US stateside General prices

[halocog]

Has anyone bought General in US stores recently? I picked up a couple of cans at Speedway (formerly superamerica, for those that don't know) and the price has gone up again. First, promo price of $2. Then it was $3, $3.50, 3.75, 4.50, now it's $5. This was in the course of one year. Is this happening everywhere or am I just getting screwed by this gas station?

[Andy105]

Yeah, at the CircleK gas stations in IL, it's gone up to around four dollars for a 24 portion can. Still a fair price, but not the great deal that it used to be.

[Burnsey]

A tin was about $ 5.00 two and one half years ago when I started using snus, so online ordering quickly became my method of purchase. Recently bought a tin of General at tobacco store, $ 6.50 out the door

[halocog]

I still want to think it could be the gas station ripping me off though, because our tobacco tax is pretty low here. I can get a can of Grizzly for about $2.50-$3. Either way, I'm going to be ordering online now. It sucks because I really like being able to get it here, and I want there to be a big expansion of snus sales in the US.

[Thunder_Snus]

Hard to say what it is at my local tobacco store since i usually buy atomizers as well but I want to say it was about 3.50-4 per can here in central IL.

[Lcarvone]

Still pretty cheap here in NC...bought a can of General WP a week ago for just over $2 before coupon on the lid at a Shell station. My problem is I get too bored with just that one brand and don't like any of the other General offerings in the US. Sheetz stores seem to be about a $1.50 more expensive so the prices vary even within 2 miles of one another so you may be on to something with that gas station since I am sure they have the same rep supplying the stores (?)

[silverfire]

$3.17 at my local High's before $1 Off coupon here in Woodsboro, Maryland

[Snusdog]

We spent Christmas/new years at the in-laws'...........so we drove from SC to PA........along the way I saw the same price fluctuation as have been mentioned above..........one place it was the same price as Copenhagen per can.......another it was 2.50...........I think it has to do for the moment with the gas station/chain......however my understanding is that Swedish Match is losing money by selling at these introductory prices in order to break into the market......my bet is that prices start to rise across the board up to something closer to the market norm

[halocog]

It's going to be difficult for them to hold the market if they charge $5 per can without a roll discount (or even rolls for that matter). It has irritated me to no end that I can order from overseas cheaper.

[Andy105]

I'd love to know more about their marketing plan, and how it's going so far, in the US.

[Biggus Dickus]

I hope nobody minds I post on such an old thread....

The governor of the state I live in jacked up the taxes on tobacco products recently because tax gouging health scam and greed.... so a can of General portion that used to be around $3.00 not including any coupons is now just under $5.00..........

General is the only brand readily available here....there was a cigar shop I went into a few years ago that carried snus but their price was at least $2 a can higher back then.......haven't bothered to check what they have for prices/inventory now.

With the tax rape.....err I mean hike......mail order is probably the way to go now since the per can price is about the same for me ($4.50-4.80 reg price) and of course there is a wider variety available. So even with the 2010 shipping price rape.......err I mean hike I guess this will be the way I get my products.

[BlackBart]

when I order from overseas I pay around 4 bucks a can........the only local general stuff is mint so I dont bother

[wa3zrm]

I can still pick up the regular general product line for about $2.00 a tin. I also get monthly coupons that give me two or three free tins.

[Andy105]

I can still pick up the regular general product line for about $2.00 a tin. I also get monthly coupons that give me two or three free tins.

Good deal! General WP's are up to $5 per tin here, now. With SnusCentral's buy 10/get 15 sale, I just got Onyx for a little over $3 per tin, shipping included. It's still reasonable online, if you wait for sales