New Hampshire has no tax on cigars.

I read that at the other site about Carlito supposedly not taking it lightly when "authorized retailers" gouging, but to be honest, I don't believe much of it personally

Why does the link above state that New Hamshire has a tax of 27.1% Wholesale Price? Just curious ... as I don't know of any state that doesn't have some kind of tobacco tax ...

Thanks for the tax link. Looks a little old... 1998. I will contact the webmaster and see if (s)he will update it.

Had my first Opus X a couple of weeks ago on my wedding day. In a word......... FANTASTIC

Had a couple and didn't get overly impressed. It is, obviously, a good cigar. However the $$ it commands is tough to justify.

I can make a list of half a dozen cigars which I could buy a half-dozen of for the same price as an Opus X that I would rather smoke even if price were no object, and that is not to take anything away from the X which is a quality cigar. One of them is a Bolivar (non Cuban)like the one I had last week. All a matter of taste. Try not to succumb to hype, ego, vanity, marketing and bravo sierra.

I agree w/El. A couple of years ago I would have said he's full of it. I have a pretty good collection of X's but I haven't smoked one in 6mos. That's because,like El said,there are other gars that I have that I would rather smoke. When price comes into play,..let me see,would I rather have 4 or 5 cigars that I like as much or better,or one X. I will say this though,it is a very good gar. X

In response to the gentleman from Washington State, I HEAR YA! -- I REFUSE to buy cigars locally due to the tax as well as the gouging I see on practically everything I smoke! -- Online purchasing is all I do and have been doing for the last 6 years. -- Its the ONLY way to fly! -- Not only no cigar tax, but NO SALES TAX either! :o) GG7 from Seattle Wa.

GG7,

the sales tax wouldn't bother me, if the tobacco tax wasn't so damn crazy. 12$ a stick for a Avo#2 or $7 onyx res. YIKES!

anyway gg, drop me a email and we can b*tch about our otherwise great state. [email protected] (everett area)

...Well, I just paid more for a single Opus X (got ten of them) than I've ever paid for a cigar. Got to be crazy. Still I paid less than the per cigar price on boxes of Opus X at the other cigar auction site. The retailer opened a box of Super Belicosos so I could get a couple of those. This is a beautiful cigar...now I'm set for special occasions for the next few years. Wonder what it will smoke like?

Personally I think every day is a special occasion. Life is short, live it to it's fullest.

ORV

Orv...no truer words could be said. Since my heart attack last year, I've wasted no time on lousy smokes. (When my doctor asks me if I'm still smoking, I say, "You bet, and enjoying the hell out of it." In fact, I had to try the Opus X Super Belicoso this weekend (with a cold Modela Negra). I can see what the fuss is about...it's similar to the difference between sipping a house brand table wine (pretty good) with the soup course then moving to a real fine vintage red for the meat course (pretty good too). I still don't know if it's worth the difference in price. Maybe my palate's not tuned in. Guess I need to smoke a few more.

mhollowa ---2 minds that think almost alike. instead of resoling them, i smoke em.

I have yet to try the OpusX, but want to although I cringe slightly at the thought of setting fire to something this expensive ...

I must say, I agree emphatically with the notes above about life being too short and each day being special ... it'd be nice to have a bit more means with which to do so, but I'm determined to live the rest of whatever life-span I'm gonna have on as near to first-class basis as my means allow ...

In addition to fine cigars, fine wine, fine women, etc, I have a great appreciation for other fine things in life and must say that the interaction on this board is one of the fine things in life I really enjoy ... this is a bunch of pretty bright folks, some of whom mask themselves in occasional silliness, but as I said this morning in another thread, I like that silliness as much as the threads relating to cigars and love the various "thread-jackings" (love that phrase, Slim; thanks) including those with sexual innuendo ...

Guess I probably WILL try one of those OpusX, just to see what the fuss is about, but damn, what if it turns out I really LIKE them?? I better hope I win the lotto, eh?

SgtCrossbones---the wedding or the cigar?

Rick...my best smokes come from a 22-year old pair of Red Wing Irish Setters I use for yard work. Many a mile, never resoled and still truckin'. I have to laugh though when I see myself in others, like the older fellow at Home Depot this weekend, dressed in carpenter pants, work shirt, gimme hat and pretty good pair of knock-around work shoes, but barely able to put one foot in front of the other...guess we can rationalize anything, even increasing the trade deficit. Oh, by the way, welcome back. You are the real Rick, right?