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  • danielan
    Member
    • Apr 2010
    • 1514

    Cheap Snus?

    So, the exchange rate is very favorable for the US right now.
    http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-...rss_Currencies

    BuySnus seems to allow you to buy your snus in Euros....

    I haven't tried this, and I have already made my purchases for this payday, but if any of you want to try - you might want to set your currency to Euros before your next purchase where they allow this.

    There may be fees. Visa looks like it charges like 1%. My bank seems to tack on another 1%.
    http://corporate.visa.com/pd/consume...r_ex_rates.jsp

    But it still looks like you can save some cash.
  • danielan
    Member
    • Apr 2010
    • 1514

    #2
    On the other hand. Northerner seems to be giving a better rate in dollars anyway...

    Maybe this should be titled - "Make sure you get a decent currency conversion"

    http://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=EUR&to=USD

    BuySnus looks like they haven't updated their currency rate since 1/1/2010.

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    • Simplysnus
      Member
      • May 2010
      • 481

      #3
      Buy snus seems very pricey in usd anyways

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      • danielan
        Member
        • Apr 2010
        • 1514

        #4
        It's not bad in Euros though

        And you can switch it yourself - so, if you have a card that won't charge you a big fee for exchange - I think this is the way to go.

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        • Simplysnus
          Member
          • May 2010
          • 481

          #5
          Yeah, went from 4.03 to 3.50

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          • Mr. Snuffleupagus
            Member
            • Dec 2008
            • 2781

            #6
            Excellent! I would have never thought of this

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            • visiON
              Member
              • Mar 2010
              • 308

              #7
              And since now they are aware of this..

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              • danielan
                Member
                • Apr 2010
                • 1514

                #8
                Originally posted by visiON View Post
                And since now they are aware of this..
                One would hope that they just fix the EU/USD conversion rate that has not been updated in almost 5 months. That's the legitimate/ethical thing to do.

                Or they could raise the Euro rate - which would be, IMO, inappropriate.

                I think they will make the right choice. Aside from over charging me on my first 2 orders, before I noticed this - they have been very good to do business with.

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                • Simplysnus
                  Member
                  • May 2010
                  • 481

                  #9
                  They've lost orders from me because they were higher in USD than other places, so I'm assuming they would want to know that.

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                  • danielan
                    Member
                    • Apr 2010
                    • 1514

                    #10
                    I should point out. IMO, any "overcharging" that occurred on my orders was ultimately my fault. I have an obligation to look out for my own interests.

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                    • Snusdog
                      Member
                      • Jun 2008
                      • 6752

                      #11
                      Originally posted by danielan View Post
                      I should point out. IMO, any "overcharging" that occurred on my orders was ultimately my fault. I have an obligation to look out for my own interests.
                      Brilliant!!!

                      I'll be glad to contact them................but danielan it's your find...........you should have the honors

                      order@buysnus.com
                      When it's my time to go, I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my uncle did....... Not screaming in terror like his passengers

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                      • justintempler
                        Member
                        • Nov 2008
                        • 3090

                        #12
                        Originally posted by danielan View Post
                        I should point out. IMO, any "overcharging" that occurred on my orders was ultimately my fault. I have an obligation to look out for my own interests.
                        +1

                        People need to stop having an American mindset by default. There's a whole other world out there.
                        Last year I bought some MonteCristo and some Swedish Camel and paid in SEK because that's the only option I had for payment.
                        I used http://coinmill.com/SEK_USD.html#SEK for my currency conversion and my bill was within a few pennies.
                        My bank charged me a small fee but it was very reasonable.

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                        • lxskllr
                          Member
                          • Sep 2007
                          • 13435

                          #13
                          Originally posted by justintempler View Post
                          +1

                          People need to stop having an American mindset by default. There's a whole other world out there.
                          Didn't Copernicus Determine that the earth rotated around North America, and was later backed up by Galileo?

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                          • danielan
                            Member
                            • Apr 2010
                            • 1514

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Snusdog View Post
                            I'll be glad to contact them...
                            Go for it Dog and thanks.

                            I _think_ I did my last order of any significance with them a few days ago. Totally unrelated to this issue - and I've been pleased with them.

                            But PACT messes up shipping (UPS International is just too pricey for me).

                            My stash is basically complete, and I'm going on a SnusX and Oomph regular routine. And they can't service this.

                            Dan

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                            • danielan
                              Member
                              • Apr 2010
                              • 1514

                              #15
                              Ok, so I wasn't going to order from here again. Then I changed my mind.

                              So, I had another weird pricing deal with them - so I sent them a note on both issues.

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