price of fags

simma



Joined: 03/02/2008
Posts: 346

Message Posted:
06/02/2008 20:52

Can anyone shed any light on the price of cigs. When I was over in october they were more expensive than the south when I looked in Girne.

cressy


Joined: 01/10/2007
Posts: 36

Message Posted:
06/02/2008 22:28

Hello simma.Not sure of shop prices but when we were over in october we paid

8pound for 200,they were lambert and butler,from the airport shop on the way out.

glencoe


Joined: 01/02/2008
Posts: 256

Message Posted:
07/02/2008 08:29

Simma - sorry no chance - they are much much cheaper than the south, when you fly in you can bring in 600 unless you live here then you can bring in 1000 average price £8 for 200 south average price £26 for 200 in the shops slightly more expensive but no where near the south prices average shop price is about £12

Dusterbruce


Joined: 03/08/2007
Posts: 1125

Message Posted:
07/02/2008 09:53

When I was there in Sept 2006 they were about £14 in the shops

In Sept 2007 they had gone up to about £18

I paid £10Cyprus in the duty free leaving Ercan

Dusterbruce


Joined: 03/08/2007
Posts: 1125

Message Posted:
07/02/2008 09:55

Sorry missed this bit. In Sept 2007 they were about £18 in a supermarket on the Greek side

dodger



Joined: 29/07/2007
Posts: 1895

Message Posted:
07/02/2008 20:41

What no post on this one from uk turk.

glencoe


Joined: 01/02/2008
Posts: 256

Message Posted:
07/02/2008 21:59

Hi dusterbruce

They must have seen you coming with your GC money as I can assure you that at Ercan 200 lambert is £8 sterling. 200 Gold leaf is £9 sterling and the dearest is £10 for some of the fancier brands, and I have been through Ercan five times each way in the past four months, buying fags for the missus each time.

The reason the GC's are so tight on the forty cigs rule at the crossings is that there is such a vast difference in price between the two sides

suzyjj


Joined: 09/05/2008
Posts: 2

Message Posted:
10/05/2008 11:20

I'm flying into Larnaca then heading over to the north. Is Larnaca airport likely to be cheaper than locally in north and do they ever check you when heading back over the border to the south? I'll be doing journey in taxi rather than hire car.

nickm3


Joined: 01/04/2008
Posts: 10

Message Posted:
10/05/2008 14:33

how much baccy am i allowed to buy at ercan as i assume it will be cheaper to buy it there as have never bought any in the airport normally buy a couple of pouches locally then go south and buy 120 pouches between me and the missus for a years supply.

spook


Joined: 23/01/2008
Posts: 244

Message Posted:
10/05/2008 14:45

Dont try to take tobacco/cigs/sprits from the trnc to the south , it is not allowed you will run the risk if caught of both confisaction + a fine.

My brother in law could not resist the temptation of the cheap prices in the TRNC and got searched when entering the south / all cigs taken off him / then taken by police to cash machine to draw out money to pay his fine of some £80 plus, needless to say he wont be doing it again

nickm3


Joined: 01/04/2008
Posts: 10

Message Posted:
10/05/2008 15:55

no i fly from ercan so buy the reccomended amount of 60 pouches per person in the south and take them back to the north with four of us in the car.

dont buy any in the north to take back as its the same price as the south and can only take 10 puches home so not worth it unless i can get some in ercan airport when we land if its cheaper

young_blitz


Joined: 13/09/2008
Posts: 42

Message Posted:
14/09/2008 00:57

i went to the shop to buy some cigarets for my boss the other day and 200 cigarets where 35 pounds

Ralph96



Joined: 01/07/2008
Posts: 531

Message Posted:
14/09/2008 05:29

Last night i got pi##ed up and did not smoke a single tab....well done Ralph.

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
14/09/2008 07:41

The price of cigarettes on both sides of the border is your health!

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
14/09/2008 08:51

before the south joined the euro, the exchange rate gbp to cyprus pound made them cheaper. now they have raised all prices since the euro, i is cheaper in the north.