This is like eight tins, at ten dollars a tin, would be eighty bucks, so about an eighth the cost of ten tins of mid-grade tobacco, but I got it on sale. The going price is $13.45, if I remember, so it is a little more. Even at eleven and change, you add shipping and tax, and it is about twenty bucks, but a nice bargain any way you figure. It will take me years to smoke though a pound, with a number of other blends in rotation. But it does give me a backstop if there's a big blend shortage, and I can always do mixtures (home blends) for variety. Had someone dressed this blend up in a fancy tin and told me it was $16 for 1.75 oz., and I'd smoked it, it would have still been enjoyable, and I wouldn't have any tip-off it came in a budget bag. Yes, similar to D&R. If you find a blend you like in this format, it is a good buy.