US availability in the short and long term

Sorry if this is covered elsewhere, but I couldn’t find a FAQ that addressed it.

I’ve been cellaring pipe tobacco for the inevitable apocalypse. Now I’ve gone and fallen in love with snuff. Near as I can tell, Snuffstore, Mr Snuff and Toque are it for US customers, and Snuffstore stops accepting credit card orders from US customers on the 22nd according to their site.

How bad is it? I mean, we’d be screwed without Mr Snuff, right? Should I be taking out a second mortgage and putting away a 20 year supply this month? Just how worried should I be regarding availability, and do we know how Mr Snuff is going to proceed if their credit card processor tells them to pound sand? Are us Americans going to be limited to US Scotches soon? Thanks.

I think your concerns are legitimate. I have no crystal ball though. Where I live in the states there is no snuff to be found.  There is more snuff in my nose than there is in the rest of the county.  You have me scared came. “Are you surprised at my tears sir? Grown men also cry…:”

One thing you can be certain about: Toque and Mr Snuff will get snuff to you for as long as it is remotely possible - the two main suppliers won’t be rolling over at the first or even 51st obstacle. But, you have good reason to be worried - it seems like the US has stricter laws on tobacco that the UK does on handguns. If I was in your shoes I would lay in a good supply but more importantly I would be learning how to make snuff from what you have to hand. If it comes to it we will get the experts on this site to start giving some snuff making lessons; there is enough expertise here to get you reproducing the basic styles and from that you can make your own snuff to your own taste. It’s doable so don’t get too despairing.

@ Snuffster That’s great to hear as I have been worrying about the same thing. Thank God for Dave and Roderick! I have a small grinder that I have tinkered around with making a little bit of coarse snuff, but I don’t possess the expertise to make something really noseworthy. I would love to learn more about how to make good flavorful snuff from readily available (in the States) pipe tobacco and flavorings.

Thanks guys. I guess I will prioritize snuff TADs over pipe tobacco for a while. 

Watch this space then.

The main problem is not the Govt but the credit card companies. They are deciding what you can and can’t buy. They’re not even “Big Brother” they’re private companies trying to control you, for what they think is your benefit. Gambling was first, tobacco is second, alcohol will be next and then they have their eyes firmly set on sex. What comes next? 

By the way we’re OK for now but, ask me again next year!

Can we get around this via Paypal if the cc processor bails?

Darn it I’am so tempted to get political right now. Why do we let companies have so much control over our lives. It’s like some how we forgot that everyone hates busybodies and somehow we forgot to hate a few busybodies along the way. Oh there are always ways around always. If you can’t credit card it then there are other ways like bank transfers. If that happens why doesn’t he ISTA suggest the creation of a non-profit tobacco credit card. The age is verified at the start of the card. I don’t know the logistics but the point is instead of looking at a problem as a victim of these stupid companies let’s take a page from mr. snuff and toque and deciede we will and then figure out a way. :slight_smile:

This whole thread is scary

I adore snuff, and if there is a way for me to get it I will.  I’m willing to do wire transfers if that’s the only way to get snuff.  I will say though, if there is ever another big, ugly bill that looks like it will go through, i will hoard enough to last for years.  I guarantee you that.

If I restrict myself to 1g per day, and supplement with other tobaccos, I should need about 30 x 500g containers to last me about 40 years.  I’d guess that would be $1,500 - $2,000 depending on what I ordered.  It’s really not that bad if you think about it.

gah, how do you delete a duplicate post? heh

If it gets impossible to get snuff then we’ll all become master millers one way or another.

@cakeanddottle If you refresh your browser, it usually goes away.  it’s quirky like that.

The duplicate posts are just something you see, they don’t appear on the thread, ignore it.

after reading the proposition of cellaring a lifetime supply of snuff wouldn’t be as daunting as starting from scratch with pipe tobacco. I have 14kgs cellared and 40kgs is my magic number. If worse came to worse it would only take me a few hundred dollars in 500g containers and I’d be set for life for snuff. Thanks for all the comments, I am a fraction less worried now.

Don’t worry guys, if all else fails we’ll take a leaf out of our German friends books. In Germany very few people have CC’s and they all pay by electronic transfer. We already have this facility in place and are ready to go if the **** ever hits the fan.

Their livelihoods  are at stake. (Not to over emphasize the north american markert). If anyone has stayed up nights thinking about this Roddy and Dave have,

If nothing else, I’m of the belief that American Scotch will always be available as long as there is a rural south. :smiley: