Yup, I would definitely agree there. I wonder if they will also be required to drop the NRT's and E-Cigs; or if those will still be considered OK because big-phama has a hand in them (that's rhetorical, btw...I already know the answer).
B&M/Drug store tobacco prices
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in this state (texas) the taxes are pretty high--most of the drug stores here have nothing but their bulk blends (the ones sold by Walgreen and CVS)--occasionally the may have Captain Black--
the supermarkets keep a few old American classics--PA,CH,Half and Half, SWR and SWRA in pouch and tub, but you really must NEED it to purchase--they average about $50 per tub--
i was in the local B&M the other day--he asked me if i would let him order for me--after talking it over, it wasn't feasible--the $30 (plus or minus a buck or so) per pound i pay for my Old Joe, HB, Morley's Best et al would just cover the tax he has to charge me--i'd love to support the local, but my income is fixed in retirement--that same day i picked up a tin of MM965--i didn't look at price till i got to the register with it--i bought it, but i was reminded of why i mainly buy in bulk--
i have mentioned before that my 'cellar' isn't so much for aging tobac as it is for stockpiling a supply before i get priced completely out of the market--maybe it is hoarding, but for me it's a defensive strategy--
this reminds me, i need another 2 pounds of Morley's Best
the supermarkets keep a few old American classics--PA,CH,Half and Half, SWR and SWRA in pouch and tub, but you really must NEED it to purchase--they average about $50 per tub--
i was in the local B&M the other day--he asked me if i would let him order for me--after talking it over, it wasn't feasible--the $30 (plus or minus a buck or so) per pound i pay for my Old Joe, HB, Morley's Best et al would just cover the tax he has to charge me--i'd love to support the local, but my income is fixed in retirement--that same day i picked up a tin of MM965--i didn't look at price till i got to the register with it--i bought it, but i was reminded of why i mainly buy in bulk--
i have mentioned before that my 'cellar' isn't so much for aging tobac as it is for stockpiling a supply before i get priced completely out of the market--maybe it is hoarding, but for me it's a defensive strategy--
this reminds me, i need another 2 pounds of Morley's Best
paranoia is setting in. I also am starting to stockpile my new fave blend, 7 seas regular. 26$ a lb. at 5lb. bulk prices 29$ for single lbs. I can remember when drugstores had huge inventories of pipes and baccy in the 50s & 60s. ah the good old days. They got up & went. My goal is to have 40lbs in da cellar. hmmm, maybe I will need more than that. Better order. The heavy tax on tobacco is a slippery slope. What is next? Just yesterday, in NYC, Bloomberg legislated that you can't buy a 32 0z. devil sugar soda. Give me a break, spare me. Do you think one could buy 2 16 oz?? Of course aspartame drinks are just fine. Im truely surprised that the smoking instrment (briars) arent heavily taxed as the devils tool.
Here in Nevada, I get my "drug store" 'baccys from the Tribal Smoke Shop. There is a Paiute Reservation just a few blocks from downtown Las Vegas. Massive Cigar Humidor. PA, Velvet,Cherry Blend, SWR, all the Capt's, etc.. in pouches and tubs. I probably sound like a commercial but these guys are the real deal.
Look around your area, if there is a Reservation around, check the smoke shop. One of my greatest finds was at a Reservation on the AZ-NM border. The TeePee Gift/Smoke Shop. Passed all the Dreamcatchers and Chinese-made Indian Blankets and found a wall filled with sleeves of Murray's Dunhill tins and the last tins of Edgeworth Sliced I think, on the planet. The Edgeworth is now in my Zombie Apocalypse Cellar but I smoked all the Dunhill that I could afford. Searches like these are part of why I enjoy this hobby so much. :
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Look around your area, if there is a Reservation around, check the smoke shop. One of my greatest finds was at a Reservation on the AZ-NM border. The TeePee Gift/Smoke Shop. Passed all the Dreamcatchers and Chinese-made Indian Blankets and found a wall filled with sleeves of Murray's Dunhill tins and the last tins of Edgeworth Sliced I think, on the planet. The Edgeworth is now in my Zombie Apocalypse Cellar but I smoked all the Dunhill that I could afford. Searches like these are part of why I enjoy this hobby so much. :
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(+1) lobrox. although it isn't a Reservation.
I purchase my "drug store" tobacco at our Smoker Friendly smoke shop. All other purchases I make thru Pipes and Cigars, which I learned about here while I was lurking. (I really do love those guys. Big thumbs up for Scotty & Crew.)
So far it hasn't happened, and I certainly hope it doesn't, but I would hate to see internet tobacco purchases head south.
I purchase my "drug store" tobacco at our Smoker Friendly smoke shop. All other purchases I make thru Pipes and Cigars, which I learned about here while I was lurking. (I really do love those guys. Big thumbs up for Scotty & Crew.)
So far it hasn't happened, and I certainly hope it doesn't, but I would hate to see internet tobacco purchases head south.
1+ on pipes and cigars. They have some good deals there, I recently got some Prince Albert, Captain black White and Royal, and a top rolling machine. They shipped it and three days later I was smoking what I ordered. Great service, great people to deal with. I'll be shopping there again.
http://www.briarshoppe.com/
went to the place above, yesterday. First time I had been there, even though it is about a 1/2 hour drive from the house.
Great selection of pipes. From Dunhills and Petes down to MM's in a basket. They also do a cigar humidor, lighters, and accessories of different types.
They had a sign on the door for 20% off on all pipes and pipe accerories.
Bought my wife a no-name Italian churchwarden that was listed at $20, 1 oz. of a tobacco she wanted to try that the lady behind the counter recommended (the store is, and has been, completely female run for years), and a bundle of long cleaners for the pipe.
Total bill was $23.95
Not bad at all.
Then we sat in the small smoking section, and I struck up a conversation with a local defense attorney who was smoking a cigar, and we bantered about the differences between defending criminals and watching over them.
went to the place above, yesterday. First time I had been there, even though it is about a 1/2 hour drive from the house.
Great selection of pipes. From Dunhills and Petes down to MM's in a basket. They also do a cigar humidor, lighters, and accessories of different types.
They had a sign on the door for 20% off on all pipes and pipe accerories.
Bought my wife a no-name Italian churchwarden that was listed at $20, 1 oz. of a tobacco she wanted to try that the lady behind the counter recommended (the store is, and has been, completely female run for years), and a bundle of long cleaners for the pipe.
Total bill was $23.95
Not bad at all.
Then we sat in the small smoking section, and I struck up a conversation with a local defense attorney who was smoking a cigar, and we bantered about the differences between defending criminals and watching over them.
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