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Gouging at it's finest

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IanHummel

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So I got an e-mail from cigar.com saying they got in this huge stock of Fuente Hemmingways and to "Email for prices". I thought this would be good.

I e-mail'ed them and asked them the price on the box of WOAM. He said "Normally they would be $548.95, but I can do them for $489.95 now"

I told him MSRP was $183.75 and I could MAYBE see them selling them for like $250, even $300. But $550 is ridiculous and I'll pass.

He replied:
No problem at all, I am sorry, but because of the demand and the price we get them at they are a bit more.

A BIT!?!?

WHAT A DEAL!!!!
 
lol, they must not be a authorized dealer and they probably pay MSRP for them, then double it for profit, which is what it looks like. Still a sleezy thing to do, why not just go get your Distributors License and actually carry them, some people....
 
Cigar.com is always more expensive on everything. :angry:
 
I'll admit, before I knew any better, that I once bought OpusX from them (only 2 or 3).
 
I will beat any of their prices ...er...by a $1.50 a stick.

Step right up!

C&G...check my ebay rating!
 
mrjinglesusa said:
I'll admit, before I knew any better, that I once bought OpusX from them (only 2 or 3).
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Ditto. I felt like an idiot when my local tinder box got them 12 a piece and I paid thirty.
 
What I don't understand who buys them at those prices and how in the hell do they sell out?

Before CP I always saw these sticks way out of reach for me .... then someone turned the light on (CP members :thumbs:)!

Thanks my fellow BOTL's for getting me out of the dark and into the light!

So if they don't have a Fuente distribution license they could sell for whatever price they want and Fuente can't come down on them???
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There's still ignorant people who just type <whatever>.com, instead of using a search engine, whenever they want to find something, so they probably still get business.

That used to THE big thing when the Internet first came to the masses, getting a domain name like that. I remember there was huge fight between a few porn companies for the rights to www.sex.com....of course, by the time it was all settled, everyone just went to google to find porn. :laugh:
 
What I don't understand who buys them at those prices and how in the hell do they sell out?
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Friend of mine buys from higher price outfits. He was a loyal Thompson fan before I informed him that there were better deals out there. So what does he do? He goes to cigar.com. Argh!

Still trying to show him the better places to shop online. He is slowly coming around.
 
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