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xrundog Offline
#1 Posted: Sat, Aug 31 2002, 12:59 PM EST
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xrundog Offline
#2 Posted: Sat, Aug 31 2002, 1:09 PM EST
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Dang enter key is supposed to shift boxes!*@#! Nevermind that! I went into a shop in Memphis that I had never been in before. There was a sign saying "Going out of Business. 30% off all boxes." "Cool"! I think. "I might get a tasty deal". Nyet! The guy wanted $140 for a box of Excalibur #1's. They can be had on the CI website for $75. "No wonder you are going out of business". I thought. His singles were way overpriced too. Tobacco tax is pretty high in TN I guess. I don't really know what it is because I buy most of my smokes on the 'net. Is the internet killing the neighborhood shop? Hard to compete with warehouse companies. Or was this fellow a poor businessman?
aberdeen Offline
#3 Posted: Sat, Aug 31 2002, 5:07 PM EST
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probably in your case a combination of the tax rate and poor business, he probably is still living in the boom years. Taxes in some states have killed the local tobacconist more than the internet. My local shop is very competitive with all the online outlets, but even so I buy probably 80% of my cigars online out of convenience.
cayman2b Offline
#4 Posted: Sun, Sep 1 2002, 5:55 AM EST
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I would love to support local business here in Michigan and buy my smokes locally but the prices are ridiculous.. I procure almost all of my smokes here at C/B.
jd1 Offline
#5 Posted: Fri, Sep 6 2002, 6:26 AM EST
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I agree, I only go to my local shop when I can't find the occasional premium I prefer from time to time. Otherwise, my rubbermaidador was filled almost exclusively from Cbid.
I've also found that my local shops tend to raise their prices 10-20 cents or more per stick about every 4-5 months. Seems like they are trying to bring back the boom years...I hope not because from what hear (I didn't smoke during that time), dog rockets were the norm of the day as companies struggled to keep up with demand and tossing quality aside.
SteveS Offline
#6 Posted: Fri, Sep 6 2002, 6:52 AM EST
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Irrespective of anything the cigar shops do to try to "bring back the boom" (and who could blame the shops for trying?), the enthusiastic cooperation of the consumer will be required for a boom to exist.

The far greater concern, IMNSHO, is the effect TAXES are having on prices ... the furshlugginer* government pushes "sin" taxes because the majority of your lawmakers constituents don't smoke and therefore, won't raise an outcry. (sorta like the citizenry of the US back in the 30's when FDR pushed the income tax through ... (" don't worry ... the average guy won't have to pay ... we'll soak the rich") ...

The solution is to get more people smoking ... maybe the best thing is for each of us to do a little 'missionary' work ... give a cigar to your neighbors and get them to go and do likewise ... lol



*furshlugginer: An old MAD magazine word that could mean anything you wanted it to mean.
DrMaddVibe Offline
#7 Posted: Fri, Sep 6 2002, 7:25 AM EST
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Cayman2b, drop me a line @ [email protected]. I used to live in MI.
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