You always read about post cigar boom brands going for $100-$200 less than what they sold for in the early, mid-90s. Most of these can now be had for $30-45 a box and are considered to be dog rockets by many of the esteemed contributors here. Since I only occassionally purchased an overpriced cigar at a bar during the early 90s, my question is what were the retail prices of primos during this period? Did they scale accordingly? In other words, did a box that now sells for ~$100 go for over $500 during the boom? Or, because everybody was buying everything did the good and the bad sell similarly and the price of the primos really hasn't fallen that much in the past 5-10 yrs? If the former is true, how did y'all afford smoking the good stuff?

It was 'glut and bust'.

It was a shortage of those expensive, hand-rolled masterpieces that caused the market to short-circuit.

First, prices skyrocketed, attracting novice producers like the Tamboril Cigar Co. Then a glut caused prices to nose-dive, driving newcomers into bankruptcy.

Cigars that had been selling for $250 a box [of 25 cigars] can now be had for $ 29.95 a box ...

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I can only speak for myself, but during the boom I began smoking a pipe. Found the tobacco to be more consistent in taste than cigars and a helluva lot cheaper. Spent a good deal of money on pipes though... guess it all evened out in the end.

I thought a cigar boom was what you got when you launched a dog rocket?

Nice one Robby. I needed to laugh.
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