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What has happened to the industry?

curtpickcurtpick Posts: 2,757 ✭✭✭

Prices are going through the roof. So much as 20 and 30% over the last couple years. I have to say if this is the trend, I'm out. Don't know if the industry is taking advantage of this plague. But if they are they all can kiss my hairy white @#@$$. P####n, through the roof I see a box of 19#6 is over $500.00. Kiss my @#@$ P####n. Your out of line and you know it. Even your cheap 1000 series, way out of line. Get real, your just not that good at that price point. And look at all the others. Same thing. I will spend my money on things that mean something. Now a box on RP for over $180. Get real. And the distributors, if you don't buy them then they WILL drop their price. Give the new startups opportunity to move the "ELITE" out.
From a long time cigar fan to a market who has lost their way.

Adios, later,cya... not me. Later

Family, Friends, Golf, Cigars, Fine Whiskey, Good beer.... is there anything else ?  Follow on instagram @crguy1961

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  • rsherman24rsherman24 Posts: 6,736 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Good to see you @curtpick. You have to shop in the right places

  • webmostwebmost Posts: 7,713 ✭✭✭✭✭

    RYO

    “It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)


  • peter4jcpeter4jc Posts: 15,322 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sounds like Drunk Ricky? But Ricky's on the boat... ;-)

    I have not seen prices go up, but maybe it's been happening so slowly I didn't notice. Did you take a break from buying, Curt, and now that you're back it's sticker shock?

    "I could've had a Mi Querida!"   Nick Bardis
  • jsnakejsnake Posts: 5,979 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I haven't bought or looked in a long time. I have noticed in my recent searches that $15 seems to be the new norm or maybe I am just a cigar snob. I was talking to my brother in law and reminiscing about the days of getting the cigar catalog and shopping based off how many cigars we could get. 50 cigars for $40!! Sign me up. I just wish I could go back to loving those cheap inexpensive gems however revisiting them is not a pleasant experience. Everything I like seems to be high dollar. I did see a few manufacturers make statements about raising prices and the reasoning. Don't remember the details but at least they are communicating with their consumer base. I always hunt for a sale no matter what I am buying. With today's technology it makes finding a deal easier.

  • VisionVision Posts: 7,766 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I’ve also noticed a jump in price over the last few weeks on some auction sites. $3-$10 bucks a box more on starting bid. The “Page” has stayed pretty consistent tho.

  • VegasFrankVegasFrank Posts: 16,588 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Was that a dry beg for a gift certificate to a Brazilian wax place?

    PS - Padron is the best cigar on the market.

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  • VisionVision Posts: 7,766 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I shave

  • EgoBoundaryEgoBoundary Posts: 2,159 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @VegasFrank said:
    Was that a dry beg for a gift certificate to a Brazilian wax place?

    PS - Padron is the best cigar on the market.

    I don’t know if it’s the best, but I very seldom regret picking one out the humidor...

  • VegasFrankVegasFrank Posts: 16,588 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Vision said:
    I shave

    Prove it

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  • VisionVision Posts: 7,766 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @VegasFrank said:

    @Vision said:
    I shave

    Prove it

    When it happens...... just reminder..... you asked.

  • PatrickbrickPatrickbrick Posts: 7,722 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Missed ya Curt!!!! Stop in on the ZOOM one night.

    "We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give".  Winston Churchill.
    MOW badge received.
  • curtpickcurtpick Posts: 2,757 ✭✭✭

    No Pat, those days are done for me.
    To those who think I'm begging? You don't know me very well. Now let's get real.
    Padron is NOT best on the market. They want you to believe that because they want your coin. Otherwise, you are nothing to them. And you're a tool for them when you spout that nonsense. Now go back to smoking your RP dog logs.

    Drunk? NOT.
    Pissed at the industry, yes.

    I've met a lot of good people here, and a whole lot of plain ass rude jerks. I guess that comes with the territory. Forums are a great place to hide your real self.
    To all the people I still call friends. You'll be missed.

    To you asshats...find a life, and try getting outside sometime. You might find that there is more to life. And a whole hell of a lot more to life than cigars.

    Family, Friends, Golf, Cigars, Fine Whiskey, Good beer.... is there anything else ?  Follow on instagram @crguy1961
  • VisionVision Posts: 7,766 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I missed something.

  • VegasFrankVegasFrank Posts: 16,588 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @curtpick said:
    No Pat, those days are done for me.

    Damn, I feel like I'm really missing out...

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  • IndustMechIndustMech Posts: 4,661 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Hard to find good deals on Padron.
    Seems like more people on the bid sites.

    I've met you a couple times on vherf, hope you'll reconsider hanging out again, sometime.

    I know, You're a big dog and I'm on the list.
    Let's eat, GrandMa.  /  Let's eat GrandMa.  --  Punctuation saves lives

    It'll be fine once the swelling goes down.

  • StubbleStubble Posts: 8,177 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Good to hear from you @curtpick , hope things are well...

    Hey, you gonna eat the rest of that corndog?
  • VegasFrankVegasFrank Posts: 16,588 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @rsherman24 said:
    Fvucking Frank

    Okay, apparently I overreacted to your overreaction @curtpick, so let me extend an olive branch 🫒

    I'll sponsor your newbie trade. Since you've been gone so long, some may think you've lost your street cred. I'll be sure to send you some RP that you're apparently infatuated with, and some padrons that you ostensibly can't afford. I'll throw in a butt wax kit and a couple of prozac too.

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  • CAcigarguy007CAcigarguy007 Posts: 1,903 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Problem I have is quality control. I hate tight draws and plugged cigars. Just tossed the rest of my Cusano Connecticut and Archetype Axis Mundi cigars (two vitolas) because they are all not enjoyable due to tight rolls. Also tossed the 601 La Bomba Flashbang cigars because they have gone flat compared to the older higher quality ones. Tossing boxes worth of cigars out sucks because I hate wasting money but I have little patience for poorly rolled cigars and/or cigars that go flat.

    I've had several of these purges over the years (hundreds of cigars) and it's irritating and frustrating. I have plenty of cigars but I will be sticking to only a few manufacturers that I know I can count on for properly rolled cigars, that are of high quality, for any future purchases going forward. Particularly now that prices are indeed creeping up.

  • PatrickbrickPatrickbrick Posts: 7,722 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I still miss you Curt, hit me up any time.

    "We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give".  Winston Churchill.
    MOW badge received.
  • RhamlinRhamlin Posts: 8,908 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @curtpick said:
    No Pat, those days are done for me.
    To those who think I'm begging? You don't know me very well. Now let's get real.
    Padron is NOT best on the market. They want you to believe that because they want your coin. Otherwise, you are nothing to them. And you're a tool for them when you spout that nonsense. Now go back to smoking your RP dog logs.

    Drunk? NOT.
    Pissed at the industry, yes.

    I've met a lot of good people here, and a whole lot of plain ass rude jerks. I guess that comes with the territory. Forums are a great place to hide your real self.
    To all the people I still call friends. You'll be missed.

    To you asshats...find a life, and try getting outside sometime. You might find that there is more to life. And a whole hell of a lot more to life than cigars.

    But that would mean meeting peoples and I hate peoples

  • d_bladesd_blades Posts: 3,701 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Is there a chance you missed a med or have rants always been your post of choice?

    Don't let the wife know what you spend on guns, ammo or cigars.

  • Usaf06Usaf06 Posts: 10,935 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Whats up Curt. Hope your good. Check out cigarauctioneer.com

    "I drink a great deal. I sleep a little, and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred-percent form."
    -- Winston Churchill

    "LET'S GO FRANCIS"     Peter

  • deadmandeadman Posts: 8,804 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @d_blades said:
    Is there a chance you missed a med or have rants always been your post of choice?

    If you haven’t noticed members here have a tendency to go into a rant from time to time. And sometimes people join just to make one post ranting about random customer service or their order took an extra day or two.

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