Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 17:36:34 -0700
Reply-To: Michael Harrnacker <harrnack@IN-TCH.COM>
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From: Michael Harrnacker <harrnack@IN-TCH.COM>
Subject: Re: VANAGON BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES!
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Way off subject here...but when I lived in Buffalo, I saw a Pontiac Fiero at
my mechanic's shop that had been modified to hide cigarette cartons for
transport into Canada. The guy could fit an incredible amount of smokes
behind the bumpers and fenders that were so easily removable/remountable
(love that plastic body on metal frame idea). Something like 80-100 cartons
if my leaky memory serves. The guy would buy the cigarettes at the local
reservation, therefore U.S. taxes didn't apply either! He would make 4-5
trips a year and financed his kids' college educations that way.
He got across the border by always keeping a few cartons on the passenger
seat, declaring them as he went across. They never looked any further since
the Fiero couldn't haul any "cargo."
Michael B. Harrnacker
89 Weekender "Nameles"
91 Golf "Miami"
http://ruralinstitute.umt.edu/vwbus
vanagon@rudi.montech.umt.edu
"Never miss a good chance to shut up."
>The trick is to get the Westy across the border loaded with smokes.
>Maybe we shud try an astro van.
>A few years ago when the tax was outrageous I bot a couple of cartons
>of the most popular smoke to sell for a nice profit. Well, I hawked
>those cigs all the way up to Newfoundland! I don't smoke, and I hated
>the idea of having to take them back home! Seemed the entire country
>smoked Players! Finally, on a small ferry in Newfoundland I found a
>guy who had just run out. doubled my money. Then I invested the
>profits in Players at the duty free on the way back, 'cause I knew
>someone back home who smoked them. Except that this person smoked
>ultra lights and I had bot lights. Ended up giving them away. It's
>enough to make you go back to Mary Jane.
>
>TBill
>83.5 Westy
>(Use the ashtray to store little knobs)
>
>
>
>
>---"Robert A. Alexander" <satcong@VOL.COM> wrote:
>>
>> Jeez - I just got contacted by one of our Canadian Northern Tribesmen
>> and was told that Canadians have to pay about $7.00/pack for smokes!!!
>> Apparently, in Canada, they come 25 smokes/pack. That's
>$0.28/smoke!!!
>>
>> Let's see, I can buy untaxed premium cigarettes in NC for
>$8.00/carton -
>> 200 smokes for $0.04/smoke. That means a whopping $0.24/smoke
>> PROFIT!!! Boy, this indicates a $6.00/pack profit!!! THEN, at 10
>> packs/carton - a $60.00/carton profit. At 30 cartons/case, one can
>> expect a return of $1800.00/case return on their
>investment!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>
>> Now, me Vanagon, without the rear seats, can comfortably haul 32 cases
>> of premium smokes up to our beleaguered, downtrodden, overtaxed
>Nothern
>> Tribesmen! At $1800.00/case, this indicates income potential of
>> $57,600.00 per run from TN to Canada and back!!! Methinks 3-4
>Canadian
>> runs is all I need, yearly! Then, I can report back to you
>> dudes/dudettes about how well me '85GL performs in the mountains of
>St.
>> Croix!
>>
>> Jeez, this is a MUCH better profit margin than running
>marijuana!!!!!!!
>>
>> BOB - WA4RRN
>> '85GL
>> http://www.impeachment.org
>>
>
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