First pics of the Rafael Gonzalez 88

[wabashcr]

$239 US

[treberty]

Could not be more than 150USD, imo.

[PigFish]

I am with you Zaney. I figure 165.00 and by the time they land in Oz, my brothers there will have to pay $1888 AUD... The shape makes them look more 'dangerous' and perhaps they need a 'special danger' tax!

I like RG cigars. If these were $8 bucks a piece, I would be interested. As it is I can smoke a likely superior RGCE for a fraction of the cost and don't have to wait.

-Piggy

[kinglingcheng]

my mate just bough this in HK  , around 300 AUD in total i think 

[Fugu]

• Based on your disclosure, US$250?
• My guess is they'll retail for around $220us a box
• $190 USD is my guess
• I'm gonna say $250USD. I wouldn't be surprised if they are even $275USD.
• Given what recent RE have been priced at, I'm going to guess USD 220/box.
• I would expect $290 to $300 a box
• $229 for a box of 10...
• $275-$350 / box

You're the very clients HSA is aiming at... lol.

By the way - a great way to analyse the market before the pricing has finally been fixed...

[PigFish]

13 minutes ago, Fugu said:

• Based on your disclosure, US$250?
• My guess is they'll retail for around $220us a box
• $190 USD is my guess
• I'm gonna say $250USD. I wouldn't be surprised if they are even $275USD.
• Given what recent RE have been priced at, I'm going to guess USD 220/box.
• I would expect $290 to $300 a box
• $229 for a box of 10...
• $275-$350 / box

You're the very clients HSA is aiming at... lol.

By the way - a great way to analyse the market before the pricing has finally been fixed...

Goo... You left me out of the equation! I don't really care what they are priced at if it is over 8 bucks a stick!!! -LOL

Now that I think about it some, considering what Tabacuba has been doing to cheat on tobacco, with a 30% under-fill rate, I will revise my value at $5.60 a stick!!!

-Piggy

[ChanceSchmerr]

my guess is $188 - to fit with the 88's theme

 

[PigFish]

1 minute ago, ChanceSchmerr said:

my guess is $188 - to fit with the 88's theme

 

... will you buy some Chris and send me one??? -LOL

-R

[luv2fly]

I will get some and send you one Piggy 

[Head83]

I would place my bet at $180.  Have you tried one yet?

[ChanceSchmerr]

36 minutes ago, PigFish said:

... will you buy some Chris and send me one??? -LOL

-R

LOL to be honest, @PigFish, at that price I'm not sure if I will buy any! 

I'm trying to save up for a cab of Punch DC's before the cabs are gone for good.

But if I do get some I'll send you one for sure  

[shlomo]

One meeelion dollars!

[rckymtn22]

42 minutes ago, ChanceSchmerr said:

my guess is $188 - to fit with the 88's theme

 

I was going say that to after I thought about the price a bit more.  $188.88 Way to much for RG's 

[zeedubbya]

2 hours ago, PigFish said:

I am with you Zaney. I figure 165.00 and by the time they land in Oz, my brothers there will have to pay $1888 AUD... The shape makes them look more 'dangerous' and perhaps they need a 'special danger' tax!

I like RG cigars. If these were $8 bucks a piece, I would be interested. As it is I can smoke a likely superior RGCE for a fraction of the cost and don't have to wait.

-Piggy

Ray--if it ends up being $165 a box I will send you a 5er.  If they're under $8 a stick you have to change your handle to PigBird...deal?  

 

 

 

[topdiesel]

Should be sub 150, five years ago they would've been lucky to get more than $110 a box.

I am sure you are right that there will be plenty for all here since they will actually try to get 175+ for them.

[topdiesel]

2 minutes ago, zeedubbya said:

Ray--if it ends up being $165 a box I will send you a 5er.  If they're under $8 a stick you have to change your handle to PigBird...deal?  

 

 

 

Boxes of 10 aren't they?

[Charltonc]

235

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[daustinhartman]

$150-160 USD.

[MooseAMuffin]

I'm guessing $175us. Hope they aren't much more than that but they look great. I'd split a box with a fellow BOTL if they are down!

[SirVantes]

RG88 - 48 x 137.  RA Club Allones - 47 x 135.   Factor in the LE premium for CA and the cachet of the RA brand compared to RG.   Conversely, factor in 1 year's worth of price increase and the Brit Extra vitola's "fanciness".  RG88 should still be priced at appreciably less than the CA, and certainly no more than current CA prices.

Having said that, i still vote $188.  The mystic power of the prosperous 8 will be too much for David Tang's crew to resist. 

[BuzzArd]

RG88...  

Sure that's not 88 ring gauge...?  

This is 2017 after all....

[GrouchoMarx]

Hope these go up today - I'll take 2 boxes.

One - so I can try one ROTT the other for keeping.

[Fugu]

3 hours ago, PigFish said:

Goo... You left me out of the equation!

Actually, I wasn't so sure as to whether I should or not... lol.

To put it into perspective, as @rckymtn22 mentioned, the only other RG Regional (50 x 127, coming with just one tapered end, so a comparable amount of tobacco but a bit easier to roll) had been about USD 108 (2014), but that's including ALL taxes (tobacco-tax, VAT)! Problem is - there is an increasing amount of buy-ups now from international buyers (I dare not say flippers), so Regional's pricing that had been previously cognizant of the markets they were being released to, is steadily being adjusted for that as it seems.

The 88 is an attractive cigar, no question about that! But the price has to be right. A duty-free pricing around USD 110 I would consider fair, above 140 is forbidding. Now, after this thread here, at least we can be sure they won't come cheap.

Folks seem to slowly lose touch to ground.... so be it. Quite like you, I know exactly with what to stock up ...

[davenoh]

darn metric system....147?     

[PigFish]

3 hours ago, zeedubbya said:

Ray--if it ends up being $165 a box I will send you a 5er.  If they're under $8 a stick you have to change your handle to PigBird...deal?  

 

 

 

... if they are 8 bucks, you can call me PigGod, not PigAngel.

-Piggy