Why I love Don
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BarG
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I say old boy, let us not go overboard. That tends to be a rather permanent solution. -- John
That would be bad for buisness!
But good for both you guys if you suceed! Whole leaf won't kill em!
DoncasterChris
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I think you do.............. A label with my name and addres on it, complete with a postage stamp hehe
I don't think I need to add anymore to this.
I check your site but there is not much left. Also I'm interested in shredder and is out of stock. Will you have Nicaraguan tobacco for cigars? If you don't have import taxes in England for whole leaf it may be cheaper for me to order it from you instead from WLT.???
The whole idea behind setting up a distributor in Europe is to reduce shipping costs compared to shipping from the US. Joe and I have been working on a few different shippers and the latest one seems to be the most efficient. Orders shipped from the US to Europe adds about $10 per pound.
Current;y, there isn't much demand for cigar leaf in Europe, but if demand increases, I can make arrangements to have the leaf shipped directly from the Dominican Republic. If anyone has any ideas how to further reduce costs, please offer your suggestions.
Current;y, there isn't much demand for cigar leaf in Europe, but if demand increases, I can make arrangements to have the leaf shipped directly from the Dominican Republic. If anyone has any ideas how to further reduce costs, please offer your suggestions.
Seanz
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Been reading NZ customs on importing whole leaf unstemmed, from what i gathered theres no tariff involved so going to start looking into it further today
I send quite a bit of tobacco to NZ and not all of my customers are members here either. NZ is actually one of the coolest countries I send to...as far as customs agents are concerned.
Seanz
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Thats good to know. I import pipe tobacco for when i feel like something different and they are strict on quantites. Anything over 250grm they love to jump on and add their duties+ g.s.t = fees = GST on the whole amount.
I think thats why i love blending , if and when i can get something similar to Sam Gawiths blend i am set for life.
I have thought of looking into it a a business, but also know that once the overheads and all the government tape etc etc. I would have to charge something similar for what people pay alrady so couldnt see the benefit.
BarG
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I wish luck to both of you on the Euro sales. I don't think the whole leaf tobacco concept has taken root there yet. Give it time , and good luck on spreading the word Notcrack and with your new site which I joined from a link on
www.wholeleaftobacco.com.
www.wholeleaftobacco.com.
jojjas
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I have to agree on everything that is written in this thread
I recived 1 lp each of red virginia ,turkish izmir and fire cured a month ago from PureLeaf , and quality of the leafs was far better than i expected
And i shall spread the word about this initiative here in sweden , so people can smoke better cheaper and give the big tobacco industri the middle finger
I recived 1 lp each of red virginia ,turkish izmir and fire cured a month ago from PureLeaf , and quality of the leafs was far better than i expected
And i shall spread the word about this initiative here in sweden , so people can smoke better cheaper and give the big tobacco industri the middle finger
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The Customer Comments was a good addition imo.
Believe it or not... there are several or more people on the internet that go out of there way to malign Don and his product. Not one has tried his product or services!
Of those that have tried his product and services, everyone else, at least something good to say. They tell me, statistics don't lie.
Believe it or not... there are several or more people on the internet that go out of there way to malign Don and his product. Not one has tried his product or services!
Of those that have tried his product and services, everyone else, at least something good to say. They tell me, statistics don't lie.
Fisherman
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Well I don't "love" Mr Don but I thank him for having this forum available for the world to share and having tobacco for us all to utilize and have the extreme oppurtunity to cut our expences along the way.
Myself , I now can put back 80% of the money I used buying ready mades from the big companys and have a lot of control over what i choose to add to my own body and system.
While I am not an eco-crazy or off grid-crazy, I do like being self sufficient and this is helping me towards that goal.
It is cool mixing the tobaccos he sent also.
The forum is loaded with information that will enhance my smoking time as well as my leisure/social time/ [it does that now]
So all in all I would like to take my hat off to Mr Don and all the founding members of this forum and send a heartfelt thanks.
On more personal note, my buying experience with Mr Don was great. I had never seen whole leaf tobacco and what he sent is for sure top quality. Not at all like what I have salvaged from my own grow. It all was indeed whole leaf and without blemish as well. ANd for those skeptics......... the weight was there as well. The pound packages were all 1.09 pounds at least or 9% over what is advertised. I also learned another thing. Turkish has small leaves At least grown in regular spacing tho I have seen large leaves grown with american spacings but some said that the larger leaves lose their traditional flavor??? I won't be hand stringing mine if they grow....
I guess to re-cap , I could admit to a "Bro-love" thing with Mr Don
Mike
Myself , I now can put back 80% of the money I used buying ready mades from the big companys and have a lot of control over what i choose to add to my own body and system.
While I am not an eco-crazy or off grid-crazy, I do like being self sufficient and this is helping me towards that goal.
It is cool mixing the tobaccos he sent also.
The forum is loaded with information that will enhance my smoking time as well as my leisure/social time/ [it does that now
]So all in all I would like to take my hat off to Mr Don and all the founding members of this forum and send a heartfelt thanks.
On more personal note, my buying experience with Mr Don was great. I had never seen whole leaf tobacco and what he sent is for sure top quality. Not at all like what I have salvaged from my own grow. It all was indeed whole leaf and without blemish as well. ANd for those skeptics......... the weight was there as well. The pound packages were all 1.09 pounds at least or 9% over what is advertised. I also learned another thing. Turkish has small leaves
At least grown in regular spacing tho I have seen large leaves grown with american spacings but some said that the larger leaves lose their traditional flavor??? I won't be hand stringing mine if they grow....I guess to re-cap , I could admit to a "Bro-love" thing with Mr Don
Mike
jekylnz
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How Do they hang turkish? I xant say I wont to be threading all those little leaves this year??
Fisherman
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I see they do and on large scale too. Is sorta neat looking to but time consuming i am sure. Others hang whole stalk from what I see. Still lots of leaf and labor intensive regardless.
jekylnz
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Thats when you need to get the mrs to come do her bit (if she smokes) get her sewing skills out
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