Here's a portion of the reply I got from Customer Service back in February regarding some Gurkhas I wanted to cancel when I couldn't find them on the Gurkha website:

"Thank you for contacting Cigar Bid. Like many other industries, we license the name with the manufacturer and have a cigar manufacturer make a product where we use that name of the cigar and the cigar size. Certain cigars are also manufactured for us per contract with the manufacturer."

To me it translated to: "Buyer beware."

Thanks Bro - kinda what I thought - again, not a bad smoke, guess I need to get some that are listed on the site and do a compare - maybe hop over to Fort Collins next time I'm heading up to my brothers house in Greeley. There is a B&M there that carries them.

RY
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Michael Giordano is a friend and he told me that the 5.5 x 55 box press was made especially for CI, at CI's request.. CI says it is their best selling size.
They have a new stick that debuted at this year's IPCPR trade show called "Profile." It is an excellent cigar.

Mike supplies just about every online store with their cigar accessories: humidors, Stinky ashtray, etc.
I just checked CI and Cbid and there are plenty of sticks to go around.
I reviewed all of his stock. And my advice is to let them sleep for a couple months and you will get the best out of them.

Links to my Cult reviews:

http://kohnhed.com/2012/12/07/cigar-review-cult-classic/ 

http://kohnhed.com/2012/12/14/cigar-review-cult-cigars-fuerte-series/ 

http://kohnhed.com/2012/12/19/cigar-review-cult-cigars-ometepe/ 

http://kohnhed.com/2013/03/22/cigar-review-cult-cigars-blood-red-moon/