At what price would you quit? (One year later)

[Blakes]

6 hours ago, ha_banos said:

Does it also make you not smoke them?

I smoked one of the boxes fairly quick, sharing a couple with friends. As soon as the prices started to rise in late 2016/2017, I could no longer bring myself to smoke them. We're only talking around $50 a cigar this point, no cigars, however good, are worth that to me.
I still have one full box left, which has 10 years of age on it now. With the current prices there is no way I can justify smoking them - even though I would really love to enjoy them just for the cigars that they are. I've nick named them my 'end of world' cigars, if the shit really hits the fan I have an excuse to smoke them!  😁 but in reality they're destined for Bond Roberts.

[ha_banos]

16 minutes ago, Blakes said:

I smoked one of the boxes fairly quick, sharing a couple with friends. As soon as the prices started to rise in late 2016/2017, I could no longer bring myself to smoke them. We're only talking around $50 a  a cigar this point, no cigars, however good, are worth that to me.
I still have one full box left, It has 10 years of age on it now. With the prices now, there is no way I can justify smoking them even though I would really love to enjoy them just for the cigars that they are. I've nick named them my 'end of world' cigars, if the shit really hits the fan I have an excuse to smoke them!  😁 but in reality they're destined for Bond Roberts.

Yeah this is the sign of the times. I've a few boxes, no behikes, but some are just now worth selling and buying some regular boxes. Coro being one. Would rather have 3 cabs of JL/RASS/D4.

[TroutBum]

We are already there as far as this guy is concerned, the occasional Minuto/PC/Short filler box will be picked up if it’s at a decent price but I won’t be a pawn in whatever game these guys are playing, quite frankly I couldn’t afford to even if I desired to.

[Greenhorn2]

21 hours ago, Cairo said:

They plan is to improve the quality--according to the article that is the reason for the price hikes.

Is there anybody on this or any other planet who believes that?

 

Of course they will improve quality, especially with all the experienced rollers fleeing Cuba.

[Bigkahuna]

It may be just me but I find it a not-so-pleasant experience smoking anything over 80$+. The same way I’d feel drinking a 1,000 dollar bottle of wine. For me it’s a waste. But plenty of people buy the 500$ Davidoffs so I’m apparently in the minority. 

[SCgarman]

3 hours ago, Greenhorn2 said:

Of course they will improve quality, especially with all the experienced rollers fleeing Cuba.

I'm sure the likes of Padron, Fuente, Rocky Patel and others will gladly take on all the rollers leaving Cuba. One man's loss is another's gain.

[El Presidente]

3 minutes ago, SCgarman said:

I'm sure the likes of Padron, Fuente, Rocky Patel and others will gladly take on all the rollers leaving Cuba. One man's loss is another's gain.

Those rollers aren't heading to Nicaragua/Honduras or the DR 

[Nevrknow]

1 hour ago, El Presidente said:

Those rollers aren't heading to Nicaragua/Honduras or the DR 

To the nudie factory!      ?? 😂

[Corylax18]

1 hour ago, El Presidente said:

Those rollers aren't heading to Nicaragua/Honduras or the DR 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/historic-wave-cuban-migrants-florida-impact-lasting-rcna61989

[ha_banos]

1 hour ago, El Presidente said:

Those rollers aren't heading to Nicaragua/Honduras or the DR 

 

14 minutes ago, Nevrknow said:

To the nudie factory!      ?? 😂

https://youtube.com/watch?v=IwBS6QGsH_4&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE

Ok. Fo sho. Whatever it is coming. The Miami launch party will be epic. I'm so in.

 

 

[El Presidente]

25 minutes ago, Corylax18 said:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/historic-wave-cuban-migrants-florida-impact-lasting-rcna61989

That is the route.

If I am going to make the biggest decision of my life, I am not going to do so to be paid $2 an hour as a roller in Nicaragua. 

Unless I have family who can give me a start in Mexico etal......it is USA all the way baby 

[Greenhorn2]

48 minutes ago, El Presidente said:

That is the route.

If I am going to make the biggest decision of my life, I am not going to do so to be paid $2 an hour as a roller in Nicaragua. 

Unless I have family who can give me a start in Mexico etal......it is USA all the way baby 

I would say that Rob and Hamlet could hire a few nudie rollers but I'm afraid the nudies would become plugged. Don't mess with something that's not broken. 

[Nevrknow]

27 minutes ago, Greenhorn2 said:

I would say that Rob and Hamlet could hire a few nudie rollers but I'm afraid the nudies would become plugged. Don't mess with something that's not broken. 

No no kind Sir. They would have the best instructor. Problem sol ved. " read it like I wrote it. " 😁

[MossybackR]

On 12/17/2022 at 4:59 AM, ha_banos said:

Hmm https://www.cigar-keep.com/en/articles/thegreatcubanpricehike

A brilliant idea by HSA — I had no idea 🙄

[SCgarman]

16 hours ago, El Presidente said:

That is the route.

If I am going to make the biggest decision of my life, I am not going to do so to be paid $2 an hour as a roller in Nicaragua. 

Unless I have family who can give me a start in Mexico etal......it is USA all the way baby 

The whole world knows the US southern border is wide open. If all 10 million Cubans on the island wanted to enter the US, easy peasy. Biden wants them all. Only people that will be left in Cuba are the government and the military. 😜

[BrightonCorgi]

17 hours ago, El Presidente said:

That is the route.

If I am going to make the biggest decision of my life, I am not going to do so to be paid $2 an hour as a roller in Nicaragua. 

Unless I have family who can give me a start in Mexico etal......it is USA all the way baby 

Perhaps there will be a resurgence of American rolled cigars that world class?  Would be awesome and would be incredibly well received domestically.  

[Corylax18]

On 12/17/2022 at 3:41 PM, El Presidente said:

That is the route.

If I am going to make the biggest decision of my life, I am not going to do so to be paid $2 an hour as a roller in Nicaragua. 

Unless I have family who can give me a start in Mexico etal......it is USA all the way baby 

Yup, no one is selling everything they own at a chance to, maybe, do a little better. They're swinging for the fences.(literally and figuratively) 

[JustDave]

Just head to S. Florida.  Don't even need to learn a new language.

 

 

[Paladin865]

I have enough Cuban cigars for weekend smoke and special occasions. I would still buy more but just a few boxes of ten or a quarter box worth. Demand hopefully will come back to a degree as NC's are starting to make inroads in many parts of the world to hopefully spark competition. Hopefully will change the economic dynamic.

[ha_banos]

Ze Belgians are discounting quite heavily the smaller Cohibas already - couple hundred euros off. Just seen their promotion email. I totally expect the bigger Cohibas not to have a problem selling however. I also think these will still struggle...

 

[BrightonCorgi]

2 hours ago, ha_banos said:

Ze Belgians are discounting quite heavily the smaller Cohibas already - couple hundered euros off. Just seen their promotion email. I totally expect the bigger Cohibas not to have a problem selling however. I also think these will still struggle...

The smaller ones were a struggle to sell at the best of times.

[El Presidente]

2 hours ago, ha_banos said:

Ze Belgians are discounting quite heavily the smaller Cohibas already - couple hundered euros off. Just seen their promotion email. I totally expect the bigger Cohibas not to have a problem selling however. I also think these will still struggle...

Smaller Cohiba and Trinidad (in general) are finished. 

[Bigkahuna]

On 12/17/2022 at 2:23 AM, ha_banos said:

Does it also make you not smoke them?

For me it’s the exact opposite. Nothing feels worse than burning 200$ 

[SMELTZ]

My Grandma, bless her heart, lived to 102 and died peacefully in her sleep. Her advice to me for a long life is keep doing things you love with the people you love.  She always would say, God made people for people and that the love of God, family and friends should be at the top of the list. I won’t give up cigars because of the people it brings into my life, doing something we all love, together with the people I love. 

[juri]

Nowadays I can just use the wayback machine at archive.org and pretend 😭