need advice on habanos

[GWN]

Inlaws heading to Havana next month (we're Canadians so it's cool).
I can probably cough up $350 CUC (they're inlaws afterall and all I need is grief about how much I spend on my beloved pasttime).
Canadian customs allow 50 sticks per person (x2 in this case).
What do I ask them to bring back for me?
CUC prices here:
http://marty.514crew.com/cigarprices.html
Leaning toward RASS and Hoyo Epi #2s plus whatever else but would love our input.
Curious about the Cohbia maduros, but too pricey, I'd figure.

 

[Altercall]

Get some for me!!!:halfgrinw

 

[kirscovitch]

Rass's are good. also if i were in your shoes id get some monte #4's and some boli's. pc's and rc's. also some Sig I's or II's.

ERdM Choix Supremes
SLR Series A
Partagas Series D #4's



man.... actually i dont know what id get!!!!!!!!! :rofl:

 

[Donk]

Any thing like Partagas, Cohiba, punch - Go Petit Corona

 

[GWN]

I enjoy Cohibas, but I don't think they're worth twice as much as some of the other CCs. Last few Series D #4s I had I found a little harsh.
Really dig H. Upmanns.
might Try ErdM and I do look admiringly at those Cuabas that retail for $50 per stick up here.

 

[kirscovitch]

50 a stick???? damn.....

but i guess, you can get em legally......... bastard.......


:rofl:

 

[kirscovitch]

just checked out your link!!!

145 for a box of boli rc's......... theres your box............

 

[GWN]

he, he.
Taxes blow though. I end up paying 3x your MSRP for NCs.

 

[kirscovitch]

well i guess, you get and you give........

 

[avid toker]

You can always order boxes online. So get some rarer sticks you can only get from the island. Get some custom rolls from Conde de Villa Nueva House and make sure to ask for the good stuff in the back ;-) They'll run you US $5 depending on size. The ones in front are decent but the stuff in back are very good smokes.

Or get you can have them visit the factory and try and get some custom rolls from one of the rollers at the Partagas factory.

 

[Electric Sheep]

I'd buy singles of the rare or expensive stuff I couldn't get otherwise.

Either that, or I'd buy something *NEW* like Cohiba Maduros or Montecristo Petit Edmundos....so new that there'd be less chance of fakes.

 

[GWN]

Thanks all.
Feel like a kid in a candy story.
Plan to prep them about buying only from gov't store so fakes shouldn't be an issue. Like the idea about super rare stuff but, at the same time, looking for bang for the buck.
Hey Duane: hope those stick I sent you show up one of these days. Can't help but think there's some customs guy puffing away with his feet up about now.

 

[Electric Sheep]

I just sent you a PM and a trader rating....cuz they hit my mailbox today! :yes:

 

[Irritech]

I'd pony up 33 more ducketts and get 25 Siglo VI. :applause:

 

[kirscovitch]

I'd pony up 33 more ducketts and get 25 Siglo VI. :applause:

more good advice!!! :clap:

 

[cvm4]

You can always order boxes online. So get some rarer sticks you can only get from the island. Get some custom rolls from Conde de Villa Nueva House and make sure to ask for the good stuff in the back ;-) They'll run you US $5 depending on size. The ones in front are decent but the stuff in back are very good smokes.

Or get you can have them visit the factory and try and get some custom rolls from one of the rollers at the Partagas factory.

Exactly what I was thinking. Go for the custom rolled sticks and the discontinued cigars.

 

[kirscovitch]

whoa!!!!!!!!!!!! dejavu all over again!!!!!

 

[cvm4]

Had to get my point across :rofl:

 

[GWN]

Exactly what I was thinking. Go for the custom rolled sticks and the discontinued cigars.

Anything you can point to on that link that's discontinued? I knew about some of the new sticks, but not sure what's been trimmed, unless your mean the ELs.

 

[smokem94]

Bring me back some VR Farmies!!!!! I'll take all you can bring back!:stretchgr