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The Pipe Collectors Club of America, better known as PCCA, was started in 1984 as a way to interact with the hobby by offering information in a 32 page printed newsletter called The Smokers Pipeline. In addition to the newsletter, PCCA would offer high grade products, mainly pipes, at club discounted prices and make available a selection of products well beyond that offered by others.
In the beginning they did charge a nominal fee for membership, after all, something had to pay for the cost of thousands of newsletters and photos, but this fee was dropped after about 5 years.
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