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Snuff in Canada

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Can_supplier

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I think you might mean snus..

Snuff is just regular old chew, skoal for example that you can get at any gas station, is snuff.

snus you can order online from buysnus.com, they are legit. You may or may not get hit with the tax, or they may or may not hold it on you. It’s much like e-cigs..

In Canada snus is sold under DuMarier name in Ottawa and Edmonton, but that is it.

Go south of the boarder and there is new Marlboro and Camel snus. I'll recommend Marlboro spearmint if mint is your thing, but the rich tastes like Gym Socks.
 

cbksj25

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The snuff I'm talking about is powdered snorting tobacco. Snus seems pretty good too. In any case I did find a pre-paid card, but the fees aren't that good. They take Interac as payment.

http ://www .muchmusic .com/ muchmusiccard /teen .aspx

I would still much rather buy some from someone at a profit if anyone has an excess of snuff, so I'll wait until tomorrow to buy this card if there are no sellers.
 

Can_supplier

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Confusing eh? Same name for 2 things, snuff.. Careful who you buy from doesn't make the same mistake I did. I doubt you'd want to snuff the snuff I was talking about LOL why they call they chew that is beyond me.

Careful with those pre-paid credit cards. Since you will be buying out of country make sure you can use them to purchase in another currency, and if you can they don't charge some ridiculous fee.

You might want to ask the seller if they will take Western Union, you can send the right from your bank, in the currency the seller wants.
 

cbksj25

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You were right about the customs charges but only one of three parcels ordered ended up getting hit with duties. Unfortunately the card I mentioned takes a while to get. I opted for a Vanilla Pre-Paid MasterCard from Shopper's Drug Mart instead, a 100$ card for about a 6$ fee.

Success/Failure Info:

325g of snuff from northerner.com, of which 275g passed duty free. Still waiting for the out-of-stock 50g.
11 tins of snus from Buysnus.com, of which 6 tins passed duty free. They tried to charge 56.xx for the other five tins, which I requested be returned to customs.

Shipping times:
Northerner.com = 5 days
Buysnus.com = 7 days

Customs hits: 1 of 3
*410.6 grams passed
*113 grams tariffed.

410.6 grams ended up costing 91.15CAD, a 35% savings over 7.50/pack cigs, with a possibility of 50 more grams arriving duty free. Very good deal overall.
 

cbksj25

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They tried to charge $56.xx for those five. I read somewhere that the best way is to order from a store that will ship them five at a time. Northerner.com and Buysnus.com both do this. For as long as you order three rolls(30 cans) or less they will ship the cans in multiples of five using envelopes.

The tins that got the $56.xx duty fee only actually cost $12.78.
 
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