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What if the cuban embargo were lifted?
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0patience Offline
#1 Posted: Mon, Aug 11 2003, 5:01 PM EST
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What would that do to the price of cuban cigars?
For that matter, what would it do to the price of all cigars? Or the market of them?

Kind of one of those what if questions, but I got to thinking, we may see that happen one day.
puskarich Offline
#2 Posted: Mon, Aug 11 2003, 6:31 PM EST
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When the embargo is lifted, ISOMs will eventually lose their mystique. You always want what you cant have. It will be Cuban Chaos for a little while, but will eventually settle down. They'll be just like any other Premium cigar in the humi.

I think the embargo will be lifted when Castro dies.
donutboy2000 Offline
#3 Posted: Mon, Aug 11 2003, 6:58 PM EST
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At first demand will skyrocket and prices will shoot through the roof. How many millions of US residents will want some? How many will continue to buy them after the novelty wears off? Obviously more than buy them now so unless Cuba increases supply, prices will be higher than they are now. When they tried to increase supply before, quality fell and they are still srruggling to get it back where it once was.
ikonoklast7 Offline
#4 Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2003, 5:34 AM EST
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I think that for a while, ISOMs wouldn't be sold in the US, because I think there would be a big legal backlash.

I think all the formerly-Cuban cigar families that had their brand names, factories, fields, etc. stolen from them (such as the makers of Romeo y Julieta, Partagas, H. Upmann, etc.) would take legal action against the Cuban government for the loses they suffered.

Then, when all the dust settled, they'd probably be priced cheaper and would lose that aura of mystery around them.
ajeroth Offline
#5 Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2003, 8:57 AM EST
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I'm betting that, should Castro die, they will keep the Embargo in place. Simply to show the world it wasn't just about him. They'll probably keep it in place until the new Govt. agrees to whatever terms handed down by the U.S. And then the new regieme will probably use the Industry as a barganing chip. They'll want to keep all rights to it and trade mark the names. And we'll end up eventualy with a legal Cuban cigar. But it will take time and current stores of cigars will afterwords be higher priced and called Castro time cigars instead of Pre Castro. And then folks will complain that they we're better when he was there. Just a thought.
xrundog Offline
#6 Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2003, 10:00 AM EST
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Consider this: Cuban cigars would be available and so would CUBAN TOBACCO! Imagine a CAO Brazilia with a Cuban blend! Mmmmmmmmm !
johnfs Offline
#7 Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2003, 11:46 AM EST
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For one there would be a barage of fakes, and there might be a price drop on others. Probably also would be an overall drop in quality in isoms due to demand.
cwilhelmi Offline
#8 Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2003, 2:43 PM EST
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I would buy a lot of rum...
rastusmcnair Offline
#9 Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2003, 2:49 PM EST
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I agree that at first things would be unstable in the cigar world but afterward it will level out. Of the Cubans I've smoked some were to My taste and some not. Just like cigars from the other cigar producing countries.
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