starting to sound like Canada down there. Buy now, it's only going to get worse. My retailer called saying he was bringing Cringle in and it would be $80 CAD!!! I'm going to buy a tin just to support, but their plan to shut down the industry by pricing the hell out of it is working. What more, we now have plain packaging rules, so the tins look like a flattened pile of cow shit.
$80 CAD is $15 USD so it’s about the same?
Is shipping tobacco from U.S. to Canada an issue from one regular folk to another?
If you declare what's in the package, as you're legally supposed to do, it would be the same I guess.
Would that 6 months’ improvement be spoiled if it were put into a jar first (to try initially fresh) vs left sealed in the tin?
No. Cigars are made from rolled tobacco leaves.
Good question. I doubt it. I've jarred lots of tobaccos over the years and they haven't suffered the worse for it.
If you don't have someone to mule it across the border, or vacuum seal and send small amounts in an envelope, don't bother. I've been burned trying to order from e-retailors. They hit you with duty that is more than it's worth.
I don't buy cigars in Canada at all anymore. My favorite Hoyo d Monterrey Epicure #2 went from $21 cad to now over $40 in the last 5 years. I've never smoked cigarettes so can't help you there, but it's an appalling, deliberate attempt to steal from people who are already taxed beyond reasonable comprehension. Lumping pipe and cigar smoking as the same as cigarettes is insanity.
Agreed. I've ordered cigars in small numbers, or tinned cigars from SP. Overall it's been worthwhile compared to buying domestically, but it's hit or miss; you know. The government has certainly taxed cigars out of reach of the working man or woman.
This is why all of our favorite blends are becoming so hard to find. People are hoarding in anticipation of this happening in the US
Pipe tobacco used to be designated as wholesale, or unfinished tobacco, as opposed to cigarettes and cigars that were finished product. As such, the cash grab tax was significantly less. That changed a few years ago and it's now lumped in with everything else. You can now bring 50 cigars across the border and 7oz of pipe tobacco. 50 cigars is a lot of cigars, 7oz of pipe tobacco is not a lot comparably.
Haha, I had Vauen No. 14, Capstan Yellow (Gold?) and HH Pure Virginia in my cart to try on recommendation of a forum member but had forgotten to finalize the order so ended up doing the same. Didn’t expect the Cringle to be there so what the heck.
