tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post741804068713610513..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: Forget Everything You Thought You Knew About Economics, Human NatureDick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-29344301570398734232012-03-30T23:53:50.850+01:002012-03-30T23:53:50.850+01:00Amber Leaf was in Adinkerke. Problem is JTI and no...Amber Leaf was in Adinkerke. Problem is JTI and not the government. JTI are bloody awful to deal with according to the tobacco shops and are a complete pain in the ass.<br /><br />Try the tobacco shops that are there for the truckers.Smoking Hothttp://twitter.com/N2Declarenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-39095667907626545772012-03-30T22:34:07.693+01:002012-03-30T22:34:07.693+01:00Like SH in an earlier comment ,I pop over to Belgi...Like SH in an earlier comment ,I pop over to Belgium to re stock on<br />Amber Leaf (if you can get it) Guess what ,my friend an Amber smoker <br />unable to get any Amber was given a sample of FOREIGN Orlando to try<br />out .He liked ,he bought (£3.40p for 50 grammes) and now has kicked the<br />BRITISH product into touch.<br />Just a rumour in rough bars on the Flemish Coast ,German,Polish,Czech and Slovak Truckers have no problem getting Amber Leaf.? ? ? ? ?<br />A fag shop in the Ardennes (Walloon Belgium) informs me Amber Leaf is no longer available.????? UK Gov interference ???<br />To sum up (crudely) untill the British grow some bollocks,this anti<br />smoking hysterical crap will continue<br /><br /><br />We few ,we merry bandNon Butt Kissernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-53785852259289318122012-03-30T21:41:03.884+01:002012-03-30T21:41:03.884+01:00They "Weeviled" their way onto the publi...They "Weeviled" their way onto the public sector gravy train.<br />Well paid non productive jobs for slagging off smokers.<br />Why should I as a smoker pay for that?<br />Or any other taxpayer for that matter.c777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-66624740994816235182012-03-30T17:45:58.194+01:002012-03-30T17:45:58.194+01:00 Smoking Hot, dear me..I rather think the lady in ... Smoking Hot, dear me..I rather think the lady in the report. lives in the land of marshmallow trees and chocolate rivers, if price has nothing to do with it.<br />BBC really do not do balance....Mark.Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-77461784534989652602012-03-30T16:52:16.446+01:002012-03-30T16:52:16.446+01:00The Alcohol and Tobacco Unit guy doesn't have ...The Alcohol and Tobacco Unit guy doesn't have much of a handle on what he's tackling either. Jin Ling IIRC came originally from one of the eastern bloc countries, not China. The Chinese manufactured Jin Ling is actually a counterfeit of a counterfeit! Gotta laugh. :)Dick_Puddlecotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-38355170404488615202012-03-30T16:50:20.925+01:002012-03-30T16:50:20.925+01:00I'll bet they were jubilant on March 22nd as O...I'll bet they were jubilant on March 22nd as Osborne increased the attractiveness of their wares by another £3.70 per tube. More leeway for upping their own selling price a bit, too. <br /><br />The day can't be far away where more people source cross border tobacco than buy it in the UK. Dick_Puddlecotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-51238224268428071952012-03-30T16:46:11.346+01:002012-03-30T16:46:11.346+01:00I must remember that one. :)I must remember that one. :)Dick_Puddlecotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-90569418659510911332012-03-30T16:44:02.335+01:002012-03-30T16:44:02.335+01:00......or you could have said to her "Do you p.........or you could have said to her "Do you prefer missionary or doggystyle?......exactly....it's none of your fkn business!"Parmenionnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-57704360932834705702012-03-30T14:48:17.937+01:002012-03-30T14:48:17.937+01:00I'll think on that Mark whilst l have a smoke ...I'll think on that Mark whilst l have a smoke of my EU Duty Paid cigarets at £2.10 a pack of 20. :)Smoking Hothttp://twitter.com/N2Declarenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-16184501215008852492012-03-30T14:33:37.957+01:002012-03-30T14:33:37.957+01:00Maybe I misunderstood but putting the price up wil...Maybe I misunderstood but putting the price up will force people to quit.<br /><br />Or they could embrace the free market. No they won't, we all just want to<br />quit. <br />Not really sold on that arguement.<br /> Mark.Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-42505026928518780102012-03-30T14:01:44.769+01:002012-03-30T14:01:44.769+01:00Their brains have been removed and replaced with s...Their brains have been removed and replaced with soft puddy and bogus statistics. That is, of course, the best-case scenario.Jayhttp://nannyingtyrants.blogspot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-15450414412304029362012-03-30T14:01:10.881+01:002012-03-30T14:01:10.881+01:00We were in Adinkerke yesterday with the owner of t...We were in Adinkerke yesterday with the owner of the biggest chain of shops, Real Tobacco. He showed us round his operation and also showed us by how much trade has increased of late. He actively promotes our advice on recording all Customs interviews and not to sign their notebook after the interview. Since we've putting out this advice we have had no-one at all having their goods seized who have followed our advice.<br /><br />In the pub in Adinkerke we got talking to 'bad boys' and they told us trade was roaring ... and they were from Liverpool! Our advice is of no use to them as if they are stopped by Customs they just walk away and leave it. This 'loss' is built-in to their operation. They said they had no worries about Customs as they never prosecute. If the 'bad boys' lose their goods, they just come again and buy more. Because of Customs actions against legitimate cross-border shoppers the 'bad boys' say their customer base is constantly growing.<br /><br />Of course the idiot from the Tobacco Control Unit thinks he's winning because the can no longer find the 'illicit trade' ... they have adapted to his tactics and trade continues. As for Joy? ... what can you say that hasn't already been said?Smoking Hothttp://twitter.com/N2Declarenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-78930522105434385162012-03-30T13:59:30.554+01:002012-03-30T13:59:30.554+01:00George, it is because he was the only one that doe...George, it is because he was the only one that doesn't receive government funds to have an opinion. Jayhttp://nannyingtyrants.blogspot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-82768816583810315082012-03-30T13:40:28.911+01:002012-03-30T13:40:28.911+01:00I hope you got my previous comment from ASH.
The ...I hope you got my previous comment from ASH.<br /><br />The posh economics term for this is "entrepot" trading. This is where goods and services are re-exported from low tax regimes to high tax regimes.DaveAtherton20noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-40485220150784838512012-03-30T13:34:06.614+01:002012-03-30T13:34:06.614+01:00An NHS worker came up to me as I was enjoying my l...An NHS worker came up to me as I was enjoying my lunch in the town centre and asked if I was a smoker or a non-smoker. "That's none of your business" was the only conceivable reply.RichardAllannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-37395724918177740712012-03-30T13:32:16.185+01:002012-03-30T13:32:16.185+01:00Yup, most people are happy to accept certain econo...Yup, most people are happy to accept certain economic principles in theory, but then steadfastly refuse to accept that they apply in real life. I get bombarded with people who claim that the laws of economics do not apply because politicians say they don't.Mark Wadsworthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-73077267473773959842012-03-30T13:19:06.097+01:002012-03-30T13:19:06.097+01:00Have a guess who wrote this:
"In the United ...Have a guess who wrote this:<br /><br />"In the United Kingdom it is estimated in 2007-08 that the illicit market share for cigarettes was 11% and 49% for hand rolling tobacco.."<br /><br />" Globally it is estimated that 11.6% of the cigarette market <br />is illicit, equivalent to 657 billion cigarettes a year. ..In 2000 more than one in five cigarettes smoked in the UK was smuggled, costing the UK Government over £3bn in lost revenue..."<br /><br />"HM Customs and Excise estimated at that time that large scale container fraud accounted for between 70% - 80% of illicit cigarette imports, with small-scale bootlegging accounting for much of the rest."<br /><br />"The enormous profits to be made by evading tobacco duties make smuggling an attractive option for unscrupulous criminal interests. The Taliban, al-Qaeda, Hezbollah and the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) are involved in smuggling cigarettes as is the Columbian FARC. Both the Provisional IRA and the splinter group the Real IRA have been linked with tobacco smuggling as a way of raising money to fund their activities. Chinese Triads are central to the traffic to the UK of counterfeit cigarettes produced in highly sophisticated factories in the Far East."<br /><br />Yes it is those tobacco paid stooges....ASH Scotland.<br /><br />http://www.ashscotland.org.uk/media/4058/Illicit_tobacco_July_2011_update.pdf <br /> DaveAtherton20noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-25245116903282865502012-03-30T13:07:44.567+01:002012-03-30T13:07:44.567+01:00I've heard of burying your head in the sand, b...I've heard of burying your head in the sand, but this lot have their heads so far up their own backsides, they can't possibly see what is happening right under their noses!<br /><br />Of course, from that position, I guess their heads are nearer their brains!Lynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-48886884042965578332012-03-30T12:40:01.612+01:002012-03-30T12:40:01.612+01:00 PS: This is a direct link to the place in the BB... PS: This is a direct link to the place in the BBC programme where they begin speaking about the black market: http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/b01dvw72/<br /><br />If you click on the "Link to This" button, you have choice of selecting to start the audio from where it currently is. Copy that link and voila!Jayhttp://nannyingtyrants.blogspot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-80189772654934286012012-03-30T12:29:14.116+01:002012-03-30T12:29:14.116+01:00Belgium for the duty-avoiding win! We're alre...Belgium for the duty-avoiding win! We're already planning our trip to <br />legally buy our rolling tobacco there; plus, we've always wanted to <br />visit Bruges. <br /><br />I don't know any white van men (or women) where I<br /> live. But then, I don't get out to the pubs much any more since the <br />smoking ban -- certainly not during winter. If a pub doesn't have a <br />beer garden or suitable outdoor space where we can drink and smoke, we <br />don't go to it. <br /><br />When I do go to a pub, I always ask if they <br />supported the smoking ban. If they say yes, then we never go back. <br />This is entirely different than an establishment deciding not to allow <br />smoking -- I respect that choice. Any business which supports a ban <br />will receive my custom. Ever. That includes the BHF. I'm boycotting <br />them.Jayhttp://nannyingtyrants.blogspot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-5312817364275092282012-03-30T12:29:12.382+01:002012-03-30T12:29:12.382+01:00Why was the only coherent interviewee the Liverpud...Why was the only coherent interviewee the Liverpuddlian who made rational economic decisions?George Spellerhttp://www.facebook.com/people/George-Speller/1046658695noreply@blogger.com