Snus in Canada

[LeSteif]

http://www.walpertobacco.com/swedish...149e5bc50ccda2

This should help you.

Sweet! So if you order from them you don't pay any additional tax? The price is a bit steep but at least then you know what you will have to pay. I was aiming at getting a stock (10 cans) and was hoping that that would last me until I go back home for vacation.

[LeSteif]

I live in Canada, so i share your frustration. Get your wife to toss afew rolls in a box wrap a t-shirt around it, hell fill the rest up with candy. Get her to tape the hell out of it and label it as a gift.

I have ordered from several forum users here, Thanks PP and the others. I have never been dinged when getting snus sent from fellow snuson member being from the states or from Europe.

I live in Edmonton, so i have no clue where in T.O to get it. My stash is running low if it wasn't i would send ya some to keep your nic levels up till the goodness arrives at your door.

I do have several orders coming in, once i get them i will let ya know and send a few tins your way. Are you just an Ettan Los man? I do have some coming by the way

Thanks for the support! Back home I am an Ettan portion (bags) man, but here, since I have to cut down on the snusing and since my wife is not here, I was planning on going to lös. I only use snus when I get back from work since at work I can not/am not allowed to use it. Learning how to use Copenhagan as snus, hence under the upper lip was something of a pain, but as they say, desperation is the mother of all inventions.
Let me know if you have some cans over, I'll be happy to help you get rid of them ;-)

[LeSteif]

our beloved Canada post, pun intended, it is a game of cat and mouse with them. I order from Northerner when I get banned snus, but the rest of my snus is from the US shipped to my US address in WA. Order from PP and you should get your snus without any "interventions". I just received a big order from Northerner, that is shared with another member here, when I placed the order I warned the other member that if it is caught by the Nazis we are basically screwed, lol, and it arrived without anything, just PMed him telling him the good news

So the Swedish snus is illegal in Canada? Me and my wife was wondering about that. Let's say that moral overlords in Canada intercept a package from my wife containing a stock (10 cans), could there be any legal repercussions for me or my wife?

[Maher]

So the Swedish snus is illegal in Canada? Me and my wife was wondering about that. Let's say that moral overlords in Canada intercept a package from my wife containing a stock (10 cans), could there be any legal repercussions for me or my wife?

no no it is not illegal, it is all legal here, I order LS and Camel snus mainly to Canada because I can not order it to my US, I wish I can get it in the US so as not to get any orders thru Canada post. The big and only issue here is Canada post and Customs, it is legal here but the customs are outrageous that's all, you can order whatever snus you want to Canada there are no restrictions. I think what happened with your package is an isolated instance, never had that we me and I have been sending/receiving shipments for years now never anything like you reported, that is why I say it is a very rare thing to happen, would be more safe to use FedEx or DHL from Sweden to Ontario? Northerner and other merchants use Swedish post and until now it is very reliable

[Maher]

Sweet! So if you order from them you don't pay any additional tax? The price is a bit steep but at least then you know what you will have to pay. I was aiming at getting a stock (10 cans) and was hoping that that would last me until I go back home for vacation.

did you see how much a single can is? 11.72$ wow, my recent order that arrived today, my average price+shipping per can came up to 3.98$, was lucky was not caught by customs, but even then customs would hit like 5 or 6$ per can with a total price around 9$. Now they are selling for that price as you have also to factor in the shop overhead, looks like they are making a 2-3$ on each and maybe more.

You are better off ordering direct and taking the chance that the package is not caught, plus having your wife there is a big plus.

good luck

[LeSteif]

no no it is not illegal, it is all legal here, I order LS and Camel snus mainly to Canada because I can not order it to my US, I wish I can get it in the US so as not to get any orders thru Canada post. The big and only issue here is Canada post and Customs, it is legal here but the customs are outrageous that's all, you can order whatever snus you want to Canada there are no restrictions. I think what happened with your package is an isolated instance, never had that we me and I have been sending/receiving shipments for years now never anything like you reported, that is why I say it is a very rare thing to happen, would be more safe to use FedEx or DHL from Sweden to Ontario? Northerner and other merchants use Swedish post and until now it is very reliable

So when you get snus shipped as a gift, do you label it as snus and the correct weight? Feels like a gamble being to honest... We talked about using FedEx or UPS but the price is outrageous if you're not a company, we are both normal people with normal salary's hence it would be to costly to send like that.

[LeSteif]

did you see how much a single can is? 11.72$ wow, my recent order that arrived today, my average price+shipping per can came up to 3.98$, was lucky was not caught by customs, but even then customs would hit like 5 or 6$ per can with a total price around 9$. Now they are selling for that price as you have also to factor in the shop overhead, looks like they are making a 2-3$ on each and maybe more.

You are better off ordering direct and taking the chance that the package is not caught, plus having your wife there is a big plus.

good luck

Nice! That is a price that I could live with. I saw another thread at this forum where a Canadian person ordered 4 cans snus from Northerner and ended up getting slapped with a 40$ duty, that kind of scared me away from ordering online.

[Maher]

So when you get snus shipped as a gift, do you label it as snus and the correct weight? Feels like a gamble being to honest... We talked about using FedEx or UPS but the price is outrageous if you're not a company, we are both normal people with normal salary's hence it would be to costly to send like that.

It was shipped from Sweden with the green customs declaration and the word snus in small letters, from experience sending it as gift is not good, you are still responsible for customs even it is a gift, as posted before it is luck and prayers only have had 50-50 success rate until now. Was charged 30$ a week ago for a reminder of a partial order, the first part passed thru, no customs, then the three cans which came in a small bubble envelope was taxed and how much you think? they charged 30$, paid it of course and now disputing the charges, should have been 13$ only, now a tug and pull game between me and customs, mailing and so on, lets see, still waiting on a 2 months old claim, have been playing by mail and nothing yet, so as you can see, it is a chance game, you pray that it is not caught by customs, if it is, you pay first then dispute, welcome to Canada lol

If I was in your situation, I would get my wife to buy it, even if she can buy rolls because of the price difference, then send in maybe 5-6 cans a time, in a bubble envelope, declare it as snus, make her write it in small letter hardly readable, so you are (both) legally covered, and put a value of 10$ max, then pray day and night good luck

[TommyGunBC]

I called Walper Tobacconist today and asked why there was a price difference between the the General Classic at $11.72 a can and the General Mint and Smooth at $9.29 , the fellow said it was because the Classic General was 1g portions and the others were Minis , I also asked what company was his distributor for the Snus and he informed me it was Rothmans Benson and Hedges Canada . I won't be ordering from Walper anytime soon I'd rather roll the dice with the Snus straight from Sweden .

[mark_]

Snus in Canada.

Hi guys,

I live in Alberta and have been snusing for 5 years. I’ve been ordering all my Snus from Buysnus and the service has been excellent.
It does seem however that when the packages arrive, Canada post throws a dart at a board to determine the amount of duty that I should pay.
The packages are always the same : 5 tins per envelope but the duty varies from as low as $8 to a high of $130 or anything in between.
How are you guys making out with customs…are your stories similar or do you have any tips on how to avoid the fees?
Thank you,
Mark.

[crullers]

Wow, $130 for 5 tins? I've been ordering online for a little over a year and the packages that have been charged customs have all been quite close. It is now around $30 give or take a couple of bucks for a package of 5 ever since customs upped their "Handling Fee" to $9.95. I think the small fluctuation may be due to currency exchange rates but not 100% sure. I am in Ontario so perhaps my packages are processed in a different location than yours.

[Zero]

Heads up, in case anyone hasn't noticed, the Canadian Excise tax for snus has gone up INSANELY.

Manufactured tobacco (Canadian or imported) for the regular domestic market, per 50 grams or fraction thereof.
WAS : $2.8925 NEW : $5.3125

Price per tin (ie: package 50g or less) has almost doubled. I just bought two rolls plus six tins (26 total) and my tax bill was $183!

Change was as-of March 2013 : http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/em/edn33/edn33-e.html

[trebli]

Heads up, in case anyone hasn't noticed, the Canadian Excise tax for snus has gone up INSANELY.



Price per tin (ie: package 50g or less) has almost doubled. I just bought two rolls plus six tins (26 total) and my tax bill was $183!

Change was as-of March 2013 : http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/em/edn33/edn33-e.html

Ouch! That's gotta hurt.

[Skell18]

Heads up, in case anyone hasn't noticed, the Canadian Excise tax for snus has gone up INSANELY.



Price per tin (ie: package 50g or less) has almost doubled. I just bought two rolls plus six tins (26 total) and my tax bill was $183!

Change was as-of March 2013 : http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/em/edn33/edn33-e.html

Fookin ell!!

[chibre]

I now pay $16+ for a can of General Whites here in Toronto.

I have a decent stash of nasal snuff I brought back from Europe so I've been using that to cut back and save money. This is getting so silly, I was paying under $11 for snus not even 6 months ago.