I went to this store yesterday while in TJ. It was a very small store. They were very nice to me and struck me as very new to the whole computer thing. They are obviously uninformed as to how internet business is handled. They had several misunderstandings. I tried to explain things to them as best I could. Things like Paypal and the prices that we are used to paying for products like thiers. They showed me some invoices. Because of thier taxes, they tend to pay more for thier cigars than we are used to paying for ours. They even thought that Paypal took 38%. Like I said, they were very nice but very uninformed. They told me that the only shop down thre that was authorized to sell ELs to the public was La Casa Del Habana, which is where I went to see Taboada. So I don't think that the Els they do get come from the right sources. Especially at the price that they quoted earlier. Just my guess though. The rest of thier inventory did look to be authentic although I did not study every box in there.
The one thing that they did have that got me excited was Cuban cigarettes. I got 2 cartons of RyJs and 2 cartons of Cohibas. They even helped me disguise the cartons in empty domestic cartons to help me get them over the border. When I left, I left 2 packs of the RyJs and my expensive Spyderco knife on thier desk and they chased me down to give them back to me. They also offered to go buy me a soda or coffee or a bottle of water while I was there. Even though thier internet etiquette or knowledge was not the best I was impressed with how they treated me and I will visit thier shop next time I go to TJ, for cigarettes.
Alan
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