Suggestion: snus store, outside of US, and EU.

[Mykislt]

What I would like to see is an online retailer, that is not in the US, and not in the EU.
Why? Taxes.
I'm so frustrated, that I can't just try 1 or 2 cans of a snus, without paying a fortune on taxes. It gets to the point, where it would be cheaper to get the snuson VIP reoccurring , instead of ordering 2 cans from buysnus lets say.

The funny thing is, that I live in the UK, and there is NO TAX ON SNUS (apart from VAT), and if I order from the Northerner I am technically buying from Sweden, and I have to pay taxes to Sweden.

And I know, that you can buy from the US, with northerner, but the selection is not great, and you have to buy a roll. Now if they changed this policy, and added more brands, then it would be perfect.

I'd like to see one that is in a country that has a working postal service (read: not russia), and low tobacco taxes, and close to Europe, or even in Europe (although any non Eu european land probably has high tobacco tax anyways).

I think it would be smarter to pay the tax to your country, than to Sweden.

[Mykislt]

(read: not russia)

I take that back, Russia would probably be the most viable option actually, somewhere right at the Russo/Norsk border, and the shipping would only be UPS or DHL or something.

[Hanske]

I'm moving to Japan in a year. Hopefully they have something there, but I doubt it. I'll have to start using Northerner, and stick with the same high prices as here in Norway.

[Jwalker]

Well for europe not E.U. and your criteria specifically close to britain I suppose switzerland might work best since there's no ban on snus or anyhing that's the only country that comes to mind. Keep in mind that someone has to invest a lot of money and probably has to get their order shipped from swedish match or other manufacturers directly so there's a pretty big barrier to entry in starting a snus shop. For the U.S. mexico, central america or the dominican republic come to mind of course that seems prohibitively expensive.

[Hanske]

I believe snus-ms.no from Norway will ship to you, but it woun't help you, because the taxes are higher than the Swedish. For a Thunder roll it would cost 620 NOK, or 60 pounds.

[Mykislt]

I'm afraid the swiss have high taxes on tobacco, and Britain is part of the EU. Isle of Man comes to mind:

Mann holds neither membership nor associate membership of the European Union. Protocol 3 of the UK's Act of Accession to the Treaty of Rome permits trade for Manx goods without tariffs.[33] In conjunction with the Customs and Excise agreement with the UK, this facilitates free trade with the UK. While Manx goods can be freely moved within the EU, capital and services cannot be. EU citizens are entitled to travel and reside in the island without restriction.[34][35]

from wiki
maybe the channel islands also.

god damn, they could just supply a small variety of snus, like on a swedish cruise ships to a tobacco store in the isle of man, and the tobacco store could just open a website like: http://www.mysmokingshop.co.uk/

[pinklungs]

I'm moving to Japan in a year. Hopefully they have something there, but I doubt it. I'll have to start using Northerner, and stick with the same high prices as here in Norway.

http://www.rakuten.co.jp/snus/

Not sure if that will help you with your move to Japan but i found the above link at V2's site.
Good luck.

[Hanske]

Thank you! Just what I was looking for!

[chadizzy1]

http://www.rakuten.co.jp/snus/

Not sure if that will help you with your move to Japan but i found the above link at V2's site.
Good luck.

see also

Rakuten.co.jp
LaPierre.com.jp
Tabako-Direct.net

[Hanske]

Thank you, Chad. Snus woun't be a problem in Japan then

But let's try to help Mykislt.