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5Dec/098

More Small Business Stimulus

Got this email from Value Tobacco, today.

To all our valued customers,
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We are now carrying Golden Harvest Pipe Tobacco. We have a low price of
$17.75 per 12 oz bag and right now it is on sale, 10% off, available for
$15.98. Flavors come in Robust (full flavor), Mild (light), Mint (menthol)
and Natural.
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We have successfully completed our move to Uniontown, PA and thank you all
for your patience during our move.
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Update on P.A.C.T. ACT. As you may or may not know, there is a bill
floating in the congress to prevent mailing tobacco products through the
mail. It has already passed the House and is in the Senate. Obama has said
he will sign it. When this happens, we will be extremely busy. I want
everybody to get @all the @tobacco they want, but please understand; when
the law comes into effect we cannot ship tobacco, so buy early. If you plan
on buying a couple of days before the law comes into effect, your order may
not get filled. We are facing two problems, one being that when the law
comes into effect, we will try to run out of stock, and on that day we want
nothing in stock. The other problem is when the law goes into effect, it is
permanent. If we are behind 200, 300, 500 orders then they simply cannot be
mailed, because that is the law.
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Update on pipe tobacco. The government is well aware of this loophole and
will be addressing this in the near future. We don't know if this will
happen before or after PACT Act is in place. Hopefully after, but it is
just not certain. So once again, this is another reason to bulk up on your
tobacco stock.
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We will be emailing you all when the bill passes the Senate and when the
President signs it, and when we know the actual date the law comes into
effect.
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On a personal note, I have really enjoyed starting and running Value
Tobacco. I have talked to so many customers and made many friends. I will
always cherish the memories from this whole experience. I'll remember how
scary it was when I first started, the gratification when the business
started to work and the eventual heartache when the business is done. I
will hold no animosity and will not be bitter toward my country, but I am
concerned. How can we keep taking rights away from each other until we have
none ourselves?

So, smoke 'em if you've got them, order it while you can. Â As states move inexorably toward legalization of "medicinal marijuana" (you can even get a degree in pot cultivation), Congress and the cigarette smoking President shut down tobacco.