california smokers or smokers in general....

[kermalou]

in the past couple of months, i have bought many "fake" packs of Marlboro Mediums. these are "fake" because they are not the real Marlboro, the california state tax stamp on the bottom of the pack comes off really easy. i am in los angeles and about 75% of the gas stations i have been to carry the fake cigs because it is cheaper for them. for me, these fakes takes like crap, that's another way i know they are fake.

does this happen anywhere else, except los angeles?

 

[Colt45]

cant buy marlboro in canada

 

[smp]

Originally posted by: Colt45
cant buy marlboro in canada

edit: yeah you can!
We can get em black market pretty easy .... I bet they're fakes too though .. LOL

 

[Colt45]

the black market around here must suck ass then. i want my marb's.

 

[hoihtah]

Originally posted by: smp

Originally posted by: Colt45
cant buy marlboro in canada

edit: yeah you can!
We can get em black market pretty easy .... I bet they're fakes too though .. LOL

those stamps mark the wholesale distributer that sold that cigarette.
wholesale disto pays government certain amount for each stamp used.
and this is where taxes come into play.

i donno how much tax ca is charging... but i'm assuming that it's a lot.

one can probably get cigarettes from native american reservations... to avoid paying taxes...
and put them stickers on themselves.

so while the stickers may be fake...
the cigarettes are still real. it's not like you're buying a camel in a marboro's case.

also... i had no idea about marboro's not being allowed in canada.
what's the reason for that?

 

[hoihtah]

marboro's taste like chemical.

i'm a camel man. turkish gold... baby.

 

[Colt45]

the owner of player's/du maurier/etc started up "canadian marlboro".

no one sells it, barely. no one buys it. I think it was just a ploy to get the copyright in canada, to keep phillip morris out or something..

we can get RJR stuff like camel.

lets see.. about $10/pack ($6us) in my province. cheaper if youre native, but you cannot buy smokes off reservations without ID (that says youre indian.. then you get less tax).

 

[hoihtah]

Originally posted by: Colt45
the owner of player's/du maurier/etc started up "canadian marlboro".

no one sells it, barely. no one buys it. I think it was just a ploy to get the copyright in canada, to keep phillip morris out or something..

we can get RJR stuff like camel.

lets see.. about $10/pack ($6us) in my province. cheaper if youre native, but you cannot buy smokes off reservations without ID (that says youre indian.. then you get less tax).

that's where your native american friends come into play.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: hoihtah

Originally posted by: smp

Originally posted by: Colt45
cant buy marlboro in canada

edit: yeah you can!
We can get em black market pretty easy .... I bet they're fakes too though .. LOL

those stamps mark the wholesale distributer that sold that cigarette.
wholesale disto pays government certain amount for each stamp used.
and this is where taxes come into play.

i donno how much tax ca is charging... but i'm assuming that it's a lot.

one can probably get cigarettes from native american reservations... to avoid paying taxes...
and put them stickers on themselves.

so while the stickers may be fake...
the cigarettes are still real. it's not like you're buying a camel in a marboro's case.

also... i had no idea about marboro's not being allowed in canada.
what's the reason for that?

Since he said they taste weird, I bet they're Marlboros from another country. I got some for cheap from Yessmoke.com (Switzerland) and they didn't taste like regular Marlboros. They're probably doing what you said with cheaper cigarettes from a different country.

 

[kermalou]

Originally posted by: werk

Originally posted by: hoihtah

Originally posted by: smp

Originally posted by: Colt45
cant buy marlboro in canada

Since he said they taste weird, I bet they're Marlboros from another country. I got some for cheap from Yessmoke.com (Switzerland) and they didn't taste like regular Marlboros. They're probably doing what you said with cheaper cigarettes from a different country.

I know that mexican marlboros taste a lot more different than american marlboros, mexican cigs taste like turd. but, what is bothering me is that before the "fake" cigs didn't have the stamp or miles and you could spot the fakes, but not anymore.