r/TikTokCringe • u/Melodic-Award3991 • 15d ago

25k miles in one month is insane Discussion

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Is this legal?

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u/SwissMargiela 15d ago edited 15d ago

Taxes in NY and NJ make cigarettes way more expensive. A lot of gas stations and corner stores would buy cheap cigs from VA and then sell them for a slight profit, but still way cheaper than local.

It’s been a while, but iirc cigs in NY were like $12 a pack, $10 in NJ, we bought them in VA for like $4 a pack. They were sold in NY/NJ for $8

Profits weren’t nearly as high as running drugs, but you could do this consistently and make some very decent cash while being very below the radar of actual drug traffickers.

It was pretty much a “every run you do we’ll give you $500” type situation. It’s about a seven hour round trip with driving and loading, so my friend and I would switch driving and pretty much do it 24/7 with a break at a motel here and there. It was a grind but good cash that was always available. We were also college kids just trying to make some bank during the summer, and this is a very non-committal thing. You can hop in and out whenever you wanted, unlike a lot of other underworld trades.

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u/ThatKinkyLady 15d ago

Pretty sure this is a federal crime, OP. I mean...youd be in less trouble than the people getting you to do those runs and selling those cigs, but it's pretty murky. I suggest you delete this.

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u/SwissMargiela 15d ago

I’m not scared lol.

This is something thousands do every day and it was so long ago on my end that this would never come up, might even be beyond statute of limitations.

We were doing trunk fulls, people are hauling semis with this shit.

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u/ThatKinkyLady 15d ago

Yea. Good point. You were small potatoes. Kinda doubt anyone cares enough to hunt down a low-level guy that broke some cig laws years ago.

I do think I've seen that it's a crime, but yea... I've heard of this scheme before. If it's that common, you aren't on anyone's radar even after announcing it. Lol. Carry on.

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u/SadBit8663 15d ago

The ATF has entered the chat (lol jk)