Time To Liquidate All Your Cubans

[Doctorossi]

27 minutes ago, dominattorney said:

The issue people have with Gurkha is that they place a premium on marketing--so many different weird pieces of shwag, and they have 2-3 bands a piece, and the boxes are overly elaborate, there's an impression that quality suffers as a result.  I could not disagree, as they also have way too many different cigars in their catalog--many of which are unshakeable dog rockets. 

Yes, the owner's business expertise comes from the field of packaging and marketing wrist-watches and it shows in the priorities of the company's practices.

[canadianbeaver]

We have fun teasing NC’s, but really have no personal hate-on for them. Honest!

Gurkha: Brown Pickle

Rocky Pootel

Poo-dermo 

CB

[BrightonCorgi]

Gurkha would be a lot better received by the existing cigar community if they did not put down Habanos.   Aston does not put down Ferrari as a brand, but offer something different in the same class.  It's alright (or would be smart) for Gurkha to acknowledge a great cigar for what it is.  Does not have to be only their cigars are great...

[SCgarman]

4 minutes ago, BrightonCorgi said:

Gurkha would be a lot better received by the existing cigar community if they did not put down Habanos.   Aston does not put down Ferrari as a brand, but offer something different in the same class.  It's alright (or would be smart) for Gurkha to acknowledge a great cigar for what it is.  Does not have to be only their cigars are great...

I don't see Padron or Fuente bashing Cubans and saying how bad they suck. These companies quietly go about making their cigars and don't need Gurkha's BS sales tactics. 

[BrightonCorgi]

49 minutes ago, NYgarman said:

I don't see Padron or Fuente bashing Cubans and saying how bad they suck. These companies quietly go about making their cigars and don't need Gurkha's BS sales tactics. 

Exactly.  

[SCgarman]

4 hours ago, HarveyBoulevard said:

I don't think Ghurkas are any worse than a lot of other crap cigars.  What gets me is ego of their company and marketing department.  Don't tell me its a Rolls Royce but for me...just this once...for a limited time...its 98% off...shhhhh, just between us.  What I find most ridiculous about Ghurka and why I mock them so, is because they think we are all stupid and because they think so highly of themselves.

If you produce a Yugo...sell the crap out of that Yugo.  Don't try to sell me a Yugo priced like a Rolls Royce...just on sale (today only...ssshhh).  I am not a moron...most of the time

Their motto is "If you can't beat it...bash it."

You summed it up perfectly. I wish Rob would weigh in his opinion on these clowns. 

[luckme10]

“Gurkha Cigars was pleased to learn that during Clinton’s administration, President Clinton was a huge fan of the Gurkha Grand Reserve Cigar as it is among many in the Washington circuit. In light of the recent announcement about the HBO movie “Special Relationship” featuring Clinton’s personal relationships, Gurkha Cigars is happy to announce that they too are part of oval office history," said Roy MacLaren, Vice President Sales and Marketing of Gurkha.

Gurkha lit the fire between Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton? How much more publicity can you ask for?

[bpm32]

I think most of the turn off with Gurkha is not so much the product as it is the weirdly out of phase marketing. They are clearly trying to sell their product to Saudi princes.

The new style of marketing is more like, "hey here's this dude who's passionate about making PRODUCT X. He's either passionate about making PRODUCT X better or has been making PRODUCT X the same way for a really long time. Here are high quality photos of him doing his thing. He's very authentic and doesn't really care what haters think. You can visit his shop and shake his hand if you want."  

[Jimmy_jack]

I hate Gurkha cigars so hard.

[Fugu]

2 hours ago, BrightonCorgi said:

but offer something different in the same class

that exactly is their problem, and it seems they know it....

[CaskStrength]

45 minutes ago, Jal154 said:

P.S.

just sent an email to the guy who wrote that article. Gurkha = Garbage.

I'd be shocked if he didn't already know.  While articles like this help pay the bills, they damage the author's credibility so much in the long-term that I wonder if it is worth it.  I have a fair bit of empathy for someone trying to make it as a journalist in an age of free information, but knowingly feeding the audience that kind of garbage isn't the way to do it.

[SCgarman]

1 hour ago, luckme10 said:

“Gurkha Cigars was pleased to learn that during Clinton’s administration, President Clinton was a huge fan of the Gurkha Grand Reserve Cigar as it is among many in the Washington circuit. In light of the recent announcement about the HBO movie “Special Relationship” featuring Clinton’s personal relationships, Gurkha Cigars is happy to announce that they too are part of oval office history," said Roy MacLaren, Vice President Sales and Marketing of Gurkha.

Gurkha lit the fire between Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton? How much more publicity can you ask for?

Yup. And slick Willy didn't even have to light it to "taste" it!

[luckme10]

What Lavar Ball is to the NBA, Gurkha are to cigars. All publicity is good publicity.

[BrightonCorgi]

11 hours ago, Fugu said:

that exactly is their problem, and it seems they know it....

Well, they have the smoke; just need the mirrors.

[gr8eman]

I gave some kid I met a CC...he told me he smoked Acid! I said, "I thought you smoke dope, and drop acid"!