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alleghany
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Posted: July 21, 2005 7:24 AM Post subject: Changing my rewards $ amount! |
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Well, I am not sure this is a "vent". But, I have just been told that a friend of mine paid $9 a pack in a bar to get cigarettes the other night.
Believe me, I remember those days well. But, I certainly wish I had used $9 a pack amount for my rewards money! LOL!!!
Well, thought I would share, because really....I am shocked at how far this addiction goes.
Have a great smokefree day ~ and buy something worth $9 that makes our lives better ~ like gourmet ice cream!!!!! LOL!!!
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Wanda
Quit Date: March 15, 2004
Posts: 425 Location: Carlisle, PA
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Posted: July 21, 2005 8:53 AM Post subject: |
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wow,
when i started smoking the whole carton was 10 dollars. that's 45 cents per cigarette. i bet there are people here who started out paying less than that per pack.
according to my quit counter at those prices i would have save almost $4,500 not smoking. you're right i would like to have that money!
wow! _________________
Wanda
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Backfist
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Posts: 340 Location: Rome, Georgia
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Posted: July 21, 2005 10:30 AM Post subject: amazing |
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Man, nine bucks a pack. Incredible. In honor of my lunaversary, I may just go spend nine bucks on something much better than a pack of cigs!
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kevin Site Admin
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Posts: 9538 Location: cincinnati, oh
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Posted: July 21, 2005 11:37 AM Post subject: |
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since i quit, the price of newports (no generics here; only top shelf for this addict) where i live has gone from just under $5.00 a pack to almost $8.00. hey, i like the idea of increasing our rewards money to track the price hikes! what'll it be next? hmmm... _________________
keep choosing life!
kevin
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londa
Quit Date: July 28, 2004
Posts: 2469 Location: new york, USA
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Posted: July 21, 2005 12:45 PM Post subject: |
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You have got to be kidding
How in the world can anyone afford to smoke!!!!
$9.00 a pack?
When I started smoking they were I think, 55 cents a pack!
Thanks for the post, it is truly an eye-opener!
Love, Londa _________________
My name is Londa. I am 57 and I act like I'm 20. I love to laugh and smile. The more the better. Being kind to someone is the best thing you can do. |
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Frankiet
Quit Date: June 14, 2005
Posts: 568 Location: Delaware
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Posted: July 21, 2005 9:23 PM Post subject: |
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If I still smoked and cigarettes hit $10.00 a pack, I'd have to start growing my own tobacco.
Problem is I don't know how I would finance the 599 other chemicals that goes into a cigarette.
Remember the list?
http://quitsmoking.about.com/cs/nicotineinhaler/a/cigingredients.htm _________________
"Once in awhile you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right" |
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alleghany
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Posted: July 22, 2005 7:19 AM Post subject: |
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Frankiet wrote: |
Problem is I don't know how I would finance the 599 other chemicals that goes into a cigarette.
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Thank you for making me laugh this morning! Soooooo true! _________________
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bigdaddyscds
Quit Date: May 13, 2004
Posts: 562 Location: San Angelo, Texas USA
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Posted: July 22, 2005 8:25 PM Post subject: |
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I was the naive schmuck who said I would quit when they got to $1.00 a pack. The first dollar packs were at DFW airport machines when they first opened up and we were amazed and said noone would ever pay it. I was paying almost $5.00 a pack when I quit. Oh well....
John _________________
All things are difficult before they are easy.
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Cowgirl UP!
Quit Date: July 26, 2004
Posts: 5029 Location: Ala
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Posted: July 22, 2005 11:18 PM Post subject: |
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Well, I have finally found something great about living in Alabama...if you are a smoker that is....when I quit last year, I was paying $3.25 to 3.50 per pack or somewhere in that ball park....for once I am glad my memory fails me...
Kay _________________
All with a little help from my friends, COWGIRL UP |
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Barbara K.
Quit Date: December 23, 2004
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Posted: July 23, 2005 12:28 AM Post subject: |
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Where I lived I was paying $14 a carton for generics when I smoked. Sine I quit all cigarettes went up $2 a carton in VA. I smoked 50 cigarettes a day so on the average I was spending about $35 a week for smokes. So now that would just have been increased by $10 more.
Blessings, _________________
Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn arouind and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
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mtwilsonranch
Quit Date: January 20, 2006
Posts: 1863 Location: nevada
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Posted: July 23, 2005 1:16 AM Post subject: |
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When I started smoking I paid 25 cents per pack, 30 cents if you bought them out of a vending machine.. I also said that I would never pay more than 50 cents when they went up. 3 weeks ago I was paying 3.50 per pack.....Never to high for addiction. UGHHHHHHHH....
9 dollars a pack....wow
You now pay high dollar for the addiction and then you pay high dollar for the medical expense of your addiction....Somebody is getting a profit off of this.................Plus they are getting a profit off of the sales for the NRT, HIGH price of addiction..........
Sorry I got carried off the subject.....
Pam
3 weeks, 5 days, 21 hrs., 15 min free of nicotine _________________
Right Now, this minute, this hour, this day, I choose not to feed my addiction.... |
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