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    #32
    Ageyev
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,216 ✭✭✭Ageyev


    Get Real wrote: »
    Holy crap, is it around 6 euro for rollies these days??

    I remember buying a fresh pouch back in the day, lovely smell. Just four years ago I remember 12.5g of amber leaf being 3.65. I am shocked at 6 quid :eek:

    Yep they have shot up in price the more popular they got.


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    #33
    redhat1
    Site Banned Posts: 18 ✭redhat1


    amber leaf is popular because it is a very light and smooth virginia tobacco that does not make you cough (and therefore seems healthier). Samson , say , on the other hand is Canadian and very horse. the sudden increase in popularity might indicate a sudden upsurge in young people smoking rolling tobacco and choosing a light brand.

    orange golden virginnia can often be bought for four euro btw : a lesser price intended to lure customers


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    #34
    ghogie91
    Registered Users Posts: 1,121 ✭✭✭ghogie91


    25g pouch with blue rizla skins and a box of filters. Cant bate the price


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    #35
    orchidsrpretty
    Registered Users Posts: 2,138 ✭✭✭orchidsrpretty


    hate amber leaf, although get stuck with the box from time to time, much prefer drum, gonna really try give up as soon as €5.80 for 12.5g pouch, makes me want to go back onto marlboros if I could afford them.


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    #36
    Ageyev
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,216 ✭✭✭Ageyev


    One thing I really hate is at the end of a pack you're left with crumbs to roll and it is hard because it gets everywhere!


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    #37
    Quarks
    Registered Users Posts: 35 ✭Quarks


    ghogie91 wrote: »
    25g pouch with blue rizla skins and a box of filters. Cant bate the price

    How much?


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    #38
    the_syco
    Registered Users Posts: 37,295 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    Don't smoke anymore, but IMO Amber Leaf is popular as you get everything you need in the box; tobacco, papers, and filters. Also space to put the lighter. Most of the lads that I know who smoke rollies seem to mainly go for the boxes for this reason.


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    #39
    michaelotoole
    Registered Users Posts: 71 ✭✭michaelotoole


    Just in case anyone is still reading this thread, I looking for the lightest tobacco available...

    Currently using Amber Leaf Blond as I head it's light but to be honest I have not tried enough of the others to compare...
    Don't normally buy the box as it is often very dry or dries very quickly and tends to have a lot of dust probably due to compacting the tobacco to fit the little pouch...

    So basically if any one can recommend a light (the lighter the better) moist tobacco I would appreciate it...
    Mike


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    #40
    Ageyev
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,216 ✭✭✭Ageyev


    Local newsagentbhas put the price of Amber Leaf box up to €6 :mad:


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    #41
    AgileMyth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭AgileMyth


    Return flight to Belgium for around 40 quid. 28g of camel for €3..


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    #42
    Ageyev
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,216 ✭✭✭Ageyev


    AgileMyth wrote: »
    Return flight to Belgium for around 40 quid. 28g of camel for €3..

    What airline?


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    #43
    All My Stars Aligned
    Registered Users Posts: 528 ✭✭✭All My Stars Aligned


    GV green for me. Don't like the boxes as the tobacco is so compact. I buy the 25g pouch. It come with papers but there crap so straight in the bin with them. Rizla blue ftw!


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    beertons
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 23,056 ✭✭✭✭beertons


    Price is now €6.30 for 12.5g with filters and skins.


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    #45
    Ageyev
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,216 ✭✭✭Ageyev


    beertons wrote: »
    Price is now €6.30 for 12.5g with filters and skins.

    I haven't done the math but I think it might be cheaper to buy the tobacco, papers and filters separately now. Think I bought a box of Swan filters with about 120 for about €1-1.50.


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    #46
    beertons
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 23,056 ✭✭✭✭beertons


    That will be grand in the shops. Machines won't sell filters and papers separately though.


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    #47
    Ageyev
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,216 ✭✭✭Ageyev


    I don't think I've ever seen anyone buy Amber Leaf from a machine :confused:

    Bought a 10g pouch tonight for €4.80. Didn't know it came in 10g. Works out more expensive obvs but if you're rooting around the couch for spare change it's an option.


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    #48
    Toshi101
    Registered Users Posts: 151 ✭✭Toshi101


    Ageyev wrote: »
    I don't think I've ever seen anyone buy Amber Leaf from a machine :confused:

    Bought a 10g pouch tonight for €4.80. Didn't know it came in 10g. Works out more expensive obvs but if you're rooting around the couch for spare change it's an option.

    My local, and quite a few other pubs ive been to have them in the fag machiene. Havn't seen 10gram packs around yet though!. 6.50 is what I paid yesterday for my regular box of Amberleaf. And to think, when i started i could get it all for 3.75 :(


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    #49
    beertons
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 23,056 ✭✭✭✭beertons


    Heard today that they're trying to restrict the sale of roll your own tobacco to 30 grams or more. Priced around 15 yoyos. At that rate, a lot of people might switch back to the normal cigs. There's no way a 30g box would dispense out of a vending machine.


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    #50
    Ageyev
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,216 ✭✭✭Ageyev


    beertons wrote: »
    Heard today that they're trying to restrict the sale of roll your own tobacco to 30 grams or more. Priced around 15 yoyos. At that rate, a lot of people might switch back to the normal cigs. There's no way a 30g box would dispense out of a vending machine.

    Where's this coming from?


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    #51
    beertons
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 23,056 ✭✭✭✭beertons


    Dept of Health.


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    #52
    stuyk
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭stuyk


    The cute hoars are now selling the 12½gram pouch of amberleaf without papers as a 10gram for the same price as the 12½. This is a total rip. There has to be somebody that contols them being able to change prices like that. I alwys buy the 12½gram pouch cause you get more tobacco for you money but now they've done a sly one and are charging the 12½ price for a 10gram pouch without papers just pouch. There has to be some wY of controlling these people changing prices and ripping off. It's rediculous.


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    #53
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,777 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    Continuously raising the cost of tobacco in a effort to get people to stop using it has been government policy for decades. It's not going to get any better.

    My beer blog | The Twitter | My other beer blog



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    #54
    Ageyev
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,216 ✭✭✭Ageyev


    stuyk wrote: »
    The cute hoars are now selling the 12½gram pouch of amberleaf without papers as a 10gram for the same price as the 12½. This is a total rip. There has to be somebody that contols them being able to change prices like that. I alwys buy the 12½gram pouch cause you get more tobacco for you money but now they've done a sly one and are charging the 12½ price for a 10gram pouch without papers just pouch. There has to be some wY of controlling these people changing prices and ripping off. It's rediculous.


    I'm a bit confused here. You ask for 12.5g pouch you ought to get 12.5g. You ask for 10g you ought to get 10g. Are you asking for a 12.5g pouch and being handed the 10g pouch?

    I posted about the 10g pouch with how much I paid for it a few posts up. Afaik the 12.5g pouch never had papers - it was the 25g pouch that had papers. The box has a 12.5g pouch, papers and filters.


    I think my local newsagent sells 12.5g pouch for €6.10. Bizarrely there is sometimes a difference of ten cents between the newsagents and the supermarket next door.


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    #55
    edber2011
    Registered Users Posts: 170 ✭✭edber2011


    My partner went from superking black to amber leaf as a cost cutting thing,but now she is off cigarettes over six months.
    So I guess she found it easier to quit while on the amber than when on the black.


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    #56
    Ageyev
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,216 ✭✭✭Ageyev


    25g Amber pouch went up .50c in my local Supervalue, €12 now. Seemed a bit random :confused:

    I think I now understand what styuk was trying to say: the box with filters and papers which had a 12.5g pouch now comes with a 10g pouch.


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