to buy authentic Cohibas from an unproven source? I've got a friend that has a friend (how many times ya heard that one?) that says he can get some ISOMs for a cheap price. He said he'd get a box of Cohibas for about $150. It seems to me that there are way too many fakes out there of this particular brand. I know my friend pretty well. He's straight. I just don't know his friend. He says he's cool, but would you trust some dude on the other side of the country that you've never met?

I think you have answered your own question.

yeah, but you always feel better about it when folks agree with you.

About 1-1/2 yrs ago... Same story, friend of friend in Miami, yadda, yadda, yadda...

I bought a box of Monte DC EL's for $150.

I sent them to a few people who were pretty sure that mine were fake... BUT they all said that it did taste like Cuban tobacco and the gars wre pretty good.

I smoke one every once in a while and they are a good cigar... so I figured for $6 a stick, fake of not... I feel it was worth the money.

Low

The choice is yours...

$150?? for a box of 10 maybe, be very carefull with low prices, Cohiba is a very expensive brand even at the Cuban retail stores in Cuba. I would definetly tell my friend to give me one to see/taste and if you are satisfied, go for it and do it. I've tasted some real good fake cubans, about 2 years ago I picked up a box of some fakes for real cheap less than $150 from a friend, they were excellent, but not real.

BTW... I never trade these gars... don't worry... ;o)

Low

The Cohibas I was purchasing seven years ago were authentic and cheaper than domestic......I did not ask my source why, why spoil a good thing....... oh yeah, I dealt with this source in person, makes a huge difference

The only authentic Cohiba you can get for $150 is the Silo I. If you're talking anything else, a definite warning sign. Even if they are decent cigars but not the authentic deal, you're supporting a counterfiet network that counts on people's ignorance to survive.

Barry

I never thought of that, but it's a very good point.

lofy, let's look at it from this point.

Most of the suppliers purchase a specific authentic cigar (let's say PSD4) from Habanos SA for a specific price, let's say for the sake of arguement that it is $6 per cigar. Then the suppliers sell to the retailers for a mark up, let's say 30% mark up, since that is normal business practice. So now, the retailers are paying about $8 per cigar and they are going to mark it up a minimum of 30% mark up. So that puts the retailer price around $10.50 per cigar.

Now multiply that times 20 and you have about $210/box for a base price. So, a box at $120 would be suspect to be a forgery.

Remember, the numbers are hypothetical, so don't beat me up about them, but you get the idea.

Bottom line, check prices and then if the price you see from a specific source is more than 30% less than the average price you see, suspect it to be a forgery.

Just my opinion.

dollar fifty cuz, yes to the question and that friend should be held responsible but sounds good to me and none

the less they's probably good smoke's, if not than get yo friend to pay or at the very least half.let us know,hey maybe you's can trde up...

aloha,

pablo

lofty 1, send me your email and I send you a site that will tell you what the cigars sell for in Cuba. Even with their local price hike, you get the idea of what the real deal should go for. If you're paying less than you can get the cigars for in Cuba............

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Barry

Acutally, I saw a couple of websites through another recently established forum. That's what really got me wonderin'.