Australian Customs.

[spinyeel]

I have just received the dreaded envelopes from Australian Customs.
Total duty on 2 rolls of Onyx,sent in 4 separate packages of 100 grams each. Just over $AU 290.00.
I have only had 2 packages seized in 4 years up until today.
Looks like the Australian government don't want people to quit smoking. They have recently cracked down on Ecigs as well,including a complete ban in Western Australia.
The Lucky Country,my ass!

[alopezg1]

that is f**king terrible , what a bunch of sh*te . This makes me really angry people trying to stop other people from protecting their own health
Australia seems to be leading the way when it comes to enforcing pointless laws. Some guys house got raided i heard because he was selling e-cig supplies . And apparently Canberra is the only place in the country where you can buy and sell hardcore pornography??! Not that i think access to hardcore pornography is some kind of inalienable civil liberty , but if your going to ban it , why not just ban it everywhere. Strange lawmakers over there , making and enforcing laws just for the sake of doing so and enacting an inflated sense of moral authority. I blame the heat. No offence and
sorry to hear about your extortionate customs bill , that is truly shit

[alopezg1]

i think we should all chip in and help pay off spinyeels customs bill... snuser unite!

[alopezg1]

£145 for £75-80 worth of snus?

[spinyeel]

Imported tobacco products are taxed at around $AU450 per kilogram+ 10% G.S.T. and Customs Duty.
How harsh is that?

[Crow]

I have just received the dreaded envelopes from Australian Customs.
Total duty on 2 rolls of Onyx,sent in 4 separate packages of 100 grams each. Just over $AU 290.00.
I have only had 2 packages seized in 4 years up until today.
Looks like the Australian government don't want people to quit smoking. They have recently cracked down on Ecigs as well,including a complete ban in Western Australia.
The Lucky Country,my ass!

I brought my electronic cigarette with me to Oz and I could never find a shop that sold the liquid (zero-nicotine flavoured juice excepted, of course )

Suffice to say, I was smoking cigarettes during my stay... Those were the most expensive cigarettes I've smoked in my life.

[spinyeel]

The cigarettes are also a lot smaller now and come in these nice olive green,plain packets,covered in images of diseased body parts and dead babies.
The Government still get their 75c out of every dollar spent though. Bloody Hypocrites.
In neighboring Indonesia,a packet of smokes costs under a dollar,compared with $AU20.00 here.

[Crow]

The cigarettes are also a lot smaller now and come in these nice olive green,plain packets,covered in images of diseased body parts and dead babies.
The Government still get their 75c out of every dollar spent though. Bloody Hypocrites.

Yep, I remember the packs too well... During my visit to Parliament, I was fed a little tidbit about the packs. They were trying to come up with a colour that would be most unappealing to the consumer.. After much debate, olive green was chosen.

I can't say the colour put me off. As for the gigantic photos of rotting body parts that are plastered all over the box.. Well.. It didn't stop me from smoking, but it made me slightly depressed whenever I pulled the pack out, haha

............. Of course, I wouldn't have started smoking if the liquid and/or snus was readily available. I did get to enjoy a snus in Cairns, but that was pure luck (bumped into a beautiful Swedish tourist and she had a fresh can of Götesborg Rapé that she brought with her.. Alas, that's another story )

[Andy105]

Taxes in the US are rediculous, but $290 on two rolls of snus is downright oppression. And they don't do it because they want people to quit. Their arses would pucker if everyone quit at the same time for a month or two.

[alopezg1]

minimum wage is $18 and hour tho so.... that's like £9 p/h or $16 USD .... That's a good thing . And the babes . I hear the fishing is good to

[Andy105]

minimum wage is $18 and hour tho so.... that's like £9 p/h or $16 USD .... That's a good thing . And the babes . I hear the fishing is good to

That's great, if you've got a job taking babes fishing. Still gotta smuggle your snus, though!

[joserra]

“There is no place for government to prohibit consumers from buying products the effect of which will be to harm themselves” Milton Friedman.

[Crow]

minimum wage is $18 and hour tho so.... that's like £9 p/h or $16 USD .... That's a good thing . And the babes . I hear the fishing is good to

Yeah, we're doing the same in Seattle (raising the minimum wage to $15/hr has recently been approved by the city council). It's already being implemented in Sea-Tac for hospitality & transportation workers.

The state of Washington has the highest paying minimum wage in the country (at $9.32). It adjusts annually based on the cost of living (using the federal consumer price index for urban & clerical workers), as mandated by the people of Washington [I-688].

The more you crow.

[Crow]

Consider ourselves lucky we don't live in Bhutan. They're the only country in the world that has banned tobacco of all forms.

A local got caught with under 500g of chewing tobacco (fourty-eight packets obtained in India, valued at £2) and was sentenced to three years in prison. They're not ****ing around..!!

For tourists, you are allowed to bring a wee bit for yourself. Just don't try to bring a roll in, or you may find yourself stuck in a Himalayan prison.

Source

[CzechCzar]

Just gonna leave this here...

outrageous fun