Also, few I've met in Negril don't smoke cigarettes, so there is always a big demand ..... You can buy three for a dollar in Los Angeles (bics are a bit more) .... Also, I have noticed locals LOVE reading glasses that you can buy for a dollar in Los Angeles but cost TEN dollars in Negril!
Remember that lighters are NOT legal for checked luggage. My guess is that you're going to have an issue with security if you try to go through the line with that many lighters in your pocket. And I don't know what happens to you (other than just confiscation) if TSA inspectors find a bunch of lighters in your checked bag.
http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtrav...ted-items.shtm
"Lighters without fuel are permitted in checked baggage. Lighters with fuel are prohibited in checked baggage, unless they adhere to the Department of Transportation (DOT) exemption, which allows up to two fueled lighters if properly enclosed in a DOT approved case. If you are uncertain as to whether your lighter is prohibited, please leave it at home."
Torch lighters are prohibited both as carry-on and in checked baggage.
This is on the list of "Why bother violating the regulations to smuggle in something that's freely available once you're there?"
lighters in Jamaica:::>> Ja $20 each
mi-personally, buy 'em THERE,
and bring 'em back to USofA
cost waaay too much here in USofA
p.s.... btw, usually/frequently, in-Jamaica, IF you buy 3-of-something-something, they (i.e., the China-man) will give you a 10% discount
Last edited by smith744; 09-19-2011 at 11:28 AM.
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Gerry,
In addition to the lighters being cheap here - the reading glasses are also very inexpensive - usually around ja$300.
No reason to bring either of those items with you - just buy them here!
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i'm so glad this question came up...Originally Posted by smith744
reminds me::>> To-Do-List::>> go to Bascho(sp?) (or a Ja-wholesaler, China-man shop) and buy a box-full of lighters.... 'twill be MUCH-cheaper than Ja$20 each
ummmmmm..
could bring 'em back to USofA
and sell 'em here
be hapPpy
If you were flying from UK they would be taken of you before getting on the plane
put all lighters in your checked (under-the-plane) bags/luggage
do NOT carry 'em on
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said the days you could actually use a new bic as "healthy" barter, or short Taxi ride are no longer...........Customs would always question our 20-30 lighters, we just laugh, said "we like to light other people cigarettes"...then pass a few around, everything OK...
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I can start a lighter shop with the amount i have in the lockers downstairs
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooh,
"..I See.." said the blind-man
so,
you're an airport worker eh
..the-same-folks, who've confiscated all dem lighters from me over the past few years
so,
you got a locker full of lighers eh
...i always *wonder*-ed WHAT dem did with all those lighters they take from passengers/travelers.
now i know
..they in YOUR-locker(s)
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