Washington Resident... Help! :(

[baba]

I have read the legislation several times and it looks like cigars are exempt. I think they are targeting the Indian Tribes who have been smuggling cigaretts for years.
Reread the legislation - I don't think I am wrong.

p.s. I have been getting c.cs from out side the U.S. for years via mail - and they haven't figured it out. I also us usps almost all the time because UPS was keep tract for Chritina Gregwart on tobacco sales.

[louistogie]

Originally Posted by Joshcertain

why not get a po box across the state line then have your baccy shipped there... then go pick it up.

that being said I'm pretty sure this kind of legislation is unconstitutional. the congress regulates interstate trade, not the state governments.

This is a great idea! Get PO box!

[Stumptown]

So I've got a couple updates, and a question.. well, I dunno about a couple. lol

I've stocked up on some highly rated blends, etc, for the "cold winter" of not being able to buy some of this at my local shop. I HAVE done my research, however, and found I have an amazingly suitable B&M only a few blocks away, so I wont be starved when the legislation comes through.

The question, however (and I posed this to a melisa at cupojoes) was whether or not they would be able to ship it to me after the july 25th deadline, if the products I wanted and paid for were on backorder? I ordered a 2oz tin of one of their house blends, and a full 1lb of the SG full virginia flake, but I'm told they wont be available for another 2 weeks! (ack!)

alrighty, so after rereading the pdf provided earlier in the thread, it looks to be a ban on shipping.. I don't like this in the least

[louistogie]

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[louistogie]

double post my bad.

[KevinV]

I honestly feel horrible for you Washington folks. I'd truly feel like I was cut off from the rest of the world if I was in this situation. It's downright scary what government is doing. History shows the participants of the Boston Tea Party as patriots when they rebelled as they did over a tea tax...just think how we'd be portrayed fighting this one.

Utah already has a similar law on the books and I'm sure it won't be long before we see the same thing in many other states. Criminalize imports, drive the B&M's out of business, raise taxes, reduce demand for growers, shrink supply, and before you know it, people will be buying their tobacco from a Central American cartel and there won't be any money left to fund the new health care legislation.

Sorry, I hate to sound so pessimistic, but I truly believe we'll see it in our lifetime.