wyflavour Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Australian governement has just , without any warning or notifcation, changed the prices of impoting tax, customs, etc by 400%. so now retail wise a packet of AF 250g used to sell for $22 it will now sell anywhere between $98 to $105. 100's are comnplaining to their ministers etc, but retail and wholesale businesses are shocked, so are consumers. In my case as you people have been witness too i am starting my online store. Now what do i do? So angry, upset, i dont know what to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codename067 Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Are you serious? Is this true or are you joking?Thats some seriously F'ed up shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyflavour Posted July 3, 2008 Author Share Posted July 3, 2008 QUOTE (Codename067 @ Jul 3 2008, 11:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Are you serious? Is this true or are you joking?Thats some seriously F'ed up shit.no joke. i wish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esheg4ever23 Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 QUOTE (wyflavour @ Jul 2 2008, 05:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Australian governement has just , without any warning or notifcation, changed the prices of impoting tax, customs, etc by 400%. so now retail wise a packet of AF 250g used to sell for $22 it will now sell anywhere between $98 to $105. 100's are comnplaining to their ministers etc, but retail and wholesale businesses are shocked, so are consumers. In my case as you people have been witness too i am starting my online store. Now what do i do? So angry, upset, i dont know what to do.Wow. Thats insane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikemyusername Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 maybe a good name for your shisha would be "fucking expensive shisha" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuie Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Guess Australia doesn't want their citizens to smoke....hahahaha... say hello to tobacco bootleggers!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codename067 Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Whos down...lets start buying in BULKS and bootlegging the hell out of it in Australia...buy AF 250g at 5 dollars...sell it at 50...hmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voski Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Sounds like a good time to start growing your own! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyflavour Posted July 3, 2008 Author Share Posted July 3, 2008 QUOTE (voski @ Jul 3 2008, 12:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Sounds like a good time to start growing your own!thats what ive been thinking, australia only grows the flue cured tobacco , is that good enough? how hard is it to produce this stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voski Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 I honestly do not know but there are people who have tried to make their own. I don't know if they would be willing to release their methods/recipes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esheg4ever23 Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 I can imagine it being pretty difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldog_916 Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Nah, just order the seeds as a gift, make sure to do some research, I'm sure you could get away with at least selling your own shisha in Australia from tobacco you've grown yourself, this could be a great opportunity for you. Importing is insanely expensive, so growing it yourself will be a big alternative for people looking to smoke good shisha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esheg4ever23 Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Or just come to the states and buy an assload of tobacco. I'm talking wholesale status. Import it back, resell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldog_916 Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 You're forgetting about customs my friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esheg4ever23 Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 QUOTE (Bulldog_916 @ Jul 2 2008, 06:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>You're forgetting about customs my friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyflavour Posted July 3, 2008 Author Share Posted July 3, 2008 QUOTE (Bulldog_916 @ Jul 3 2008, 12:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Nah, just order the seeds as a gift, make sure to do some research, I'm sure you could get away with at least selling your own shisha in Australia from tobacco you've grown yourself, this could be a great opportunity for you. Importing is insanely expensive, so growing it yourself will be a big alternative for people looking to smoke good shisha.Yeah but will i ever be able to make shisha that smokes well. also the only type of tobacco grown here is flue cured tobacco , is this suitable enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Boss Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 QUOTE (wyflavour @ Jul 2 2008, 07:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>the only type of tobacco grown here is flue cured tobacco , is this suitable enough? Explain to us what flue cured tobacco is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1v3th3ad Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 smuggle it in the country like the nht runners lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyflavour Posted July 3, 2008 Author Share Posted July 3, 2008 QUOTE (r1v3th3ad @ Jul 3 2008, 12:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>smuggle it in the country like the nht runners lolpenalty for smuggling tobacco used to 5k fine, it is now 5 years jail.im not exactly sure what flue treated tobacco is, but details on how it is made can be found here http://www.alpinelink.com.au/tobaccoproduc...marketing.shtml , finding very hard to digest this stuff, maybe an expert can help. please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyflavour Posted July 3, 2008 Author Share Posted July 3, 2008 no tobacco is even farmed in australia, cannot even make my own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voski Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Do you have any friends/relatives that live out of the country? Maybe they can send you small packages every few months with tobacco in it labeled as something that is not tobacco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKammenzind Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Geeze... when I read that I choked on my drink and screamed. My girlfriend ran into the room thinking something was wrong, so I pointed her to the screen and her reaction was exactly the same. That is just plain wrong... I mean $22 for AF is rape as it is, but $100? That's just criminal. NHT probably doesn't even cost that much by volume... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1v3th3ad Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 I have one idea on the growing...you might get away with Nicotina Rustica...its a shaman tobacco that is really really potent. Its not really used recreationaly (shisha, cigs, shisha...) but it could work...get some seeds and grow it, I'm sure it wouldn't be counted by gov. tobacco laws, you could also make an attempt at the religious rights card, tell them you're pagan and its ceremonial(pagans can pull that to an extent, but mainly shamans...). Then, once you have the ability to grow it, wash the hell out of it(boil it in water) to take its potency down to about the level that normal tobacco is.If you can do that, get on here with us and we'll help you with shisha recipes. I know that sounds long and complicated, but it really isn't, I just like to go anal on details Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cotsi95 Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 The only way around that is to smoke Soex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voski Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Smoke it shaman style and tell us how it goes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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