Just lost a customer/Letter from a lady in Maine

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Senator Susan Collins

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The Honorable Susan Collins
United States Senate
172 Russell Senate Office Building
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1 City Center
Portland, Maine 04101
207-780-3575

202 Harlow Street
Bangor, Maine 04401
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Senator Olympia Snowe

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3 Canal Plaza
Portland, Maine 04101
207-874-0883

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1 Cumberland Place
Bangor, Maine 04401
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First District Congressman Tom Allen

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United States House of Representatives
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Washington, D.C. 20515
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234 Oxford Street
Portland, Maine 04101
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Second District Congressman John Baldacci

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The Honorable John Baldacci
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157 Main Street
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How old do you have to be to buy tobacco in Maine? I think here it's 21. The owner could have been referring to his age rather then his military ID.. I was in a tobacco store here and a mother and her 15 year old daughter came in the store. The owner told the mother her daughter would have to leave. The mother looked surprised ( so did I) and asked, even if I'm here? The owner told her yes, if the anti tobacco folks walked in they could shut him down.

We have one restaurant that added a whole different area on a restaurant so he could have a smoking section. I know even with a parents permission kids can't go in that section.

Donna George should buy her cigars elsewhere!

vannrox, thanks so much for taking time to post all of that.

I have those, maybe the others do not! Thanks so much.

Donna George of Carmel, Maine, down around Bangor is the gal that wrote the above letter.

I did a ping to our people living down around Bangor, and hopefully, they will see this thread soon, and get some kind of ball rolling. Find out which smoke shop, and maybe find Donna's phone number and give her the URL to this thread.

Somebody down there needs a good swift kick in the pants.

Perfect example of something I've urged before. Next time your son-in-law is in Los Angeles, have him stop at the Mexican Counsulate there and pay the $20 bucks at a nearby stand to get the necessary documents and then, pay the Mexican government official the $10 bribe necessary to get one of those ID cards that illegal aliens are using . I guarantee that places in Maine and all over the country will accept this ID card, especially in states held captive by the extreme leftists. To the ultra-liberal, crypto communists in this country, an ID card issued by the Mexican goberment is worth a lot more than a US military ID card.

How old do you have to be to buy tobacco in Maine?

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I never had trouble showing my military ID; it was as widely accepted as a VISA card fer cryin' out loud. This shop owner has ulterior motives.

I never had trouble showing my military ID; it was as widely accepted as a VISA card fer cryin' out loud. This shop owner has ulterior motives.

I think your right!

As a former resident, I can tell you that Bangor is "Democrat Central"; from rabid anti-conservative Stephen King right on down...

When she saw it, however, she showed it to the owner, and the owner said, “That’s no good, get out of here.”

This sounds a bit, err, hostile........I'm wondering if this isn't some liberal Pali sympathizer supporting the troops........their troops.

You know......in the vein of "Let's spit on the returning Vietnam vet". That mentality.

Oh! But the Republic of Maine taxes my husbands military retirement!
They sure know when to GRAB THOSE TAXES, though, don't they!

Friendly suggestion:
Leave.
Move to Texas (San Antonio is loaded with military types) or Florida.

Don't stay/move to any state adjoining Massachussets.
Too many "Mass-Holes" are infiltrating those areas.

Maine Smoke Shop
407 Wilson Brewer Shoppng Cntr
Brewer, ME 04412
207-989-6971

I called this number and spoke to the actual woman who was involved in the incident. She said that she was following store policy, which was set by the owner. She gave this number for the owner, a gentleman named Mike:

207-879-4529

I called this second number, but Mike was unavailable. The person I spoke to said that he thought they DID take military IDs. I therefore asked him to clarify with Mike, and to double check with the store. I also gave him a "heads up" that this incident is on Free Republic.

Well, that might be, but some people just don't want the hassle. You can find an anti-gov rant in that someplace, I suppose.

Perhaps, but why even have a SMOKE SHOP store to begin with? The people are obviously in the business to sell Smoking items. Again, I'm sure they are UP TO DATE on the State laws in Maine pertaining to SMOKING, the proper form of IDs n such.

Er, I didn't realize there was I.Q. testing required before you could open a business. You ARE anti-gov regulation aren't you?

Please point out any reference where I said as such, People have the right NOT to give him business, What I stated has nothing what so ever to do with the "gov. allowing him". More so the "PEOPLE" not supporting his Business. To answer your Question.. YES I am "Anti-Gov Regulation", It is past the point of absurd the "over-Regulation" Of the American People.

I also gave him a "heads up" that this incident is on Free Republic.

bttt

Shop owner should be famliar with Military I.D. Cards, as Brewer / Bangor is just up the road from Naval Air Station, Brunswick (lots of military, military dependents and military retiree's there) and Bath, home of Bath Iron Works, builders of US Navy ships. Lot of BIW workers are military retiree's AND a lot of active duty Navy men and women live in the Bath area that are assigned to the ships' pre-commissioning crew.

The Maine Smoke Shop is listed as having "protections/assurances" from the VRAP program (whatever that is) by Maine's Department of Environmental Protection.

Its address is listed as 123 College Avenue in Waterville.

She said that she was following store policy, which was set by the owner.

What was that policy? Not to sell to anyone under 21, or not to accept military ID's? This needs a little clarification.

Scratch my previous post. Wrong Maine Smoke Shop.

I am glad someone finally went to the source. We are ready to write congressmen and mayors, put the store on the "do not patronize" list. When the problem may be a lot more local than that. Lets not use a sledge hammer where a meat tenderizer will work.

I find that in most customer service issues--not all--the problem is,as the movie said, "A failure to communicate."

My guess is that some clerk was given specific instructions and she followed them. My guess is that this place is constantly being tested by the tobacco control folks, so they are very, very strict.

Lets not be so quick to jump on the small businessman.