Any smokers out here?

suntanman



Joined: 18/04/2007
Posts: 721

Message Posted:
27/10/2011 12:51

Does anyone know what's happening? I heard a rumour that tax is being increased on cigs, and retailers are holding back on stock until the new rate is announced.

I am being restricted by only being able to purchase one or two packets at a time.

Have spent all morning driving from Bahceli to Girne, stopping at every shop to get my limited quota.

rachw


Joined: 09/04/2011
Posts: 51

Message Posted:
27/10/2011 14:19

Apparently cigs are going up by quite a few lira per packet. I'm told the ones I pay 7tl for now, will be approx 9.50tl

Deniz1


Joined: 28/07/2009
Posts: 3829

Message Posted:
27/10/2011 14:34

Good time to pack it up then.

tonykyte


Joined: 19/04/2008
Posts: 270

Message Posted:
27/10/2011 14:40

Smokers need to make a stand and refuse to buy any at the higher prices coming in said to be a increase of 2tl per packet. Come on you smokers fight for your rights !!!!

StGeorgeI


Joined: 27/08/2009
Posts: 973

Message Posted:
27/10/2011 15:15

How can they fight for their rights - smokers need the fix... a couple of days making a stand and refusing to buy, and all the smokers will hapily pay double that just to get their hands on a packet!



G

andy-f


Joined: 03/05/2009
Posts: 1256

Message Posted:
27/10/2011 16:05

why dont the dirty gets just pack the disgusting habbit in ?



save a shit load of dosh and live healthier

BizziLizzi


Joined: 02/08/2011
Posts: 855

Message Posted:
27/10/2011 16:33

Yes suntanman - its been on for a few days now. The shops say new stocks havent arrived yet and ae being fair to give everyone a quota, some say they have plenty of stock but dont want to sell at old price! Since everyone does wha yot do, I reckon it is the petrol stations trying to increase petrol sales!



Anti smokers - bet some you would be screaming if restricted to two pints of beer per pub.

martinD41


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 3001

Message Posted:
27/10/2011 16:43

Some on here would be "Mortified" if they were rationed to 10 pints...

BizziLizzi


Joined: 02/08/2011
Posts: 855

Message Posted:
27/10/2011 17:08

Yes suntanman - its been on for a few days now. The shops say new stocks havent arrived yet and ae being fair to give everyone a quota, some say they have plenty of stock but dont want to sell at old price! Since everyone does wha yot do, I reckon it is the petrol stations trying to increase petrol sales!



Anti smokers - bet some you would be screaming if restricted to two pints of beer per pub.

joez21


Joined: 27/10/2011
Posts: 2

Message Posted:
27/10/2011 17:25

loooooooooool

BizziLizzi


Joined: 02/08/2011
Posts: 855

Message Posted:
27/10/2011 19:25

Yes suntanman - its been on for a few days now. The shops say new stocks havent arrived yet and ae being fair to give everyone a quota, some say they have plenty of stock but dont want to sell at old price! Since everyone does wha yot do, I reckon it is the petrol stations trying to increase petrol sales!



Anti smokers - bet some you would be screaming if restricted to two pints of beer per pub.

marcosthechef



Joined: 30/11/2009
Posts: 646

Message Posted:
28/10/2011 02:34

I had heard that the importers were withholding the stocks because the government had demanded tax on existing stocks that had already been imported and tax paid.



They did a similar thing with the betting shops and the betting shop owners got together and said, ok if you put up the tax on our shops, we will close a load of them and they did,...now the govt get less money from tax with the increased rate than they got before. And this occured in a matter of weeks.



Where do we go from here...............