipe Shop in 2000.
Kindest Regards
Mel J Hemperly