Time To Give Up The Hobby
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For now, for now. But if you did some border area hiking
I wouldn't know.. I've only ever had the U.S. version.. got these at smoking pipes last year.
The Dutch Masters was from WV Smoke, I believe they still have some in stock. Was also a Sutliff product... actually used to be called Old Grandad Whiskey Cavendish (Like Old Grandad brand whiskey) but they changed the name some years back
nah. Eventually people will get over caviar. Mainly because as we get more access into the thoughts and actions of the rich it's easier to realize they aren't the best lifestyle coaches.
fun fact you can do that in the U.S. with illegal drugs. If someone sends you a box full of crack you're breaking the law the moment you own it i.e. take it off the porch or from a friendly undercover postman. I am pretty sure it wouldn't work but technically the way the law works is like that. Oh and you'll get in more trouble for the whole transporting cross state lines thing too.
Check your two bottom cans with the black lid. I see that black lid on the eu made version.
Yeah, I know people in Canada who produce serious quantities of tobacco with no issues.
Tobacco and alcohol in Canada have had a lot of tax for a long time. There's nothing new there. What is new for many is more and more difficulty in avoiding duty for online tobacco purchases. I've only been smoking a pipe for maybe five years, (Cuban cigars for over a decade) so I'm not from that generation of "decorative tins" or "hobby supplies" from a well-known, (to Canadians) online US distributor where Canadians would order pounds of tobacco at a time to reduce the shipping costs. I've always ordered small, (the advantage of smoking only three or four times a week) and sometimes I'd get hit with duty, sometimes not. But if I did, it would only come out to what I'd pay here anyway- but I'd have more choice. And as strange as this sounds, I'm sure the b&m around me, (I'm blessed to have three around me including the legendary Blatter & Blatter) don't mind the duties if it encourages us to support our local shops - if we have that option.
I feel for those who could order pounds for pennies and I understand the frustration- no disrespect. But I'm glad that for the moment I can procure pipe tobacco and cigars relatively easy and I'm going to stock up for when I can't; for when we all can't. For the moment, I'm going to enjoy my pipe - because it's a wonderful thing!
No, I haven't thought of that. I pressume if they've blocked access from Ireland they don't ship to Ireland. Like Smoking Pipes state they do not ship to Ireland.
And just like that the Aus Secret Police are going to be cruising Ft. Mac looking for greenhouses growing THE OTHER devil's cabbage...
I dont know about shipping but P&C was part of the STG takeover and other parts like Tobacco Review has been geo blocked for outside US.
As it does not state on the website no overseas shipping maybe try to place an order and see what happens!
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I'd rather pay in CAD than USD.Ya that's pretty egregious. Even if it's $560 Canadian...I joke of course.
But it sounds like you should just book a vacation to the US with an extra empty suitcase...
They'll charge the same as if a retailer sold it. It happened to me once, someone sent a genuine gift of 2 pouches of 50g a one stick and boom! $100 various taxes & fees.
That stings like a wasp in the bourbon.
Listen, rookies of the Canadian tobacco underground—take heart. I’ve been dancing this online order tango for two decades. Customs is a fickle beast, rolling in waves like some bureaucratic Poseidon. Sometimes the breakers are soft, sometimes they smash your skull against the reef.
Case in point: twenty cigars, two weeks ago. They slapped me with a $1.50 duty—barely the price of a gas station coffee—and then tacked on their inspection fees. I swear some customs drone with a taste for Maduro slipped me a wink through the paperwork. Meanwhile, 2.5 pounds of pipe tobacco ghosted through the system like contraband angels.
And the paranoia—oh, the paranoia. Imagine some poor customs agent hunched over a monitor, caffeinated to the gills, scouring obscure pipe forums like they’re intercepting cartel chatter. Pipe tobacco! Of all the illicit cargo screaming across borders—guns, pills, diamonds, exotic reptiles—they’re sweating over Virginia flake? If that’s the mission, they’re failing spectacularly. Work harder, customs agent! My taxes pay for your jittery surveillance circus.
Ease up on the coffee, or the pot, or whatever keeps you twitching.
These posts have been popping up for 15–20 years, like mushrooms after rain. There's been no change in methods, no uptick in frequency. And here’s the kicker: ordering tobacco into Canada is perfectly legal. No crime, no cloak-and-dagger. Just a man, his cigars, his pipe, and the eternal roulette wheel of customs.
So relax, rookies. The waves come, the waves go. Light up, laugh at the absurdity, and remember: the real contraband is sanity.
Listen, rookies of the Canadian tobacco underground—take heart. I’ve been dancing this online order tango for two decades. Customs is a fickle beast, rolling in waves like some bureaucratic Poseidon. Sometimes the breakers are soft, sometimes they smash your skull against the reef.
Case in point: twenty cigars, two weeks ago. They slapped me with a $1.50 duty—barely the price of a gas station coffee—and then tacked on their inspection fees. I swear some customs drone with a taste for Maduro slipped me a wink through the paperwork. Meanwhile, 2.5 pounds of pipe tobacco ghosted through the system like contraband angels.
And the paranoia—oh, the paranoia. Imagine some poor customs agent hunched over a monitor, caffeinated to the gills, scouring obscure pipe forums like they’re intercepting cartel chatter. Pipe tobacco! Of all the illicit cargo screaming across borders—guns, pills, diamonds, exotic reptiles—they’re sweating over Virginia flake? If that’s the mission, they’re failing spectacularly. Work harder, customs agent! My taxes pay for your jittery surveillance circus.
Ease up on the coffee, or the pot, or whatever keeps you twitching.
These posts have been popping up for 15–20 years, like mushrooms after rain. There's been no change in methods, no uptick in frequency. And here’s the kicker: ordering tobacco into Canada is perfectly legal. No crime, no cloak-and-dagger. Just a man, his cigars, his pipe, and the eternal roulette wheel of customs.
So relax, rookies. The waves come, the waves go. Light up, laugh at the absurdity, and remember: the real contraband is sanity.
Well written and I agree with most, but I will squabble on one point, there absolutely has been an uptick in frequency. Pre-2022 I got hit once in 20 orders maybe, now haven’t gone through once untouched since 2022. And this is happening to everyone I know, and on forums, I’ve just accepted the price and experiment less with new blends. You might be lucky enough to live in a spot customs hasn’t figured out yet, but not most of us…
bravo bravo you got me,
, pretty sure this is a lurker troll post, well done, it’s mostly true, but smells fishy all the same.
Yep it's gotten worse and I imagine as they make use of more technology it will get worse still.