Shipping to Canada

[walkingnerd]

hey guys ... i was wondering if CI ships to Canada ...
i know Famous smoke Shop does ... but i just cant ignore the low low prices of CI ... i mean who can ... box of 20s for 20 ... a dollar per stick deals ... you cant get those anywhere ...
cigar monsters got some of the good deals too but you gotta e-mail the representative then they will get back to you on it ...

so yea if anyone knows if CI ships to canada please do tell
or if you know any good cigar deal places in canada that would ship ... please tell too ^^
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[Gordy]

explain exactly what CI is bro that does sound like one hell of a deal

 

[walkingnerd]

cigar international man ... they have like 47% off msrp deals
like im looking at a Majestic Maduro Super-Sampler thing
which is like
12 sticks
4 - Graycliff 1666 Torpedo (6?x 52)
4 - Padilla Obsidian Belicoso (6?x 54)
4 - 5 Vegas Series Archetype (6?x 50)
so like the msrp for this sampler is like 150 ... reasonable right ???
guess what its going for at CI ... forget that ... its going for $39.95 ...
I mean dude ... if i were to get 1 stick of 5 vegas in Vancouver ... its alread 20 - 30 bucks ... its ridiculous !!!

alright another one is like this
Gurkha Mild + 'Deep-Six' Combo ...
gurkha stuff are expensive ... and you can just go in despair trying to find a store selling them in Vancouver ...
so this whole thing ... 12 sticks 154 msrp .... which is already pushing it ... if you ever smoked gurkha you'll know what i mean ...
they're giving them out for $49.99 ... even if thats USD and i convert it to CAD ... thats like $59.43 CAD ... still a deal of the life time ...

 

[Gordy]

i have a few gurkha smokes that im looking foward to smoking but damn you just informed me of one hell of a place to get my sticks... i hope they do ship out your way because you shouldnt have to pay that much for sticks that we can get for cheap... good luck bro

 

[Phi Delt]

Hey Nerd. in a word, no. CI Won't ship to Canada. I've found two places thus far who will. Famous, and Duque cigars. Famous bills you up front for the taxes and duty that would be owing, and as such, you wouldn't really have an option to refuse delivery at the door. Duque does not do this, so you end up paying at the door. My recent order of some Series A and 5 Vegas Classics along with some other yard gars had a balance due to the Gov't of $431 at my door.


So, if you want to get in on those CI deals, you pretty much need to become a very good buddy with someone from down in the US, and have them ship the deal up to ya up here in Canuckland.

 

[walkingnerd]

oh dang ... 431 at your door ... probably didnt expect that aye ??
thanks bro ... good to hear ... sucks that canada has some of the most expensive hobbies ...
but yea thanks bro ... ill check out famous ... they have some good deals ...
have you tried getting stuff from cigar monster ???

 

[Phi Delt]

I was expecting the $431 on that order. The stogies spent 2 weeks at Customs. No way was I getting away from taxes on that puppy.

FWIW, when I checked out the costs of a box from Famous, versus a box here at home, there was less than a 20% difference overall, due to the taxes and duties being added up front on their end.

If you're looking to potentially avoid the duty and taxes, the only potential way, is to have someone personally ship to ya. NO guarantees either way though. It might slip through, it might not.