Ok so is it all hype or a good cigar, being in washington, i really havent been brave enough to cough up the $45-50 a stick.

anyone who has tried them please let me know, and if you happen to know of a cheaper retailer email please.

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I fall into the all hype side of your question. I finally had a couple of these. Very good cigars, but the price is still ridiculous. You can get cigars just as good for much less, they just won't impress others as much.

tom, e-mail sent...

Hey ts, don't pay that much for Opus X! I bought two robusto's for about $18 per. As for the cigar, if you like very full body and strong flavors, it doesn't get much better. I have a friend who didn't like them, said they were too strong (asked him if he had any left, I'd take them off his hands!) I happen to enjoy the Opus very much and save them for special occasions.

I enjoy Opus very much, beautiful and robust cigar, but they are a tad bit too proud of them for my tastes! Charlie

Great smokes. Yes they are strong but extremely well balanced and very complex. $45 a stick is too much, even the $18 is high.

Opus is a great cigar only if you can get it at retail. Fuente demands that authorized Fuente resellers don't gouge pricing. A robusto should be around the $12 tag. Anything much over a $2 higher is considered gouging in my book. I only shop at Tinderbox for Opus because they don't gouge pricing. However, it is first come, first served and you are limited to 2/day per person. Excuse for mentioning another store here, but this gouging crap will only cease if people refuse to get screwed on overpriced cigars. Whoa, almost fell off my soapbox...

OUCH, $45!! Too much. Good cigar. I collect as many as I can the couple of times a year that my local shop gets them in. I pay between $8 and $15 each with a limit of 2 per day. I haven't had less than 10 in the 'Dor at any one time. For equal money I'll take the Padron Anniv. line. Barry

EVERY Fuente authorized cigar store I have ever been to (with one exception..the previously mentioned chain tobacco store...very reasonable prices) have gouged their prices (gouging range between $8-20 over "MSRP" per stick, depending on which ones) on Opus X...I really don't believe that hype that Fuente "forbids" overcharging, but I don't think they overtly encourage it either...I think it's a nice marketing ploy..They have to love hearing how much people have paid for one of their sticks...Although I absolutely love Opus X (I only have a stick about twice per year at the most...a few years ago, I used to enjoy them more frequently), there's no way I would pay more than $13 for a robusto...$45-$50??!...Insane...There's one place (a microbrewery/restaurant) near my house (southern Chicago burbs) that do have Opus X (robusto size..I don't recall exactly which ones), but they (attempt to)sell them for (get this) $70 a stick!!!...They've actually sold two sticks since opening the single box they bought about three years ago...It's still in the humidor, still with two sticks missing..They are definitely NOT a Fuente-authorized dealer....Keith

Never had one.

Here is a link to the official OpusX MSRP ...

Actually the Opus X is one my favorite smoke. Fortunately for me I live in a relatively small town but our Opus dealer always seems to have them. They also sell them at MSRP plus local taxes. Perhaps one reason they always have them is that they never sell them on the internet and limit sales to 2 a day. ORV

Thanx Slim, U R the Master of Info. X

P.S. Methinks I have been paying 2much

X, Here's a trade off I use when I pay premium price for a fine smoke...instead of buying new shoes, I have the old ones resoled.

thanks for all the info. Washington is about the worst state to live in if you want to smoke cigars. While cbid order was in delevery I went down to the local cigar shop and had to pay 11$ for a avoXO robusto, and fuente chateau robusto way 7$. We pay about 2x-2.5x the worst online prices.

Contrary to popular belief, Carlito does not take it lightly when authorized retailers gouge the public on any of the Fuente cigars.

All it takes is contacting the Fuente sales rep for your state (I know of one, but can't recall his name, or look it up, as I am at work). He is I believe, an east coast rep, and is very diligent about it ... and has gone to great lengths to put an end to it in his areas. Some retailers have even lost their authorization to sell Fuente products ...

There is a link to the opus X prices up there ^ someplace. you guys were asking for it. What would you guys do without slim? lol

A retailer can charge whatever he wants for any product he sells. If Fuente won't sell to him, he can buy them elsewhere when he can find them and continue to mark them up. I saw Opus for sale on the concourse at Las Vegas airport for $60.00-$85.00 each. The little xXx PowerRanger belicoso is an excellent smoke, but I'm not buying it for $60.00.

So, which state has the least taxes on cigars? I will search for authorized dealers in that state and contact them to see if I can purchase over the phone. Thanks.

This may be of help ...

http://www.cigarweekly.com/Columns/Trade/Cigartaxes.htm