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CUBAN CIGARS MAY BE COMING.........
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billmerit Offline
#1 Posted: Fri, Mar 22 2002, 4:44 PM EST
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There is legislation in Congress right now to relax trade restrictions on Cuba. We may be getting Cuban cigars again. Castro has made friends in the government with his help with the antiterrorism effort.
I will keep you posted. This is not a joke.
eleltea Offline
#2 Posted: Fri, Mar 22 2002, 4:48 PM EST
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Do you think there has ever been a time when your congressmen did not have all the Cuban cigars they wanted?
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#3 Posted: Fri, Mar 22 2002, 6:30 PM EST
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wait until you find out a box of 25 monte a costs about $700.00 and the rest of the cuban cigars are in line with that overpricing. $15. to $30 for a cigar not any better than a hemmingway.
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#4 Posted: Fri, Mar 22 2002, 6:41 PM EST
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Well, I really hate to say this, but, I've smoked fake cuban cigars that were both made and tasted better than the real ones. One of the best cubans I had only cost me $2.00 while overseas ... no label, bulk packaging, full flavored, slim, and a very nice ash to boot.
Slimboli Offline
#5 Posted: Sat, Mar 23 2002, 1:41 PM EST
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Many counterfiet Cuban cigars are still made in Cuba, from Cuban tobacco ...

... they're just from a different 'farm'(maybe the one down the road), and not the one you thought you were buying from the band.

Farm cigars can be a very decent Cuban cigar ... just not the one you paid high $$$ for and was expecting to get.
smokerings1 Offline
#6 Posted: Sat, Mar 23 2002, 1:48 PM EST
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Let us hope that they are not coming. Anybody that really wants them can get them now. Relaxing the embargo and allowing entry into the U.S. will do nothing but raise prices on an already overpriced cigar and also lower quality. Cuba is just now recuperating from tobacco losses and the substandard product of the last couple of years. Providing a bigger market for cigars that already dont meet demand quotas will further reduce quality. Also, you can buy fake Cohibas just as easily in Havana as you can in Cabo San Lucas. Some of the cigars bought on the streets in Cuba are worse fakes than those coming out of Miami. Thats my story and I'm sticking to it.
calavera Offline
#7 Posted: Sun, Mar 24 2002, 4:08 AM EST
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I don't think that there would be any great numbers of cuban cigars coming into the US if the embargo is lifted. It is my understanding that some brands, like Punch, Cohiba, Montecristo etc cannot be sold here because cigar manufacturers from other countries have those names trademarked in the US and thus have sole rights for their production and sales. Only some of the newer brands could be sold here (some of which have been brought into being most likely for the sole reason of introduction into the US market as soon as that becomes an option). As far as I am concerned, if the embargo were lifted it would be great. I would still buy my cubans at the same place, I would just not have to worry about whether or not they were going to make it across the border okay.
samclemmons Offline
#8 Posted: Mon, Mar 25 2002, 4:27 AM EST
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Jeez, rickamaven, what kind of Cuban's are you smokin'? Are you actually comparing Hemi's to authentic Cubans? Hemi's are mild to medium cigars at best. Don't get me wrong, I like a Hemi now and then, and the construction is flawless and beautiful but they do NOT compare to a "the heart stopping, throat lumping, complexity of a Bolivar, Partagas, or even the overpriced, overhyped Cohiba line. JMO
Neal
mhollowa Offline
#9 Posted: Mon, Mar 25 2002, 5:13 AM EST
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I'll have to smoke a Cuban cigar before I can voice an opinion.
Charlie Offline
#10 Posted: Mon, Mar 25 2002, 5:53 AM EST
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It is tough to compare the complex and robust taste of a Bolivar or Montecristo to any cigar produced in Islands; however, the price and complexity of getting the damn things make it an experience that I do not care to go through! If available and price is "in line" then great, otherwise, I will continue to get them as I have in the past! Charlie
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#11 Posted: Mon, Mar 25 2002, 6:53 AM EST
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samclemmons : monte #5 and A. hemmingway masterpiece @ $160. box of ten. monte A @ $750 box of 25.
samclemmons Offline
#12 Posted: Mon, Mar 25 2002, 7:58 AM EST
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Monte A's 25@475. a box.
NA
samclemmons Offline
#13 Posted: Mon, Mar 25 2002, 8:04 AM EST
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Monte #5's [email protected]. I'd take a Monte(any Monte)over a Hemi(any Hemi) every day of the week and twice on Sunday. No offense intended, there just is no comparison.
Neal
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#14 Posted: Mon, Mar 25 2002, 1:31 PM EST
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samclemmons; i would never be offended by a gentleman of you taste. i would appreciate your info re your quotes for the monte's and will remain your humble servant. [email protected]
Teninx Offline
#15 Posted: Tue, Mar 26 2002, 12:24 PM EST
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I'd rather have Havana Club rum than any cigars coming out of Cuba once the embargo is lifted.
mhollowa Offline
#16 Posted: Tue, Mar 26 2002, 12:31 PM EST
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Okay, it's me about money again...you probably think I'm cheap...but would prices necessarily come down when cigars are easier to get? Cuba has been pretty successful in marketing them so far, slowing down only during years when the crop was poor.
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#17 Posted: Tue, Mar 26 2002, 1:24 PM EST
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mhollowa: email your mailing address. [email protected]
TigerSmoke Offline
#18 Posted: Sat, Mar 30 2002, 4:43 AM EST
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TigerSmoke Offline
#19 Posted: Sat, Mar 30 2002, 4:43 AM EST
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TigerSmoke Offline
#20 Posted: Sat, Mar 30 2002, 4:45 AM EST
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Actually, most of the trademarks are owned by the same company after all the recent mergers. Remember, Altadis was brought in to help Cuban productions so they own part of the brands, and they own some of the other trade marks you mentioned.
Charlie Offline
#21 Posted: Sat, Mar 30 2002, 5:11 AM EST
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I am sure that if the embargo is lifted, there will be an available supply of quality Cuban Cigars for us to smoke! Question is will you be willing to pay 30 bucks or more, and in California probably 50 bucks for a Montecristo or Cohiba! Maybe I will after a big deal is done by me! Hell, I might buy a box of them, but I am not sure! Charlie
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#22 Posted: Sat, Mar 30 2002, 7:41 AM EST
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TigerSmoke: repeat after me. measure twice. cut once
usahog Offline
#23 Posted: Sat, Mar 30 2002, 2:09 PM EST
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Ricky Boy with you doing the measuring... and the cutting the damn board still comes up Short!!!!
hehehe!!!

Hog
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#24 Posted: Sat, Mar 30 2002, 4:46 PM EST
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usahog: what's a couple of inches either way?
usahog Offline
#25 Posted: Sat, Mar 30 2002, 7:41 PM EST
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Well to be Honest there Rick... a Few less inches on a Premium Cigar means allot at the time.. and a few more on a Dog Rocket really doesn't matter... But to a Woman now the Extra Inches Mean allot just about every time... :0)~~~~

Laterzzzz
Hog
Todog Offline
#26 Posted: Sat, Mar 30 2002, 8:36 PM EST
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It's not the size of the ship,it's the motion of the ocean!!!!!
eleltea Offline
#27 Posted: Sun, Mar 31 2002, 10:45 AM EST
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If size really mattered, how would Rosie and Ellen get girlfriends?
Charlie Offline
#28 Posted: Sun, Mar 31 2002, 1:22 PM EST
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They have so much money, they buy them! Charlie
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