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Irdamage
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Ontario prices, $10 for premium Canadian smokes (Du maurier $5-8 for crappier smokes. However you can get big whopping bags of cheap smokes on the native reserves for $15, but theres a reason there so cheap .
On the plus side. 40% of smokers in Ontario buy bootleg smokes, usually $5 for a premium . The recent rise in the Canadian dollar has also fucked us in a way because the value of the dollars gone up...but prices don't reflect the sudden increase in value of our money...
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BurningBeard
The IncomparableMr. Flannery

Registered: 01/23/08
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Re: Fuck tobacco tax! [Re: Irdamage]
#7928876 - 01/25/08 08:32 AM (16 years, 7 days ago) |
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Somehow I had a feeling this would turn into a discussion of economy elsewhere.
My point plain and simple, regardless of what prices may be elsewhere is that even at $4.00 and up, I can't afford the shit. It's become financially infeasable for me to continue smoking... unless I convert to rollies.
Interesting about the Canadian dollar. I had no idea.
Understand too that this isn't an attempt at whining. It's just a simple inquiry for advice.
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Zinglons Acolyte
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Re: Fuck tobacco tax! [Re: Redstorm]
#7928938 - 01/25/08 08:54 AM (16 years, 7 days ago) |
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Redstorm said:
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You guys ready for the Amero?

Not happening.
ya canada wouldnt want to share currency with us, wed fuck up their economy as well as ours then
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niteowl
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ToTheSummit said: Roll your own. Not only is it cheaper, but you will smoke less since you have to roll one every time.
Rolling your own is the way to go.
Roll Prince Albert and stay away from Top's and ZigZag brand of tobacco.
PA is the only way to roll.
It is like smoking a little blunt.
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Shroomism
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Re: Fuck tobacco tax! [Re: niteowl]
#7929339 - 01/25/08 11:18 AM (16 years, 7 days ago) |
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Holy shitballs... $12 a pack? Insanity. Makes me glad I live in VA for once. $3-4 a pack for most commercial brands.
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BrAiN
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Re: Fuck tobacco tax! [Re: Shroomism]
#7929351 - 01/25/08 11:23 AM (16 years, 7 days ago) |
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Cloves (Djarums) in DC used to be 12 dollars a pack. When I moved to Cali, they were 4.50. I moved back to DC a year ago and they're down to about 8-9
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OneMoreRobot3021



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4 dollars, ha. Here a pack is like 6 or 7 bucks.
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Shroomism
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Re: Fuck tobacco tax! [Re: BrAiN]
#7929407 - 01/25/08 11:47 AM (16 years, 7 days ago) |
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Yeah cloves are expensive here for some reason
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Gumby
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6 or 7 bucks? Are smokes cheaper in Brooklyn? No matter where I go or what brand(Camel, Parliament, Marlboro) I buy in Manhattan it's 8 bucks. I think ONCE I found a place in the village that sold them for $7.50
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Bandersnatch
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Zinglons Acolyte said:
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Redstorm said:
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You guys ready for the Amero?

Not happening.
ya canada wouldnt want to share currency with us, wed fuck up their economy as well as ours then
Canada did, however agree to share basically open borders with the U.S. though, despite the U.S. basically being Canada's Mexico at this point.
I pay 4.50ish for a pack of Camels here.
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