Shipping Times? Delays? Costs? Issues? Customs?

Draconian…hmm…sounds about right.

Guys, whats the deal importing snuff from US to UK? i want some american scotches without paying those prices on mrsnuff, so how much can a friend bring back after being on holiday without trouble?

Quite a lot, I believe, especially if he’s just bringing it in his luggage and not shipping it. I know I’ve travelled with lots of snuff on me without any problems. Could you call your customs and find out? I’d bet my bottom dollar you can get away with a dozen tins or so no questions asked. RE: shipping times, if anybody’s curious about what times people are getting, my order got to me in about seven or eight business days, and some snuff I traded with a member here arrived in like three business days (customs did open it, they wrote “small packets” on the front).

Guys, whats the deal importing snuff from US to UK? i want some american scotches without paying those prices on mrsnuff, so how much can a friend bring back after being on holiday without trouble?

Snuff would be treated like hand rolling tobacco and other loose tobaccos - 250g is the individual UK allowance. That’s a fairly decent quantity of snuff. Bring more than the allowance without declaring it and the whole lot could be taken - you forfeit your allowance. So, stick within the 250g and all should be fine. No allowance for those under 17. Hope this helps.

Further to the above - I note you say ‘a friend’ would be bringing it. He can’t sell it to you, even at cost price (someone who doesn’t travel has no right to an allowance), so bear that in mind. He can certainly bring it as a present though.

no, hes going for a trip, so he could bring it me back. that sounds great.

Yes, I understand that - but what I’m saying is that he could not accept money from you for it if he brought it back with him. The non-traveller in the equation that I referred to is you.

@Firestarter0 If you want I can buy American snuffs and mail them to you, if it is less for me to ship it to you than mr.snuff. I’ll be living in a part of the US where American Snuff is commonly found, right now I don’t though.

I think what @snuffski… Is trying to say…That would only come into play if customs found snuff ( under total weight of 250 grams ) and asked what he was doing ( or intentions ) with the snuff ( or tobacco ) bringing into the UK …if Firestarter0 friend ( or whoever ) was dumb enough to say , " I was given money to buy it for someone " or say like a complete moron " I AM SELLING IT TO SOMEONE" … Say goodbye to your stash he brought back…HE HAS TO SAY, it’s a present for a friend…is that correct@ snuffski??

Something like that, yes - though of course people don’t always realise it isn’t allowed to buy it for someone at cost, for example. That is not most people’s understanding of selling, as generally people assume that selling must be for profit, so they may quite innocently tell the truth without being so foolish as to just say “I’m selling it”. I’m absolutely not saying he should lie, I’m saying that it’s only allowed for him to bring it as a present - so that’s what he should do. Safest all round. You could always owe him a few beers…

There is no excise duty on snuff (or snus) in the UK. Therefore you should be able to bring upto £390 worth of goods from the USA including snuff, without paying any UK taxes at all.

There is no excise duty on snuff (or snus) in the UK. Therefore you should be able to bring upto £390 worth of goods from the USA including snuff, without paying any UK taxes at all.

Well, the first bit is correct - there is no duty on snuff in the UK, but the second bit is not. For import, snuff and other smokeless tobaccos are subject to the standard limits - 250g from outside the EU. Yes, it’s an anomaly, and no - it doesn’t make sense. It is, however, the actual current situation.

@Firestarter0: if your friends stay more than 48 hours in the U.S., they can bring you 200g (7 ounces) of scotch snuff per person without paying duty. That works out to roughly 6 of the smaller cans (1.15 oz each).

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ha, its a 13 day road trip for our youtube channel. should be fun. ill try and get max quantity, then probably trade. what are the prices like over there?

Dammit, initiated a order based upon the last 9 TAXI BLUE’s in stock at MS… JUST GOT a email, NO TAXI BLUE!! and some other snuff ( which didnt upset me as much as 9 units of TAXI BLUE ) I thought new inventory system was in place, as when I put it in my shopping cart and checked out , the 9 disappeared from MS… Maybe I was seeing things, I think I want to wait on this order, cause DAVID from MS posted that a TAXI order is on the way…than i can make a larger order all at once…WHAT SHOULD I DO, any advice? Here’s link to order ( if anyone cares to look ) in “whats in your mailbox” ( guess i was so excited, i posted it there ) http://snuffhouse.org/discussion/comment/252014/#Comment\_252014

ACTUALLY HERE IS ORDER BELOW INSTEAD OF CLICKING LINK ABOVE Awaiting this beast below ( not huge order… But enough to create anticipation ) Gonna be first time trying 6 photo anything… I hope the menthol is slight like stated, I’m not a menthol or camphor or clove fan at all… Products ------------------------------------------------------ 2 x Babaton Plain Blue 15g 9 x Swedish Match Taxi Blue 15g 1 x Samuel Gawith Raspberry 25g 1 x Swedish Match Taxi Green 15g 1 x Fribourg & Treyer Old Paris 25g 1 x Wilsons Irish HD Toast 20 25g 1 x Wilsons Lemon Toast 25g 1 x 6 Photo Special 25g 1 x Toque Quit 25g 1 x Metal Snuff Spoon Silver…(free…my ass… Lol) $170 US DOLLARS … LOL 1 x Bernard Klostermischung 1 x Bernard Zwiefacher 1 x Dholakia White 50g 1 x Samuel Gawith Irish D Light 25g 1 x Sir Walter Scott’s Lundy Foot Snuff 50g 1 x 6 Photo Kailash 25g 1 x 6 Photo Medicated No.666 30g 1 x Makla Neffa Ifrikia 8g 1 x 6 Photo Natural 35g

@AANYCARARDS Wow “not a huge order” Does the truck back right up to your garage. That should keep you busy for a while, i’m curious about the 6 photo I’ve got a couple of those in my cart at Mr Snuff, Natural and Kailash… give us some feedback if you get the time

@AANYCARARDS Wow “not a huge order” Does the truck back right up to your garage. That should keep you busy for a while, i’m curious about the 6 photo I’ve got a couple of those in my cart at Mr Snuff, Natural and Kailash… give us some feedback if you get the time

@3_D…last @3_D posted in wrong thread International Chassis with Dump body…Snuff slides off dump right into garage… Less labor intensive.

@Roderick I think it’s a combination of US Customs and USPS. Packages coming to my house in Virginia seem to be delayed lately.

OFF TOPIC BUT… @Roderick, after my first 2 initial orders from Toque. I sub sequentially ordered Toque from MS ( so I could get other brand snuffs as well at same time ) Toque snuff seems to stay the freshest of all snuffs I have seen ( Maybe 12 to 15 brands ) which types of toque snuffs has a freshness factor, that buying from you would be wiser than buying from MS. In other words, which get dry faster? how long do they sit in MS inventory? For instance, I can’t believe the fresh consistency of the TOAST AND MARMALADE after months ( not decanting … But put into bulk storage… By Stacking multiple sealed tins stacked into the old tall English glass black cap candy jars ) fresh as day, I got em, has to be, although I never opened them initially, if they were any fresher… They would be wet… Lol… whiskey and honey same way…the toast and marmalade is so freaking fresh after months… You can feel the moisture when scraping from tin with a demitasse spoon. Hail the MASTER BLENDERS… ^:)^