Price hike 2013?

[geosmoke]

I just read this on another vendor's website: "Habanos S.A. price changes for 2013 will come into effect toward the end of September."

Less than a year from the last price increase! Is this true, or just some selling strategy?

[Larsy]

Hope it isn't true

[UpInSmoak]

It's not if it happens, more so when. Annual Increases have been pretty consistent over the past several years. I'm not surprised you read that as unfortunate as it is.

[MrGinger]

Annual increases have been consistent? There has only been one or two increases in the past decade if not longer as far as I know...

I was thinking the same thing.

[geosmoke]

+1

I paid the same price in Cuba for Trini Reyes in Summer '08 and early '10.

[geosmoke]

If this is true, all I can hope right now is not seeing the same hike 15%-30% as the last one.

[CaptainQuintero]

I remember Cuba prices going up last year/start of this year but I don't recall anything across the board for a long time?

[UpInSmoak]

Haha....I guess I'm stating misinformation. I thought I've seen price increases twice in the past 2 yrs, appears im wrong. my memory must be foggy. I'm happy to believe Shlomo regarding only 1 or 2 increases in the past decade. I optimistically stand corrected!

[brazilstogie]

my vendor has stated hike of 8% more or less across the board.

[Smallclub]

Internet vendors have raised their prices much more often than HSA or the regional distributors these last years…

[cigarsdelcuba]

i work in the industry and i can say that HSA has raised their prices every year for as long as i can remember every april. the price increase usually does not hit any vendors/distributors/wholesalers till Q4 of each year when stocks begin to deplete after the summer high season and they have to re order from HSA and end up paying the new price which is passed on to the end user.

[ramon_cojones]

this doesn't make any sense

[SCgarman]

Basically, it looks like the vendors are the ones that have continually raised their prices over the last few years. Cannot comment regarding distributor pricing or HSA pricing. All I know is I am shelling out more money for the same box of cigars now than the last couple of years.

[jimbo1]

well if true, it sucks.....guess petit coronas will be my new go to.......such is life.

[Habano]

The Euro is certainly not helping the US Dollar.

[Smallclub]

Given all the money most of us spend on habanos, I guess we all "work for the industry"

[oliverdst]

Given all the money most of us spend on habanos, I guess we all "work for the industry"

LOL. Accomplices.

[cigarsdelcuba]

I work for an official habanos distributor and I can state for a fact that we receive price increases on an annual basis every April from Habanos. Every year it varies from anywhere from 3% to as high as 13% on some of the tubos when the material got alot more expensive.

The online retailers have huge margin I know based on the prices we buy from Cuba vs what they are selling at and they can afford at most times to absorb the annual price increases...

[bassman]

Indeed, prices go up every year. Doesn't matter if the increase originates with Habanos or the vendor. We're still paying more. Any absolutely nothing wrong with sticking with petite coronas. Want a bigger cigar? Smoke two.