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Just Placed My First Order
Dunhill EMP, NightCap, Presbyterian Mixture and Sherlock Holmes. Good tabaks. Cant complain about them, other than I find that in Order to enjoy the Sherlock Holmes, I can only smoke it occasionally otherwise it looses its taste. I enjoy interspersing English and Oriental blends with a good...- drjohn
- Post #25
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Sample Before Buying
Spend your time looking at reviews online. I usually do my research before investing in a purchase. I would say read about 20 reviews on a particular tabak, if 15 are positive then it means it is a good tabak. So far this method has not done me wrong. I have been very happy with my purchases...- drjohn
- Post #8
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Buying Online from New Zealand
Im relatively new at importing for personnel use. And although a staunch traditionalist (I prefer snail mail to email) the Internet has had one great benefit for those of us cut off from the rest of the world....the ability to peruse and purchase tabak which you never see in this Country. Its...- drjohn
- Post #8
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Buying Online from New Zealand
Its worth noting that here in New Zealand the Current average price for a 50gm tin of Petersons Pipe Tobacco is around $90.00NZ OTC. This is the same for all the good brands. Davidoff I think is slightly cheaper. Erinmore at $60.00NZ is the only cheap Decent brand that's readily available. I...- drjohn
- Post #5
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Buying Online from New Zealand
In terms of importing tobaccos its worth pointing out that the margin on sales appears to be tiny. I think if you import 4 tins yourself you are saving about $10.00 total compared to a similar OTC purchase, once all the duties and taxes have been paid for. If you import less then 4 tins, you are...- drjohn
- Post #4
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Buying Online from New Zealand
Sorry for appearing to have broken the rules. Im not out to defraud Government or break the law, merely to make fellow smokers aware of what is possible under the law to the extent of my knowledge. More info is available at the customs website on gifts.- drjohn
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Buying Online from New Zealand
I didn't think I was circumventing any laws. Information about gifts can be found on the customs website.- drjohn
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Buying Online from New Zealand
With New Zealand's NAZI inspired Health Dictatorship, and its loony anti smoking agenda, we are seeing in New Zealand the loss of the once familiar Tobacconist shop from our streetscapes. The Tobacconist I knew of was the friendly fellow that was the man to see about all things tobacco related...- drjohn
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- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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New Zealand Briar Society
There's an old saying "United we Stand, Divided we fall". New Zealand Briar Smokers are faced with the challenge of there being only a few of us spread out over a Great Distance. This can make the sharing of information rather hard. There's definitely issues that need to be dealt with such as...- drjohn
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- Forum: Pipe Clubs