Close encounter with a General snus fridge!

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  • whalen
    Member
    • May 2009
    • 6593

    Close encounter with a General snus fridge!

    Ok, I went over to Martinsburg West Virginia to pick up a couple of pounds of the Sparrow cigar tobacco today. I blend this Cavendish infused cigarette cut tobacco with several whole leaf Golden Virginia tobaccos, Dark air cured, and some Izmir Turkish for my wife. I always scope out all the Tobaccos, chews and dips for anything new and interesting and there it sat, all new and shiny, a refrigerated fully stocked General snus fridge.

    Holy shit batman!

    I immediately grabbed a sample coffin tin of Special blend, 10 portions for $1.79. I had not wanted to waste shipping on these but I certainly have been curious. Weak tasting white portion, pronounced salt, background citrus, Great for out of the fridge in WV though! A novelty, that also had the dollar off coupon in the catch lid compartment, expires 12/31/12, the can expires 11/29/12, and the fridge was about a month old.

    They had wintergreen, an abomination to me, white, and of course General original portion. $3.29 cents a can, 5% sales tax. All expire end of November. So I bought a roll and used my dollar off coupon. about 34 dollars a roll! That was my single biggest snus purchase ever from a retailer. I was just thrilled to see snus, within expiration, at a decent price. Cheaper than Lil Brown shipped. They are very fresh and I am happy to have then, I rotate a can of this every week anyway.

    My cheap thrill of the week, and my hats off to whomever made this possible. Now if I can only get them to stock some Ettan OP and los! I would like to think Rickcharles had a hand in this, made an old man happy!
    wiki "Popcorn Sutton" a true COOT!
  • whalen
    Member
    • May 2009
    • 6593

    #2
    And of course if it had been a "Odens" fridge that would have been the last of me! I would have "coded" on the spot!

    I am sure they would sell better too!
    wiki "Popcorn Sutton" a true COOT!

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    • sirloot
      Senior Member
      • Mar 2011
      • 2607

      #3
      congo rats to ya Whalen ... it certainly is nice to be able to pick up snus when out and about. I goto my local about once a month (after i print out my 2$ off coupon from the general website) and grab a can or 2 of Gen white for emergency/backups/rotation

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      • hokiehi82
        Member
        • Jul 2012
        • 227

        #4
        I still have plenty of coupons from my General's club invite. It makes it really easy to stock up on General since my local stores sell so cheap.

        On a side note, doesn't that fridge look sweet. The one at the store near me sits really close to the window and would be really easy to smash and grab after closing

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        • the88
          Member
          • Dec 2010
          • 96

          #5
          Yeah I concur. My local smoke shop carries General for around $3.75 a can and most are well within the expiration date except for los, which I am assuming they don't sell much of. The weird thing is that I'm in MI, which is a very high tax state when it comes to tobacco. I think we are only a state or two behind NY. It is very surprising that I can pick up General snus at such a low rate.

          I did ask the guy if they sold a decent amount of snus and he said yes. There are people who come in and buy a roll pretty regularly.

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          • GoVegan
            Member
            • Oct 2009
            • 5603

            #6
            I have a bunch of coupons but at $8 for a can of General at the tobacco store its still no bargain.

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            • stones
              Member
              • May 2010
              • 111

              #7
              Ill be glad when I can order online again just haven't been able to afford to place a big enough order to make the prices worth it. Been buying locally from Cigar Wrapper and using coupons. Honestly I hate that retail place the people that work there should not be in customer service they bitch about having to ring you up to taking a coupon.Only plus I can give them is they are the only place locally that sells general.

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