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tonygraz Offline
#1 Posted: Tue, Aug 25 2015, 8:27 AM EST
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At more than 1/2 MSRP:

http://www.cigarbid.com/...ystal-churchill-single/

At least the third time I've seen it on CBID.
hnixon12 Offline
#2 Posted: Tue, Aug 25 2015, 8:32 AM EST
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Now thats insane!!! I dont care how good it is...Gurka? I dont smoke them but never hear anything good about them
rfenst Offline
#3 Posted: Tue, Aug 25 2015, 11:34 AM EST
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sick joke
QMPASH Offline
#4 Posted: Tue, Aug 25 2015, 11:38 AM EST
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Send me a coupla boxes and I'll review them.
99cobra2881 Offline
#5 Posted: Tue, Aug 25 2015, 11:40 AM EST
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I'd rather have a cab of mag 46.
Plowboy221 Offline
#6 Posted: Tue, Aug 25 2015, 11:41 AM EST
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Ahh why'd you post this. I was going to wait till the last second and snipe them.
tonygraz Offline
#7 Posted: Tue, Aug 25 2015, 12:00 PM EST
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If history repeats, that will not be a problem.
Buddha Daddy Offline
#8 Posted: Tue, Aug 25 2015, 1:31 PM EST
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99cobra2881 wrote:
I'd rather have a cab of mag 46.



Right?
gummy jones Offline
#9 Posted: Tue, Aug 25 2015, 1:35 PM EST
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thanks ive been looking for those
NapalmMan67 Offline
#10 Posted: Tue, Aug 25 2015, 1:53 PM EST
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Better hurry, there's only one unit available...


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gummy jones Offline
#11 Posted: Tue, Aug 25 2015, 3:18 PM EST
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NapalmMan67 wrote:
Better hurry, there's only one unit available...


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my local shop is sold out

this is just in time

didnt want to have to order them from over seas again
rfenst Offline
#12 Posted: Tue, Aug 25 2015, 3:41 PM EST
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I'd love to have the moderaters comment on this...
99cobra2881 Offline
#13 Posted: Tue, Aug 25 2015, 4:27 PM EST
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Comment as to what? It's a turd in a glass jar!! Haha
tamapatom Offline
#14 Posted: Tue, Aug 25 2015, 4:36 PM EST
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Maybe that is the price for those NOT on the inside track for things like this.......do you think people really pay retail for this?????
KingoftheCove Offline
#15 Posted: Tue, Aug 25 2015, 4:52 PM EST
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I heard DP got a fiver of these for $16.....
he smoked one, and determined that yes, he over-paid....
he was pizzed......

RIP DP
tonygraz Offline
#16 Posted: Tue, Aug 25 2015, 5:50 PM EST
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Heck, I would go as high as $ 30 for a fiver.
jespear Offline
#17 Posted: Tue, Aug 25 2015, 6:07 PM EST
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KingoftheCove wrote:
I heard DP got a fiver of these for $16.....
he smoked one, and determined that yes, he over-paid....
he was pizzed......

RIP DP


The Legend Lives On !
bassman45 Offline
#18 Posted: Tue, Aug 25 2015, 6:44 PM EST
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KingoftheCove wrote:
I heard DP got a fiver of these for $16.....
he smoked one, and determined that yes, he over-paid....
he was pizzed......

RIP DP

Lol!
gummy jones Offline
#19 Posted: Tue, Aug 25 2015, 7:03 PM EST
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tonygraz wrote:
Heck, I would go as high as $ 30 for a fiver.


You're a madman
tailgater Offline
#20 Posted: Wed, Aug 26 2015, 8:23 AM EST
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The free fall price seems to be stuck.
Speyside Offline
#21 Posted: Wed, Aug 26 2015, 8:32 AM EST
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Wonder if they have ever sold one at any of their companies.
danmdevries Offline
#22 Posted: Wed, Aug 26 2015, 9:21 AM EST
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I'm sure somebody buys this crap. Someone with more money than sense will buy just for bragging rights to say they smoked a $400 cigar.
tamapatom Offline
#23 Posted: Wed, Aug 26 2015, 9:45 AM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
I'm sure somebody buys this crap. Someone with more money than sense will buy just for bragging rights to say they smoked a $400 cigar.

Owning and not smoking it gives you bragging rights for a longer time......I'd love to see a blind taste test and see how it compares. .. . I will participate if someone wants to donate for research.
gummy jones Offline
#24 Posted: Wed, Aug 26 2015, 9:54 AM EST
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tamapatom wrote:
Owning and not smoking it gives you bragging rights for a longer time......I'd love to see a blind taste test and see how it compares. .. . I will participate if someone wants to donate for research.


i too offer my services as a guinea pig in the gurkha challenge
danmdevries Offline
#25 Posted: Wed, Aug 26 2015, 9:57 AM EST
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Not me.

Don't care to say I did it and don't plan on ever ashing another Gurkha
gummy jones Offline
#26 Posted: Wed, Aug 26 2015, 9:58 AM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
Not me.

Don't care to say I did it and don't plan on ever ashing another Gurkha


how dare you show such disrespect to "his majesty!!!"
tonygraz Offline
#27 Posted: Wed, Aug 26 2015, 12:29 PM EST
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I'm in for the challenge too. Gurkha does make some good cigars, but the bulk are mediocre and a few are just awful. I've probably smoked 40 or 50 different varieties and yet to have one explode. A lot of smokers just hate them.
tamapatom Offline
#28 Posted: Wed, Aug 26 2015, 1:18 PM EST
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tonygraz wrote:
I'm in for the challenge too. Gurkha does make some good cigars, but the bulk are mediocre and a few are just awful. I've probably smoked 40 or 50 different varieties and yet to have one explode. A lot of smokers just hate them.

I had never tried Gurkha and then i read that the 125th got a high score from CA mag.....so when i saw it pretty reasonably priced I bought one and said OK....not bad but........maybe I don't have a sophisticated enough palate......I've had no inspiration to try again.

Someone gave me a beast to try but I haven't got around to it because it is such a large honker, the opportunity to burn through something that big hasn't presented itself. Now that i have seen an LFD lunatic it doesnt look that big anymore....I'll have to fire it up.
Speyside Offline
#29 Posted: Wed, Aug 26 2015, 1:48 PM EST
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I agree in general with Tony about Gurkha cigars. What I dislike is their marketing. No one else markets their cigars like this.
MACS Offline
#30 Posted: Wed, Aug 26 2015, 3:48 PM EST
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I could get a whole box of Coro for less... and have money for beer.
delta1 Offline
#31 Posted: Wed, Aug 26 2015, 3:54 PM EST
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ThumpUp
Speyside Offline
#32 Posted: Wed, Aug 26 2015, 6:33 PM EST
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True., true.
tamapatom Offline
#33 Posted: Wed, Aug 26 2015, 11:46 PM EST
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Reminds me of Trump. All sizzle. No steak.
tonygraz Offline
#34 Posted: Fri, Aug 28 2015, 11:04 PM EST
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Auction closed - no bids.
99cobra2881 Offline
#35 Posted: Sat, Aug 29 2015, 1:46 AM EST
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That's a shocker.
QMPASH Offline
#36 Posted: Sat, Aug 29 2015, 8:20 AM EST
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I see that nobody, even the noobs, have bitten on this one. People are either getting smarter or nobody is biting at the copywriting. Probably a POS anyway.
TMCTLT Offline
#37 Posted: Sat, Aug 29 2015, 8:55 AM EST
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gummy jones wrote:
You're a madman



No he has NO taste....
tonygraz Offline
#38 Posted: Sat, Aug 29 2015, 12:28 PM EST
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But I do have brains. Eat your hearty out.
Abrignac Offline
#39 Posted: Sat, Aug 29 2015, 12:54 PM EST
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I've got a friend that smokes a lot of Gurkha's. Usually a I supply the smokes when we get together. Every now and then I'll smoke one of his to be polite. Afterwards, I curse myself for it. They all seem to have that "special" taste and IIRC the wrapper and sometimes the binder split on every one of them I smoked. In Gurkha's defense, he does store his smokes at 70%.
TMCTLT Offline
#40 Posted: Sat, Aug 29 2015, 1:48 PM EST
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tonygraz wrote:
But I do have brains. Eat your hearty out.



Yes....as do we all. It's to what degree that we differ, yours seems to be stuck in your adolescent stage. In all fairness, I adhere to the " smoke what you like and like what you smoke " mantra. Beer
collectorchris Offline
#41 Posted: Sat, Aug 29 2015, 3:23 PM EST
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I have a couple of Gurka Ancient sitting in my humidor but I have not tried any. I believe they were some of the first "big name" individual I bought several months ago. What if any you guys have tried are decent, and is the disregard really the cigars or the company? I only ask the second part of that question because there seems to be allot of distain for the brand itself.
tonygraz Offline
#42 Posted: Sat, Aug 29 2015, 4:23 PM EST
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TMCTLT wrote:
Yes....as do we all. It's to what degree that we differ, yours seems to be stuck in your adolescent stage. In all fairness, I adhere to the " smoke what you like and like what you smoke " mantra. Beer


Then you should shut up !
tonygraz Offline
#43 Posted: Sat, Aug 29 2015, 4:24 PM EST
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collectorchris wrote:
I have a couple of Gurka Ancient sitting in my humidor but I have not tried any. I believe they were some of the first "big name" individual I bought several months ago. What if any you guys have tried are decent, and is the disregard really the cigars or the company? I only ask the second part of that question because there seems to be allot of distain for the brand itself.


The Ancient Warrior is one of the good Gurkhas, smoke 'em.
QMPASH Offline
#44 Posted: Sun, Aug 30 2015, 9:02 AM EST
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tonygraz wrote:
Then you should shut up !

Two grown men fighting over a cigar? Let's face it guys; Gurkhas are no prize but someone must like them because they sell a hell of a lot of them. Granted neither I nor anyone in their right mind would pay around $400 for a single cigar, but there are a lot of crazy people in the world. Now kiss and make up boys. Shame on you
DCLover Offline
#45 Posted: Sun, Aug 30 2015, 12:06 PM EST
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Those 2 are always at it. You must not look at the politics forum.
dstieger Offline
#46 Posted: Mon, Aug 31 2015, 9:48 AM EST
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tonygraz wrote:
The Ancient Warrior is one of the good Gurkhas, smoke 'em.


Not is.

Was.


I tried a fiver of 'newer' or 'discovered' purple banded AW's last year. 'Horrid' doesn't do the experience justice. NOT the same cigar as the AW's of old. At all.
Speyside Offline
#47 Posted: Mon, Aug 31 2015, 10:20 AM EST
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I enjoy Gurkha Seduction, and Gurka Ghost.
gummy jones Offline
#48 Posted: Mon, Aug 31 2015, 10:38 AM EST
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Speyside wrote:
I enjoy Gurkha Seduction, and Gurka Ghost.


only 1 gurkha has ever been in my humis and i gave it away

i have heard good things about the ghost

just hard to bring myself to trust anything gurkha
Speyside Offline
#49 Posted: Mon, Aug 31 2015, 10:51 AM EST
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Very true.
99cobra2881 Offline
#50 Posted: Mon, Aug 31 2015, 12:32 PM EST
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Paying for a Gurkha at what they think their retail price should be is silly. Lots of people buy into their made up hype though.

I watched a show on science channel where they were letting people sample two identical cakes. One cake they said cost $15 the other cake supposedly cost $50 nearly everyone that sampled the two cakes said the $50 cake was better. It was just in their head because they thought since it cost more for it, it had to be better.

I see this way of thinking in the reviews at CI where so many people regard Gurkhas as their benchmark for comparing other cigars. People think they're good cigars becuase they paid a lot for them.

There is one gurkha in particular that sells for $80 per five pack over at CI, I get them here for $19. If I had paid $80 Id probably also be thinking they were a damn good cigar when in reality they're a $2 cigar.
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