Also Post What you are interested in trying and some one who has it can contact you By Personal message.
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What I’ve been thinking. Keep it simple and not a hassle with some complex way that requires rules and procedures that are required for such a simple task. Pack it with the requested snuff, stuff it in the envelope, lick it and stick it in the mail box. The only real hard part is to be able to clearly get the correct address on it and not forget the stamp! With the thought of “Pen Pal” in mind, your sending something with the anticipation of receiving something in return. That is the idea of this concept. If anybody has more possible ways to make this easier please make comment so we can try getting it going. It does not have to be a guessing game or carp shoot. Just communication between two people about what makes them both happy.
This could be done right here on this topic thread without clogging up the buy-sell-trade topic that is well deserved for its intended purpose. This seem that it would work there as well but should considered as a step brother to it and should be kept separate IMO.
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How would we go about sending to members in the EU? As in if they find it will they confiscate it, or would we be looking at fines and what not? I’m not 100% in the loop with the current EU restrictions.
Maybe @Roderick can chime in on your concern @Aamon.
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I was on a pipe forum, and one person started a parcel pass. They put several samples of pipe tobacco in and mailed it to the next person in line. That second person would take a sample out, put a new sample in, then mail it to the next person. Then the next person repeated, and so forth. There ended up being two different boxes going on, one for the USA, one for Europe so shipping wouldn’t be too expensive.
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I suggest you just bomb everyone on your list with everything you got. Tobacco Cigars Snuff Snus Dokha Chew Dip and any thing else you want to surprise them with. This is a terrible dilemma you get yourself into But you do get to try stuff that you may not considered using . God Damn the Pusher man.
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@Psicko - yeah, a box pass. Could be fun - throw a bunch of snuffs in, take a bunch out. Good way to share things you really love, and ditch things you don’t, given that tastes vary so widely. And like @basement_shaman says, it could also include cigars, pipe tobacco etc. if anyone chooses.
It just seems to me that others are just trying to derail the initial idea. Envelope with small amount of snuff in exchange for the same. Keep it simple not stupid!
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:(|) Hope everything works out. And thanks for the Ambrosia sample. You’re a stand up guy
I’d have to agree keep it as simple as possible. large tobacco packages would be a pain in the ass especially if you have to pay tax on your tobacco. Envelope size would work well and wont break the bank, for those that need to pay tax it doesnt quite make sense paying tax on the entire large package if youre only going to take one or two things out and replace it anyway with your own stock.
The box idea is BS, sure it would probably start out with mostly good things. The next guy would be happy to take what he likes and throw in a rusted tin of what use to be good-after dipping his fingers into everything else to boot. Off it go’s… to the next to person to take advantage of whatever he finds to his liking. Probably opens the tin of rusty snuff, closes the door on that and throws it back to the box. Opens the next tin, takes a pinch and it just doesn’t sit well in the nose so back in the box it go’s. So let’s try another, humm… this is to my liking, I’ll take this and throw in this a can of chew that somebody gave me a year and half ago and a cigar that is stale. On this will go till probably the fourth person before it is really trash bound. Along the lines of this concept will be some dissatisfied and disappointed people I’m sure. Also leave a trail of people that will be blamed, shamed and accused of passing the buck with a shirt smell on it. This box concept can work but is certain to fail at some point. Bad, Bad idea IMO.
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You could start a thread in the Bazaar where members who are interested can post the snuffs they would like to sample and people with those snuffs can contact them via PM and set up a sample trade, this is the simplest way I can think of to get this in motion.
@nicmizer not that I’m pushing for it because I won’t be participating anyway, but your scenario assumes that most people on this forum are selfish assholes. I’ve taken part in many box passes on cigar and pipe forums, and as a rule people generally put in more than they take, and the last person on the list ends up with a big box full of great stuff. Only once did a guy abscond with a box, and then everyone chipped in to send cigars to guys who got stiffed.
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@n9inchnails Could it get pinned to the top, so it can stay active and not get buried? I am sure ? new members and old Snufftoneiums alike will keep it going, time will tell. But it just may catch on as a popular thread.
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I can make it an Announcement so it stays at the top of the page, but if it remains fairly inactive I’ll just make it a regular thread.
Okay who’s interesting in doing this? Can we get a list going, try to get this idea on the go.
Anybody got scales so we know how many grams of snuff we can fit in a letter. basement_shaman reckons 1 ounce including packing at no more than 1/4" thick. I agree with basement_shaman and think we should include a card or something solid to protect the baggies inside also.
maybe tape it between 2 index cards… ? Do we really want to be getting down to using a scale ? I would say put about a teaspoon worth …
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@yisraeldov it would be useful to know the maximum of how many different types and sizes we can have in there at anyone time. That way we can get an estimate of how much needs to be taken out or replaced with as to not exceed the limit. I have no idea how much a letter would weigh as well as the packing, who knows maybe we can only have 1 or 2 grams of snuff so in that case we could maximize selection.