ditto! just can't beat the online prices here in CA!I only buy from one B&M joint and then only when I'm there to hang for a smoke. Everything else is through the mail.
ditto! just can't beat the online prices here in CA!I only buy from one B&M joint and then only when I'm there to hang for a smoke. Everything else is through the mail.
Personally, I would be very suspect of any "cuban" offered to me by a B&M owner...that may just be me but still.As I said...it's good to get to know your local shop owner. (for the wonderful folks at NSA and customs) I would never condone the purchase of contraband from places that we have an embargo on.
Alan
I do the same. Its always good to keep the local B&M so he knows you. You never know when you are going to need them for something special.For me it's cheaper to do mail order so that's how I do for 95% of my stuff.
I like to occasionally buy from the B&M to support my local cigar business.
75% :crosseyed I am never going to whine about California again.Well most of ALL mine r done online. MN is about the highest taxed there is I think it is 75%, I do buy a few from local to support my B&M also, but it is hard when most of the $$ goes to the state.........
Your missing out. Some of the best sticks I have smoked came from B&M's that came to trust me and know me. These are not small time stores but the big guys who supply people like Arnie, the and the studios. Boxes that can be inspected and reviewed.Personally, I would be very suspect of any "cuban" offered to me by a B&M owner...that may just be me but still.
If I owned a B&M I would never give a cuban cigar to any customer...no matter what. Seems like they could easily lose their license and accounts with distributors that way.Your missing out. Some of the best sticks I have smoked came from B&M's that came to trust me and know me. These are not small time stores but the big guys who supply people like Arnie, the and the studios. Boxes that can be inspected and reviewed.
It has always suprised me here. I know many jdges and senior cops that buy at the two place sI go. Must have it covered but yeah you have to wonder how.If I owned a B&M I would never give a cuban cigar to any customer...no matter what. Seems like they could easily lose their license and accounts with distributors that way.
The B&M here is this lil town is very small and very low amounts of smoke, the nearest B&M is about 75 to 80 miles away, so if i'm in that town I'll stop..75% :crosseyed I am never going to whine about California again.
Exactally, they aren't going to break these sorts of sticks out for John Q. Customer, but someone they have gotten to know and trust.Your missing out. Some of the best sticks I have smoked came from B&M's that came to trust me and know me. These are not small time stores but the big guys who supply people like Arnie, the and the studios. Boxes that can be inspected and reviewed.
That sure is a lot of business!I personally have the luxury of having a personal friend that owns a b&m. I do about 90% of my business with him. He tends to take very good care of me. In retrospect I guess he SHOULD considering the fact that his youngest daughter's education has been payed for...THANKS TO ME! On rare occasion's I have to spend money with his competitors. I have only ordered NC's once online. I enjoy walking into the shop and breathing that first breath of the aroma of cigars all too much.
Definitely! You gotta love a shop that'll let you walk out with a TON of VSG and Opus!!That's nice that they don't limit those sticks....usually it is one or two and that is it