The Green Monkey
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I was at a shop yesterday in a high-rent tourist-trap sort of place that had really, really absurd prices and it got me wondering whether companies put any sort of upper limit on how much over MSRP their vendors can charge. Is there anything, whether formal or informal, that manufacturers do to discourage gouging or radical price overinflation by shops?
In addition to charging $11.99 for an AF Best Seller, $19.99 for a Signature, $14.99 for a Cuban Belicoso SG, $300 for the Journey to Chateau de la Fuente, $60 for a GOF tubo, $60 for any single from the Opus 22 set, etc., these assbutts were also storing their full line of Acids in the same humidor as all of their sub-$20 Fuentes.
I mentioned to the clerk why they shouldn't store Acids with regular cigars but it met with an indifferent seeming promise to tell her manager.
In addition to charging $11.99 for an AF Best Seller, $19.99 for a Signature, $14.99 for a Cuban Belicoso SG, $300 for the Journey to Chateau de la Fuente, $60 for a GOF tubo, $60 for any single from the Opus 22 set, etc., these assbutts were also storing their full line of Acids in the same humidor as all of their sub-$20 Fuentes.
I mentioned to the clerk why they shouldn't store Acids with regular cigars but it met with an indifferent seeming promise to tell her manager.