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Market => Product requests => Topic started by: PlutoPete on February 23, 2012, 11:43 am
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Any vendor fancy offering tobacco to the UK?
The tax we have to pay on tobacco and cigarettes is ridiculous.
Shop prices are roughly £14.50 per 50g
Black market prices round here are £7- £8 per 50g but supply is erratic to say the least.
There's a big market to be had here.
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Protip: The markup on ciggies from Russian factories to UK is said to be even higher than the mark-up on heroin from Afghanistan to UK.
That might be apocryphal though, don't take my word for it. Could see how it could happen though with all the moral faggotry that exists in Europe, so let's run some numbers:
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A packet of 20 cigs from a Russian brand name factory is said to cost 0.12 euro cent. (in uber bulk, regular Russians pay about 1 or 2 euros)
The same packet in UK costs 5.91 euro/5 pounds.
Markup = 4825% increase
Whereas the markup from Afghan farmgate to the streets of Europe is supposed to be 9900%.
Not quite true, but not exactly wrong either. (Note: in practice I would say most of the tobacco smugglers are unlikely to have the kind of capital required to buy at 0.12 euro cent per packet)
This is, actually, a huge umbrella for the rest of us, Customs spends most of their time worrying about capturing tobacco in large packages. Meanwhile, we slip right on by underneath while they are busy. Tobacco smugglers seems to be the newbs of the world, citizens with a predilection to cheap cigs and a thrill, but no real business acumen. Some people don't take their black market education seriously.
I suggest you vet for a pro tobacco smuggler, and I don't think they will be easy to find, since so many citizens do this on the side.
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tldr; learn Russian
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I have a connection that sells counterfeit Golden Virginia. The quality seems pretty good but I'm fairly uneducated when it comes to tobacco. Not sure if it's worth selling at all but contact me if you'd like to do something.
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Wasn't really looking for counterfeit, been burned ::) before on that.
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Wasn't really looking for counterfeit, been burned ::) before on that.
Might help if you said brand etc. mate haha
Fucking cigs in the UK is shite though
Pay £6.30 per 20 packet for mine now, superkings
Literally 3 months ago same packet was £5.99 gradually everything is marking up.
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Baccy prices are outrageous. I bought some counterfeit GV from my local cornershop, it was 6 quid for 50g. No idea where it came from but the packaging looked like it was made on a cheap inkjet printer. The baccy smelt like those chocolate covered raisins and it was so tarry it was literally wet- the rizlas looked like they had hash oil on them. ???
Even duty free tobacco is getting too expensive now, my last Hungarian stuff was like 9 quid for a 50g pouch. Gave up smoking rollies last year and glad I did.
It would be brilliant if someone set up shop here.
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He sells counterfeit GV 50g for quite a bit less than half the shop price. Quality in terms of tobacco/packaging is good but discernible as fake on close inspection. I'd be willing to do some samples if his new batch is as good as his last one. I'll also speak to him about pictures if anyone's interested,
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If it's close to the real thing when you smoke it then I'd definitely be interested, there's always demand for baccy.
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When he gets back to me I'll try and get you a sample. I don't smoke so it would be good to get some opinions on quality.
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+1 need a fair priced tobacco supplier.
came across a map of tobacco prices across europe+ today
http://www.the-tma.org.uk/~thetma/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/EU-map.pdf
looks like if there is anyone in Ukraine here, they could make a nice profit selling tobacco.
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http://5onwnspjvuk7cwvk.onion/index.php?p=viewUser&id=50664
that guy sells 50g for 6.5 EUR - about 5.4 quid
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Lot's of these guys on the bitcointalk.org forums
http://www.cigs.eu/ is legit apparently and accepts bitcoins