Mr. Bennett, You must be a political reporter, great use of context! I said "All businesses are in business to service the customer and make a PROFIT while providing that service". ie maximize the customers!!!!! take a buisness course your self!!!! and as for the Opus X the people that sell at above MSRP are NOT authorized Arturo Fuente dealers! they buy at MSRP and resell, and AF is going after those people.

robert, may i call you that? i have read all of the posts and everyone is right, almost. may i suggest next time you buy a car, don't tell anyone what you paid, or you will hear, why didn't you call me, i could have gotten it for you cheaper, i know a guy...

go to ci's retail web sight for msrp. They have all the cigars they are offering for bid at that sight. They may not be the lowest, but it should give you a good idea of the pricing out there.(there and i didn't mention any other site.)

Rick, You are so correct in the old I know a guy etc!!!! Problem with bidding on cigars (I am not complaining) is that there are people bidding that do not care if they pay a little more due to taxes, etc depending on state. The two of us live in California, where the buyer gets screwed on all "sin" products, booze, tobacco, recreation,etc! While what might seem like a deal to us, may be outlandish to the guys who live in Florida or Texas! I still say, know what the hell you are doing and you will be happy with your purchases. Besides, Cigar Bid has a great customer service crew and they will help you out if you do something too foolish! Charlie 🙂 🙂

Robert, you started a fun thread, and I am sure some of the folks will say go to archive, there are blah, blah, blah, yada yada etc out there! We are getting basic business, Economics, and Services discussions all in one! This is fun, like Politics used to be till all the liberals decided, maybe we do have the right guy in the White House and quit banging away for Gore and the other wannabies! Charlie

Hmmmm. I would just like to say Joe, That C-I does have a good amount of items listed, but they have an equal amount of items NOT listed. Take for instance, the Perdomo 16 ct sampler. I was asking a friend (Perdomo retailer) what the cost should be and he couldn't even find it on any cost sheet. Either it's new or not made anymore. So how do you put a price on that? What it comes down to, is what is it worth to you. If someone wants to pay $200, so be it. That's what its worth to them. How often does c-bid post about losing money on an item? They don't. Because it all evens out in the end.

Here's my take. And many people say I'm a cunning linguist. The overbidders help to finance the guys like me who get the good deals. If every sale was rock bottom, C-bid would be out of business. And I'd have to go elsewhere to find such a fine group of reprobates and malcontents. eom

Nope,nope,nope I'm not gona to say it.

he he. I'm naked.

Supply & demand is gooooooood. Warms my Republican heart. As for making MSRP the max limit, I say DEATH TO COMMUNISM!!!!! I live in a low demand area when it comes to cigars. Retail where is not too bad. But my buds in Cali would love to walk in to a store and pay MSRP! In addition, some brands are hard to find in my area. So if I can get an auctioned 5-pack for around, maybe even slightly over MSRP, I'm happy. Yes, some people get bid happy, but that's life. And just knowing that someone is here looking at cigars and posting naked makes me proud to be an American!

Being a newbie I have no idea what guns and butter means. Could be my bad. Or perhaps you don't understand the concept and need to simplify it to suit your needs. Either way my way of saying it was much more eloquent.

hey. If you want to pay MSRP go to a retail site. If you want to bid up to your top self-assessed value, stay with these auction sites. Nobody is against listing the MSRP, we're just against morons who need their hand held with a built in safety net so they won't overspend. Take responsibility for your own actions and stop your sobbing.

Meany, be careful when you smoke naked. Never know where those ashes will fall...

And the ashes may be hot!!!!! Charlie

Nice ash.

Hey Tailgater.... are we now resorting to name calling? was that directed at me? if so then you need to read more carefully, because I said nothing about WANTING to pay MSRP.

I think someone is paranoid! Chill out and have one of your "bargain" cigars.

Let's give peace a chance and sing "Imagine" together!!!!

jccrimmins "cunning linguist" careful, some of us understand word play and innuendo.

After we finish "Imagine" let's all break into "We Shall Overcome" or "Give Peace a Chance". A one a two a three......Charlie