Thank you for all the feedback! :thumbs:
I only saw the first 3 posts before I left for Vegas, but that was enough for me to know I needed to bring my own cigars. Nevertheless, I still had to check a couple of cigar sources while I was out there (you know, just to satisfy my curiosity). First, not wasting any time, I stopped in the cigar-kiosk located in the airport terminal. The fact that they wanted $56. for an Opus :sneaky: was enough to convince me to just keep moving.
One day later, I took a look through the inventory on a cigar-cart in the Convention Center lobby. These were more reasonably priced about $18-20 for assorted Hemingways, $24 for a Diamond Crown No. 7 (still way over MSRP, but more like what you would expect to see in a restaurant or a bar). Needless to say, I passed on these as well.
Then I went into the convention and got a real nice surprise. I’m sure most of you have been to conventions either as an attendee or an exhibitor, but for those that haven’t I should point out, that the exhibitors often have some sort of novelty attraction at their booth to draw a crowd. This show was the NBAA, a business aircraft convention with tons of manufactures (several who are clients of the company I work for) selling aircraft related products and services. One of the charter operators had a cigar rolling demonstration at their booth to attract spectators within pouncing distance of the aircraft charter salesmen.
Turns out, the roller was from Graycliff. There were also a few Graycliff sales reps, and there was a big display of finished boxed Graycliffs. Well, it was mentioned by the sales reps, that they were not going to be carrying these cigars back home again, and that anyone interested could purchase any cigar for $10. :0
I grabbed 4 Espressos (2 presidents, 2 pirates) for myself and coworkers. I didn’t have any more cash on me, but 4 for $40. was still a good haul. And the best part is, they said they would be back next year with the same deal. You can bet I’ll be bringing some serious funds with me at that time! (I guess I should probably also post here to see if anyone else wants me to pick up a few, what do you think?).
