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About Tobaccobymail: TBM is still able to ship to US troops overseas to their military APO addresses. What is happening to Indian tobacco retailers? Today many on-line tobacco retailers are under duress from a variety of sources. For Tobaccobymail.com, the main source comes from State governments trying to alleviate budget deficits through the collection of taxes on Indian reservations. We have been perpetually targeted by the State of New York, because Tobaccobymail.com is owned and operated by Seneca Nation of Indians citizens within the boundary of New York State. This is not a recent issue, as we have been resisting New York State’s assertion of jurisdiction over Seneca lands for almost 250 years. It is also a well-known fact that the Seneca people have been trading in tobacco for several thousands of years without any form of taxation prior to the founding of anything called the State of New York. As such, it is unjust for New York State to insist on eliminating this historically free trade in tobacco as a way to ease contemporary budget shortfalls caused by fiscally irresponsible New York politicians. How will this affect my ability to order tobacco? It is the position of the Seneca Nation of Indians that their territories are sovereign Indian nation lands. As such, the Seneca Nation government and its citizens have always retained the right of free commerce and enterprise with anyone either within or outside the territorial bounds. The Seneca Nation also regards New York as possessing no authority to regulate or limit Indian commerce. This is based on the long-standing treaties and agreements between New York State and the Seneca Nation. Thus, we will hold by our treaties and continue to assert Seneca Nation jurisdiction to provide our customers access to tobacco products. Why can’t I place an order using my Mastercard/Visa or
Discover credit card? Due to recent State pressures on credit card companies, Tobaccobymail.com is unable to process Mastercard/Visa or Discover credit cards as of March 20th, 2005. These companies revoked our contracts with them based solely on the information provided to them by State Attorney Generals at a recent conference. The conference did not represent a court of law and the Seneca Nation was not present to address the wild charges made against Indian owned tobacco companies by various State officials. We have not committed any crime or been implicated as performing any illegal activity. Any statements to the contrary are unfounded. Any questions- Toll Free: 1-800-419-1907 or FAX: 1-716-945-5175. Can I still order tobacco products from
Tobaccobymail.com? Yes, we are committed to and value our customers. The elimination of credit card purchases for tobacco products may be a nuisance, but Tobaccobymail.com does and will continue to accept money orders and checks. Many of our customers already pay for tobacco products via money order or check. Actually, we are now encouraging our customers to use money orders and checks, as it reduces our per transaction cost [driven up by the very same credit card companies]. When ordering for the first time a copy of your Drivers License is mandatory! These savings will be passed on to our customers. For a printable order form: http://www.tobaccobymail.com/PRINTABLEORDERFORM.htm. Follow the directions provided. Will Tobaccobymail.com provide my name to the State
where I reside?
Absolutely not! We are
extremely careful with all the information our customers provide us. We will
never provide any government official with our customer list, and the Seneca
Nation of Indians exclusively protects it from seizure.
Order by Phone- Call Toll Free -
Due to Credit Card company regulations, No
packages delivered without a signature or to any other address other than the
Credit Card billing address. This means, If you work during the day and/or aren't at home to
accept packages, one of our operators can assist you in adding your work
address to your credit card account so that you may get your packages at work.
It only takes a few minutes! It is the responsibility of the Buyer
to ascertain and comply with any laws in regard to the purchase and use of any
cigarette products. In order to determine the applicable limits on purchases or
taxing responsibilities, if any, imposed by your particular state, the consumer
may want to contact your state authorities. We are not tax advisors to our
customers nor are we tax collectors for ANY state agency. All Federal Excise taxes have
been Paid, as required by law, before these products are shipped to us. To
protect our customers accounts, eliminate fraud and keep our prices as low as
possible, Tobacco by mail reports any and all suspicious,
obviously fraudulent
CREDIT
CARD activity to
law enforcement agencies in the state & county of residence and New York
state. We vigorously dispute all charge-backs and prosecute to the full
extent of the law. SORRY, no sales to anyone under 18.
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