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From: JohnT on 12 Oct 2007 06:37
"Rocket Ron" <roncomp(a)bleuyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "contrex" <mike.j.harvey(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I got it wrong about the petrol... �20 not �40. So he'll get tobacco
> worth �240 for an outlay of �20 and you'll save a tenner, tops. Even
> if he sells the tobacco at half price he'll make �100.
>
> Hi the flight is at 7 in the morning so he will have to pick me up at 3:30
> so I think it is worth it. I would have brought him the tobacco back
> anyway and sold it to him for �5 for 50gms. OK he makes �80 for 2 150 mile
> round trips and I can have a drink on the plane coming back.
> Ron
>


You do realise that the Canary Islands are not part of the EU for alcohol
and tobacco purchases? You get a duty-free allowance of 250 grammes of
tobacco and will have to pay duty, taxes and VAT on the remainder.
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JohnT

From: grusl on 12 Oct 2007 07:12

"JohnT" <johnSPAMNOT31(a)fastmail.fm> wrote in message
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> "Rocket Ron" <roncomp(a)bleuyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:lgGPi.29916$c_1.16226(a)text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>>
>> "contrex" <mike.j.harvey(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1192176410.223898.83020(a)i13g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>> I got it wrong about the petrol... �20 not �40. So he'll get tobacco
>> worth �240 for an outlay of �20 and you'll save a tenner, tops. Even
>> if he sells the tobacco at half price he'll make �100.
>>
>> Hi the flight is at 7 in the morning so he will have to pick me up at
>> 3:30 so I think it is worth it. I would have brought him the tobacco back
>> anyway and sold it to him for �5 for 50gms. OK he makes �80 for 2 150
>> mile round trips and I can have a drink on the plane coming back.
>> Ron
>>
>
>
> You do realise that the Canary Islands are not part of the EU for alcohol
> and tobacco purchases? You get a duty-free allowance of 250 grammes of
> tobacco and will have to pay duty, taxes and VAT on the remainder.
> --

I was wondering about that. And wouldn't 1kg of tobacco make a fair-sized
package?

Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore


From: Rocket Ron on 12 Oct 2007 07:36

>>
>> You do realise that the Canary Islands are not part of the EU for alcohol
>> and tobacco purchases? You get a duty-free allowance of 250 grammes of
>> tobacco and will have to pay duty, taxes and VAT on the remainder.

There is always one or 2. I am not interested in the legalities or
otherwise. All I wanted was the price. Also I am not going on my own.


From: user on 12 Oct 2007 08:03
contrex, 12/10/2007 wrote:

> On 12 Oct, 00:54, "Rocket Ron" <ronc...(a)bleuyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> > So will 1kilo of Golden Virginia cost more or less than �70 or even
> > 100 euros in the Canaries.
>
> It'll cost you about 60 UK pounds. In Las Palmas, at the end of August
> 2007, 500g of Golden Virginia (10 x 50g) cost me 43 euros.

I think you will find that 43 euros is approx �30 not �60.

--

Clooty
From: Andy Pandy on 12 Oct 2007 08:14

"Rocket Ron" <roncomp(a)bleuyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> >>
> >> You do realise that the Canary Islands are not part of the EU for
alcohol
> >> and tobacco purchases? You get a duty-free allowance of 250
grammes of
> >> tobacco and will have to pay duty, taxes and VAT on the
remainder.
>
> There is always one or 2. I am not interested in the legalities or
> otherwise. All I wanted was the price. Also I am not going on my
own.

Kin hell, he was only letting you know, in case you didn't!

--
Andy


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