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I'm not doing business with JR's if this happens. Sticking with our host.

Do they even seize 1% of all CC shipments to the US? I highly doubt it. It's another government bureaucracy that just oozes ineptitude and inefficiency like every other US government agency we pay fo

Guys, come on! Support your local distributor... so the rest of us can keep Rob's selections!

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I don't know, I read it as Altadis and JR operating independently under the Tabacalera umbrella. Currently, JR's stores are in North Carolina only, so were they to be the primary retailer, I guess it would be mainly internet.

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Hey Rob sounds like tabacalera-usa will mirror Spains way of doing things. Should be

a win / win for both groups.....

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Once the embargo is lifted, first thing I'm doing is jumping on a plane to Gibraltar and bringing back 2 suitcases full of aged stuff. Wonder what import limits will be imposed on us though.

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There are 2 JRs in NJ

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Yes in whippany and rt 17 a couple miles before the garden state plaza

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I'm not doing business with JR's if this happens. Sticking with our host.

Hell yeah! cigar.gif

It only gets more convenient, and the quality control/inspection can't be beat!

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JR is just a subsidiary of Altadis which is a subsidiary of Imperial. I read this as Tabacalera simply being a new management group for both Altadis USA and JR and probably the future distributor of Habanos on the USA, when/if that happens.

As long as Habanos/Altadis/Imperial still exists I don't see why there would be any difference in the US than anywhere else in the world. No surprise a distributor would be created by already established interests to manage and distribute both Cuban and US products.

I think you'll see the same model as everywhere else in the world. Multiple LCDH outlets in major US markets selling direct and USA retailers obtaining cigars from this new Tabacalera distributor.

That being said, I can buy from many places in the world right now, meaning many distributors and many retailers and I still buy from here much of the time.

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I am sure it will be a mutiple distribution strategy but the post embargo situation appears to be getting a little bit clearer.

http://www.tobaccoreporter.com/2015/10/imperial-tobacco-forms-tabacalera-usa/

The "post embargo" situation really means nothing as long as the embargo is STILL in effect and it in fact is. And with congress and the president always in deadlock and never able to agree on anything the embargo may be in place for another 10 years, who really knows.

Just because the US has taken a few baby steps towards relations with Cuba really means little. As I have said many times Obama has a year left in office and then he is gone! Nobody knows what the next President will do regarding Cuba. Everyone thinks they have the goose that will lay the golden egg!

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The "post embargo" situation really means nothing as long as the embargo is STILL in effect and it in fact is. And with congress and the president always in deadlock and never able to agree on anything the embargo may be in place for another 10 years, who really knows.

Just because the US has taken a few baby steps towards relations with Cuba really means little. As I have said many times Obama has a year left in office and then he is gone! Nobody knows what the next President will do regarding Cuba. Everyone thinks they have the goose that will lay the golden egg!

No doubt a lot of truth to what you are saying

However, business is positioning itself on both sides. That is undeniable.

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Still buying from Rob, even if JR gets to sell Cubans in the USA, but I'd quickly become a "beat the dealer" addict, too! (I try it out every once in a while, even though I've never had a hand that could actually win, no matter how I'd picked)

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If embargo gets lifted ill still shop through rob and I will 2 day ship everything.

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Will the embargo affect shipping?

I would assume, embargo or not, that anything coming into this country will still be at the whim of overseas travel and customs.

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Will still buy outside the US. It'll still be cheaper than what our government will tax them.

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The "post embargo" situation really means nothing as long as the embargo is STILL in effect and it in fact is. And with congress and the president always in deadlock and never able to agree on anything the embargo may be in place for another 10 years, who really knows.

Just because the US has taken a few baby steps towards relations with Cuba really means little. As I have said many times Obama has a year left in office and then he is gone! Nobody knows what the next President will do regarding Cuba. Everyone thinks they have the goose that will lay the golden egg!

I don't see how the embargo lasts more than three years max. The majority of Cubans down here don't even want it anymore.

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The "post embargo" situation really means nothing as long as the embargo is STILL in effect and it in fact is. And with congress and the president always in deadlock and never able to agree on anything the embargo may be in place for another 10 years, who really knows.

Just because the US has taken a few baby steps towards relations with Cuba really means little. As I have said many times Obama has a year left in office and then he is gone! Nobody knows what the next President will do regarding Cuba. Everyone thinks they have the goose that will lay the golden egg!

This

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I don't see how the embargo lasts more than three years max. The majority of Cubans down here don't even want it anymore.

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Will still buy outside the US. It'll still be cheaper than what our government will tax them.

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If Private Importation of Tobacco Products in the US works anything like Canada or Aus, you'll have to pay import duty on them once they arrive in the US

It would still be slightly cheaper than buying locally, but you'll still be at the mercy of the Tax Man

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