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My husband and I are smokers, and when we do purchase anything we always look for sales and promotions, so when we see a promotion that says buy one get one free we go for it, we buy it ' well camel ciggeretts have a bs promotion going on right know, when you purchses 2 packs of there lights you get the third for free all for the scam price of 9.40, well i have yet to pay more then 3.70 a pack ever (i live in denver ,colo) so when i fell for there bogof propaganda i payed 4.70 a pac ,and when we asked several cashiers at all the places that offered the camel bogof promo ,they all said well your really getting each pack for 3.64 instaed of there reg price of 4.70 a pac.so even they admitted that it's really a discount on each pac when you buy 3 pacs,your not really getting anything for free. FALSE ADVERTISING at it.s finest.And the kicker after each place gave use there almost word for word explaination,they all sold us a single pac for 3.64 which is there reg price that they sell there single pacs of camels for, not the 4.70 price hmmm,what am i not getting.Well we have been pointing out this bs scam of CAMEL to anybody and everbody we know, and since i have no shame if i see someone (4 people so far) about to purchase the 3 pac scam i have had no problem pointing out that bottom line there not getting anything for free, i'm very proud to add that all 4 of the people made the choice not purchase the 3 pac deal. marboro here we come, because if they tell 2 people then they tell 2 people and so on and so on.

thank you very much sheila
denver, co

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chris
Mar 19, 2008 10:15 am EDT

The reason it costs more is because you are still paying the ### tax put on everypack of smokes by our federal and your state goverment. They call them sin taxes and tobbacco has i very high tax on it.

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Peggy
Nov 03, 2008 1:00 pm EST

I just came back from the store down the street. Camel has a buy one get one free offer. Well, their normal prices are $3.40 a pack. Two packs cost me $5.03 with tax. So I came home and did a search on it, ended up here. I think it's false advertising also. You are not getting a free pack!

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The Angry Clam
PD, US
Jun 09, 2009 9:27 pm EDT

California here, ditto... I was like what is this B.S. and the world of Google brought me here...$5.? for a pack I just paid $8.03 for a buy 1 get 1...WTF?

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LesleyDavis
US
May 12, 2017 12:52 am EDT

This is just a few of them

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Saabundiz
US
Aug 14, 2018 11:08 pm EDT
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I bought a pack of cigarettes and one of them had a whole lot of extra paper on it

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Richard Dslen
US
Aug 15, 2018 5:56 am EDT

Why have you changed the size of my Camel Blue Wides I thought they looked smaller so I took one of my friends Camel Latnum and there the same size If I wonted any other type of cigarettes I would perches them So if you're not making Camel Blue Wide any longer just tell me and I'll go back to Marlboro

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Onlytimeilleverusethis
US
Aug 15, 2018 2:09 pm EDT

New "packaging" sucks and I won't even bother buying camel anymore. don't act like smokers don't notice you've changed the product and not just packaging. They're disgusting and rip your throat up.

honestly this is probably gonna be a blow to your camel sales.

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5515978453259000
US
Aug 15, 2018 5:22 pm EDT

When you send out coupons, you obviously encourage smoking, which is not a good thing. Smoking could lead to lung cancer. Cancer usually leads to death. So please connect the dots and see the issue. I REALLY NEED THIS TO GET RECONIZED SO I WROTE THIS LAST PART IN ALL CAPS. PLEASE, YOU COULD SAVE LIVES!

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Ciarra08
US
Aug 15, 2018 9:09 pm EDT
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I try to create an account so I could receive special offers and coupons i spend a lot on cigarettes and I prefer camel brand... Please contact me by email so we can figure out what is going on and why it's doing it.. Thank you... Nataliesmommy022008@gmail.com

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Minhah craig
ZA
Aug 20, 2018 4:43 am EDT
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Every time I buy a packet, I get certain ones that taste like the cherry one and it's disappointing because the shop is far from where I stay.. please do something about this!

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Sam1991
US
Aug 20, 2018 8:13 am EDT

Bought 4 cartons and they are stale can't return them so I'm stick with them for this whole month they are nasty if I wanted to smoke straw I would have bought pip tobacco I've been smoke camels for 10 years

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Rrs1487
US
Aug 20, 2018 9:36 am EDT

The ball your suppose to crush was not there or crushed already very disappointed in this as this is my Third pack and will just like to Say there not CHEAP!Hope you guys can help because this is not fair to a consumer.

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Sappling420
US
Aug 20, 2018 9:45 am EDT

These new packs are [censored]ing terrible. They taste like wanna-be marbs if i wanted marbs id buy those. But i want camels! These taste like [censored] and when i bought a pack it came with 2 broken and i had JUST OPENED THE PACK! Go back to ragular camel 99 filters.

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Dani James
US
Aug 20, 2018 9:53 am EDT

I've been an avid consumer of camel Snuss I just bought two packages and each package has been torn. The inside poutches are ripped. Interesting enough that I purchase punches to avoid the crud inside, it's all in my mouth lol. HELP!

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Noahjacob
US
Aug 20, 2018 10:59 am EDT
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I purchased two pack of camel wides and both packs had damaged cigarette s in the packs and tobacco was all on bottom of pack from coming out of cigarettes I believe I should get these replace coupons for free pack of 2 packs my email is Parrack.kayla@gmail.com thanks

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J_9934
US
Aug 20, 2018 11:06 am EDT
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Need to bring back the old camel 99's...
The "new and improved" tremendously suck [censored]... I drove town after town, liquor store to liquor store... finally was able to find an ol man selling originals and bought two cartons! I'm very disappointed in the new that I'm considering just switching it up to another brand and company.

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T.rau
US
Aug 20, 2018 4:35 pm EDT
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I haven't been able to use my coupons for like a mouth now my husband has a separate account an his doesn't work either can you please help us out and fix this problem

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ShawnaMoon
US
Aug 20, 2018 5:37 pm EDT

The new camel 99s are horrible. Change em back or ima start smoking Marlboro 100s again. Smh they taste horrible. They are flimsy. I'm so disappointed. I refuse to buy another pack until they change them back

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Sj2177
US
Aug 20, 2018 7:16 pm EDT

On work at a liquor and tobacco outlet and the new camels we have gotten are absolutely nasty. They're just not the same. Please bring the old ones back. I cant find them anywhere anymore.

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Rit Palmer
US
Aug 20, 2018 8:13 pm EDT

I've been happy to smoke Camel Wides for the last 11 years and HATE the new packaging for them. I MUCH prefer the old cover of the pack, with the bold WIDES on the top and large Camel. I'm going to switch brands if you keep the new cover. Richard Palmer, Schenectady, NY, 12304...email is lifeofpi048@gmail.com

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Cheese land
US
Aug 20, 2018 8:42 pm EDT

There are often 14 instead of 15. Wtf camel. I buy these daily and it's like 45 percent of the time I get 14 instead of 15.

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Kasim Qafleshi
US
Aug 21, 2018 1:07 am EDT

This is Xaj Mustafa a survivor of the war in Kosovo, also imprisoned and abused by Serbian paramilitary forces.At that time the horror that she had unintentionally made on tobacco brand marketing CAMEL.
- Maybe deserves a reward from your company...?!

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Matt Foster
US
Aug 21, 2018 3:33 am EDT

They [censored]ing suck you need to get the old ones back! i'm switch in to marbs!

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Ayrickah
US
Aug 28, 2018 9:30 am EDT

I buy a carton of Camel Crush every 9 Days ... Last couple of cartons when you get an inch from the filter there is no tobacco... Camel Crush is my favorite and the only thing I smoke could you kindly look into this issue?
Thank you

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Sully13
US
Aug 29, 2018 4:01 am EDT
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I purchesed a role of the large frost snus and 3 cans didn't have 15 pouches. One can had 11 and the other two cans had 12. Been very happy with the product for years but this was very disapointing.

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LouisJordaan
ZA
Sep 01, 2018 10:30 am EDT
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After a long working day I stopped at the local supermarket and bought my next pack of Camel Activte Blue. To my surprise the first sigarette did not have the mint ball inside. More than 50% of the sigarettes were the same. What a waste. As per the photos, 3 with balls, 4 withoit balls. The rest were consumed with the same resluts.

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Melissa Limbach
US
Sep 01, 2018 4:52 pm EDT

The mobile app won't work I love getting 2 off and haven't received mail in awhile

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JED123456789
US
Sep 02, 2018 3:27 am EDT
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For the past few weeks, the Camel mobile coupon is not working. Big tobacco likes it's profits, but should be more concerned with brand loyalty. Too many other companies offer discounts regularly to guarantee they keep their customers happy & loyal. Get your IT people on the ball, or people on the fence will abandon you. (I'm one of them)

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MichaelJ18
ZA
Sep 02, 2018 4:30 am EDT

I have been a Camel smoker for a while and have been smoking the the Camel Activate (Blue) The past few packs I have bought, there has seem to be a problem with the activation button. in each pack about 12 of the cigarettes do not pop when activated, they just seem to crush when pressed with no effect.

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Renata82
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Sep 05, 2018 7:32 am EDT
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Today I've bought a package of cigarettes with one which wasn't made properly 😃

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T925
ZA
Sep 05, 2018 9:29 am EDT
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This is the second time iv wasted money on buying a pack of camel activate purple as I enjoy it and it ends up tasting like lemons!so dissatisfied and disappointed in camel

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DudeNificent
US
Sep 05, 2018 10:22 pm EDT
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Even though i am in the chosen store it keeps saying i must be in the store for this to work. When i map it using the camel website it says i am still at home. And yes my location services is turned on. Please advise as i would really like to take advantage of this offer.

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Rainey Cooper
US
Sep 18, 2018 10:03 am EDT
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Found two odd looking smears on my smokes. I definitely won't be smoking them. Just thought you should be aware. Not looking to be rembersed.

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Shaun09
ZA
Sep 18, 2018 12:32 pm EDT

Hi i buy 2 packets of camel activate purple everyday, most of the time the purple balls dont work, just bought a packet and i get a lemon cigarette in it. I am very disappointed as i only smoke camel activate purple. Please contact me and advise what your are going to do about the problem.
Thanks

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T925
ZA
Sep 19, 2018 4:13 am EDT
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This is the second time I have wasted money on a pack of camel activate purple as I enjoy it so much bt ends up tasting like lemons so dissatisfied and disappointed with camel iv always been a loyal customer of camel but every time I purchase a pack I have to think twice about wasting my money

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Purpleduck
US
Sep 19, 2018 4:35 am EDT
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For the last month I have only been able to use 1 coupon.
I either get the message that I don't have any coupons (when I only used 1 in a months time) or the website times out
I've quit smoking Camels and went to Marlboros. Their website always works.

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ameer manuel
US
Sep 19, 2018 2:39 pm EDT

good day

my name is Ameer im living in south Africa cape town, I normally go through three cartons a month of camel classic cigarettes(30 packs of 20) in one carton I found a number of rejected cigarettes which I have photos of, I just want to bring it to your attention, my contact number is +[protected]

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PieterLamp
ZA
Sep 19, 2018 10:51 pm EDT

Bought a packet of smokes with bar code [protected] and found one smoke that seems to have blood on it.
LoL, could it be that someone actually cut their vinger in the production line?

It looked kind of disgusting tho!

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N8Dub
US
Sep 20, 2018 7:52 am EDT

This has to be the 5th or 6th cigarette I've smoked that has sparked and grown a rather disturbing appendage as the cigarette was lit.

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Calista98
ZA
Oct 28, 2018 1:25 am EDT

I've recently bought a packet of Camel Activate in which I found two cigarettes that had no "ice ball" to pop. My two most recent packets had a dreadful taste. I used to love this brand but I'm truly disappointed

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