Lack of any border control between states and lower cig taxes in NC and SC
are the reasons for mucho "smugglng" of cigs from south to north on I-95.
NC legislature discussing going back to tax stamps on tobacco products. In
last coupla years, NC has increased the taxes significantly; 'don't know
what it is now, but 'need a bunch more; I've been suggesting $5 per pack for
years. ;<))))
Wilton
----- Original Message -----
From: "R A Bennell" <b...@mts.net>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hendrik and Co coming to get cheap smokes
>
Curt Raymond wrote:
Its admittedly been 5 years since I was down that way but I seem to
remember SC having more signs for cheap smokes. One of my neighbors up
on
the farm had a trailer that he and his wife would haul to Florida
(crossing
every state on the eastern seaboard except RI) every year. His wife
smoked
and he told me they'd stop in SC at the same place every year and she'd
buy
$1000 of smokes. On the way north they'd stop again and she'd buy $2000
of
smokes and sell 'em to her friend's when she'd return home.
I can't imagine how many smokes $2000 is and where they'd store them
although they had a very large travel trailer.
-Curt
Cannot do that here. We have stations at the provincial borders that
demand you stop and declare smokes bought in
the next province. Failure to do so can get you busted big time. The
reason being of course that the taxes are
higher in Manitoba and the powers that be do not like you to buy your
smokes in the province with lower taxes.
Randy
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