Amber Leaf 12.5G Pack

200motels

I don't know if this is the right forum for this, cigarettes went up in the budget by 40 cent for 20 and rolling tobacco went up by 20 cent for 25 gram pack, yet I was charged 4.90 for a 12.5 pack of Amber leaf and the guy in the shop said that the 12.5 pack had gone up by 40 cent, anyone else charged this or was this just overcharging.

Rucking_Fetard

Only 20c, they should have hit ye for a €.

Sauve

Joan has three apples left.

cloud493

If your gonna smoke, don't smoke amber leaf, its dirt.

One eyed Jack

I paid €9.60 for my smokes this morning, I was expecting to pay €10+ but no, apparently they had to wait for the stockists of the vending machine to refill the machine and change the prices.

I wasn't complaining.

Sir Arthur Daley

Problems some people do have, thought facebook was for that.

MrsMcSteamy

200motels wrote: »

I don't know if this is the right forum for this, cigarettes went up in the budget by 40 cent for 20 and rolling tobacco went up by 20 cent for 25 gram pack, yet I was charged 4.90 for a 12.5 pack of Amber leaf and the guy in the shop said that the 12.5 pack had gone up by 40 cent, anyone else charged this or was this just overcharging.

I put the price up on all our cigarettes today and it automatically updated the rrp on our handheld scanner that allows us to change the prices. I was surprised also that the rrp was 5.90 but all the other prices were correct so I didn't query it.

dmc17

According to Supervalu online shop, the box is €5.90 and the pouch is €5.60. So, you either got a box and paid for a box or you got a pouch and paid for a box.

SweetChaos

Might as well just roll up your notes and burn them, disgusting habit

Filmer Paradise

Rucking_Fetard wrote: »

Only 20c, they should have hit ye for a €.

SweetChaos wrote: »

Might as well just roll up your notes and burn them, disgusting habit

Ex-smoker myself. Off them 2 years now & I hope I'll never become as sanctimonious & self righteous as this pair.:rolleyes:

Tail Docker

SweetChaos wrote: »

Might as well just roll up your notes and burn them, disgusting habit

Yeah, I hate money-burners. Cigarettes are waay nicer.

AgileMyth

Think its 3.60 for 50 gram here in Belgium at the minute. You'd get a return flight on the cheap too...

SweetChaos

Filmer Paradise wrote: »

Ex-smoker myself. Off them 2 years now & I hope I'll never become as sanctimonious & self righteous as this pair.:rolleyes:

heh heh heh :pac:

daviecronin

The problems some of ye have are amazing. They should have uped the price of fags by €2-3. So ye can waste more of yer own money and some of ye might think of stopping then and saving the health sector some money!

The other fella

daviecronin wrote: »

The problems some of ye have are amazing. They should have uped the price of fags by €2-3. So ye can waste more of yer own money and some of ye might think of stopping then and saving the health sector some money!

That would do **** all good.You clearly dont understand addiction.

Angry_Mammarys

daviecronin wrote: »

The problems some of ye have are amazing. They should have uped the price of fags by €2-3. So ye can waste more of yer own money and some of ye might think of stopping then and saving the health sector some money!

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Nib

daviecronin wrote: »

The problems some of ye have are amazing. They should have uped the price of fags by €2-3. So ye can waste more of yer own money and some of ye might think of stopping then and saving the health sector some money!

Jesus.

What's it got to do with you what other people spend their money on? The tax on cigarettes more than pays for the cost to the health sector.

Don't mind if I do... http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/t1.0-0/s240x240/1174550_727907897240759_1522164160_n.jpg

butterfly28

In reference to the price of amber leaf,the large 25g pouch has gone up to €11 which is outrageous! Also,regarding previous comments here,it's true,it is an addiction and I pay the government more than 80% tax on the tobacco I buy along with every other smoker meaning that the government would be so very sorry to see the whole country quit - honestly,what would they do? And every illness going could not be blamed on smoking.....it'd be a different story if the drink was hiked up by 60c but at least I'm in control of all my faculties as I smoke!! ðŸ˜႒

Rucking_Fetard

The other fella wrote: »

That would do **** all good.You clearly dont understand addiction.

Sheep with no will power?

Summer wind

I used to smoke about twenty a day. Then I decided one day to try and see if I could give them up. I honestly thought I wouldn't be able to cos I really loved my fag breaks at work and in the pub. I had a few hard times I even used to walk behind smokers in the street but I'm off them ten years now. I still get the odd craving though.

Esel

Rucking_Fetard wrote: »

Sheep with no will power?

Who is Will Power, and what has he got to do with this thread?

Stainless_Steel

It is a terrible addiction. I wish I never started. What's worse is that I didn't start till aged 21!

In saying that, it's cheaper than the coke habit I used to have!

Esel

AgileMyth wrote: »

Think its 3.60 for 50 gram here in Belgium at the minute. You'd get a return flight on the cheap too...

For 50g of turf, maybe....

Sir Arthur Daley

Esel wrote: »

For 50g of turf, maybe....

Talk to the backwards man if you want turf.

jay-me

Gave them up last April because of the cost. Still miss the bastards and I have piled on the weight

The other fella

Rucking_Fetard wrote: »

Sheep with no will power?

Human and one of the most addictive substances in the world.

The other fella

Stainless_Steel wrote: »

It is a terrible addiction. I wish I never started. What's worse is that I didn't start till aged 21!

In saying that, it's cheaper than the coke habit I used to have!

RoRo979

also had to pay 5.90, it seems thats the price for it now

Esel

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

Talk to the backwards man if you want turf.

Would monsieur like mayonnaise with his frites?

Sir Osis of Liver.

Yer man on the Amber Leaf has some neck on him.

bodhrandude

Did the OP not say it was 4.90 rather than 5.90. I bought 12.5 gram of Cutters Choice and skins which set me back 6.25 Euros today in the town centre, so its steep enough.

Sir Osis of Liver.

Any one else found a sliver of mouse sh1t?

I did.

Ne

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

Any one else found a sliver of mouse sh1t?

I did.

Rare ****e

Canis Lupus

Filmer Paradise wrote: »

Ex-smoker myself. Off them 2 years now & I hope I'll never become as sanctimonious & self righteous as this pair.:rolleyes:

I always find it strange the way smoking is defended with such vigour. It's personal choice they say, leave them alone and stop being so sanctimonious and yet I'd be willing to bet if we changed this to alcoholism or heroin addiction you wouldn't have been so quick to call people sanctimonious.

The aul tobacco companies must love it. Create a product that people get addicted to, kills them/reduces life length/quality and yet people still defend it.

Tis bizarre.

COYVB

Canis Lupus wrote: »

I always find it strange the way smoking is defended with such vigour. It's personal choice they say, leave them alone and stop being so sanctimonious and yet I'd be willing to bet if we changed this to alcoholism or heroin addiction you wouldn't have been so quick to call people sanctimonious.

The aul tobacco companies must love it. Create a product that people get addicted to, kills them/reduces life length/quality and yet people still defend it.

Tis bizarre.

Where did the person you quoted defend smoking?

Canis Lupus

COYVB wrote: »

Where did the person you quoted defend smoking?

Cleeeearly indirectly defending it by calling out people as being sanctimonious and self righteous. Or in other words shut up.

I'd be willing to bet your life has been touched by a smoking related death (my father died of heart failure and uncle of lung cancer, both caused by smoking, for example) and yet it's often the case people are made to shut up when they talk out about smoking. Like I said, it's bizarre.

COYVB

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Cleeeearly indirectly defending it by calling out people as being sanctimonious and self righteous

That's one hell of a leap in logic

Canis Lupus

COYVB wrote: »

That's one hell of a leap in logic

I disagree as it's a prevalent attitude in society. Mind your own business is the message. Like I said, the tobacco companies must laugh so hard.

One eyed Jack

Canis Lupus wrote: »

disagree as it's a prevalent attitude in society. Mind your own business is the message. Like I said, the tobacco companies must laugh so hard.

How is it a prevalent attitude in society when smoking is banned in more public areas than ever before? There are far more non-smokers in Irish society than smokers, and it's a rare occasion now I can light up and smoke without someone asking me "Would you ever try e-cigarettes?". I tried them, I didn't like them.

I'm not impolite about it until they tell me about all their relatives and friends that died from smoking related illnesses, or how I'm going to die from a smoking related illness, etc. It's not as if I'm not already aware of the facts regarding smoking, it's not as if I'm going out of my way to be rude, but honestly - would you take time out of your day to listen to a Jehovah Witness tell you that you need to find Jesus in your life?

Then what makes you think I need to hear about dead people while I'm enjoying a smoke? There's plenty worse ways to die, I try not to think about death anyway as I'd be a miserable shìt if I spent all day thinking about how every cigarette is shortening my life by five minutes, etc.

mikom

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Mind your own business is the message.

If only people would.

TerrorFirmer

SweetChaos wrote: »

Might as well just roll up your notes and burn them, disgusting habit

I take it you don't drink either?

Might as well liquidize your money and drink it, disgusting habit

200motels

Thanks for all the reply, didn't think I'd get a wide variety of comments, so it's 5.90 then, so be it and as a smoker it is a disgusting addiction but I love them.

Tony EH

Unfortunately, they don't love you back and will fuck you up royally.

yipeeeee

50g pack is a fiver in the canaries.

myshirt

yipeeeee wrote: »

50g pack is a fiver in the canaries.

And down the local market.

That's all this increase will do, encourage illicit tobacco sales.

People want to smoke. Clog up our health system. That's just the way it is. You can educate people, and if they want to smoke after that then they want to smoke. Just the nature of the game, stop giving them a pounding.

batistuta9

how many fags would you get from the 12.5g packs

Esel

batistuta9 wrote: »

how many fags would you get from the 12.5g packs

It depends - on how thin/thick/long you make them; whether or not you use a filter etc. Anywhere from 10 to 40+.

COYVB

The better you get at rolling them properly the less tobacco you use, the slower they burn when you're not taking a drag, and the nicer a smoke it is all round. So the answer to that question is probably: A lot less now (since you have to ask that question) than you would manage in 6 months

batistuta9

so the thinner the better & you should get around 40, not bad for €6 considering it's €10 for 20 cigs.

COYVB

Pretty sure I used to get 60-70 from a 12.5g pouch. One box of the 50g pouches from the duty free lasted me a year

batistuta9

60-70, better again :pac:
no wonder you see loads smoking them now, only ones you never really see smoking them is younger women

you give them up?