California Customers at P&C...It Has Begun.

[docpierce]

EDIT: Fixed Capitalization in Title (See Rule 9) - Bob

I just got an email from Pipes and Cigars stating that they now require California residents to sign to receive packages containing tobacco. The receiver must be over 21. Not really a problem at my age- but it is an extra trip to the Post Office for me. The email stated that CA law had changed.Also P&C now requires CA customers to upload an image of a official Govt. Id card to their site.

TBH, this could be an impediment to further purchases. Just an extra hassle. On the plus side- I like their wide selection of bulk and fair pricing. I get that it's not their fault- just a california thing.

Did anyone else get this email?
Will other verdors also require an ID on file?

 

[BROBS]

who knows? I would never live in Cali......

 

[docpierce]

who knows? I would never live in Cali......

Every state is the Golden State now. MUHAHAHAHaha.

 

[magicpiper]

I'm surprised you can still ship tobacco to California at all. Surely they've gotten word that a lot of folks enjoy smoking tobacco. They've got to have something in the works with everyone's best interest in mind...like an all out ban.

 

[kcghost]

P&C always makes it difficult for you. See if you can get the stuff from another supplier who ships with someone else.

 

[BROBS]

P&C always makes it difficult for you. See if you can get the stuff from another supplier who ships with someone else.

right.. I believe this is actually due to UPS.

 

[Akousticplyr]

The People's Republic of California is leading the charge. I bet we start seeing other states do something similar....
So is this the end of the beginning, or the beginning of the end for pipe tobacco?

 

[Brew&Briar]

I just placed an order.. Did not know they now have this rule. Hope mine skids by ?
I hate waiting for the post to arrive just to sign the package.

 

[cigrmaster]

I just got a letter from Cali and it said, Dear Harris, since we know what a good dude you are, don't worry about signatures, state taxes, anything that would inconvenience you. We appreciate that you came to visit SF back in 1999 and will forever remember that long weekend.

Best regards,
The state of free will and peoples rights.

 

[jmill208]

Coming to a state near you. California is only the breeding ground for this garbage.

I placed an order with P&C recently and was pleasantly surprised to see that the great state of Maryland now not only charged me sales tax but an additional excise tax on my purchase. This pretty much negated the percent-off deal I was utilizing. It will only continue to get worse.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

It certainly isn't going to get any easier. But how often do most people order? Once per week? Once per month? Having to sign for a package or, what horror, you have to go to the post office to pick up a package. If you order from P&C, just feel lucky that you get it at all.

 

[docpierce]

I just got a letter from Cali and it said, Dear Harris, since we know what a good dude you are, don't worry about signatures, state taxes, anything that would inconvenience you. We appreciate that you came to visit SF back in 1999 and will forever remember that long weekend.

Best regards,
The state of free will and peoples rights.

Things in SF have really gone downhill since '99, Harris.

 

[cigrmaster]

Mark, going to the post office takes away valuable time that I could be working on my faster than light travel formula, so it is a big fucking deal.

 

[cigrmaster]

Things in SF have really gone downhill since '99, Harris.

Doc, at least you get it.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Every state is the Golden State now. MUHAHAHAHaha.

You never get a sideways look about smoking in Kentucky.

 

[mso489]

Partly for the hassle and partly for the security and privacy aspects, this would certainly send me looking for other ways to procure my tobacco. I'll try to put up with some crap to support my retailers, but then eventually I won't if I can find another way. Sending out copies of an i.d. doesn't sound like a good idea, for starters. The drug cartels would have those the next day.

 

[brian64]

I'm surprised you can still ship tobacco to California at all.

Agreed...how did CA allow WA state to become more "progressive" on this issue?

 

[saintpeter]

I was born there (Pomona), but had the foresight to leave at the tender age of three. Sure, my parents moving had a little to do with it.

 

[brian64]

I was born there (Pomona), but had the foresight to leave at the tender age of three. Sure, my parents moving had a little to do with it.

I thought that was when you were abducted by the Black Frigate.

 

[docpierce]

Come for the weather- stay for the crime.