Gloucester Street Cigar Co Closed?

[WhiteLightning]

Just made my first trip over to check out Gloucester Street Cigar Monday afternoon and found it's closed down. I have been calling for a few days and have not been able to get through. I figured maybe they were having phone issues. When I got there I saw a big orange sticker on the window stating the business was Seized due to nonpayment of taxes.

 

[Sin]

oh wow...hope things work out for them, I really enjoyed that place.

 

[jerseyjay]

What a shame. Got my tattoo there.

 

[gardizzle]

That sucks. Good guys at Gloucester. So probably no more meatlocker series or pork belly?

 

[smokinpeace]

Wow. Sorry to hear that. Hope they can work it out and re-open.

 

[WhiteLightning]

I would give them the benefit of the doubt. They have been around for a long time. Hopefully it's something they can work out and they will be back on their feet again.

 

[ericdriscoll]

What happened to the meatlocker money?

 

[TreeFrog Frank]

I would give them the benefit of the doubt. They have been around for a long time. Hopefully it's something they can work out and they will be back on their feet again.

This is the right kind of attitude to have about this situation. Hope they get it worked out, soon. I can't imagine it's anything I would ever want to go through. Thoughts are with them.

 

[jayro75]

What happened to the meatlocker money?

Obviously they were selling the meat under the table.:grin:

 

[gardizzle]

Must be great guys to have their business seized for non payment of taxes.

They always treated me right as a customer. That is worth more to me than any problems they may be having with the irs. So does good service make them bad guys?

 

[jayro75]

They always treated me right as a customer. That is worth more to me than any problems they may be having with the irs. So does good service make them bad guys?

No but not paying taxes does.

 

[DOMD]

Must be great guys to have their business seized for non payment of taxes.

I'm sure they make the taxes really affordable for them!

 

[jayro75]

I'm sure they make the taxes really affordable for them!

That makes sense.

 

[WhiteLightning]

I did not post this thread with any intention of bad mouthing or ruining any reputation. It is merely a statement of the facts in which I saw with my own eyes. I had been eagerly waiting to visit the shop for the past 2 years now. I was shocked to see this the other day.

I don't think it's fair to assume that a shop that has been in business for many years and have given great service to many cigar patrons over the years, myself included, should automatically be labeled as bad people.

My best wishes to Jose and the crew over at Gloucester Street Cigar Co.

 

[jayro75]

I did not post this thread with any intention of bad mouthing or ruining any reputation. It is merely a statement of the facts in which I saw with my own eyes. I had been eagerly waiting to visit the shop for the past 2 years now. I was shocked to see this the other day.

I don't think it's fair to assume that a shop that has been in business for many years and have given great service to many cigar patrons over the years, myself included, should automatically be labeled as bad people.

My best wishes to Jose and the crew over at Gloucester Street Cigar Co.

Sorry to derail your thread Eddie but as a business owner who pays way too many taxes the idea of someone not paying pisses me off.

 

[twenty5]

I think the owner or an employee is a member here, maybe they will chime in on this when they have a chance.

 

[Craig Mac]

Hopefully they can get things worked out, as cigar smokers we don't need any more lounges closing their doors. And also, let's try to be civil here, if you feel the need to take a shot at them, take a deep breath and hit the back button and move on to another thread.

 

[WhiteLightning]

Sorry to derail your thread Eddie but as a business owner who pays way too many taxes the idea of someone not paying pisses me off.

My point is that maybe we should not assume that any of this was done with malicious intention.

 

[gardizzle]

Hopefully they can get things worked out, as cigar smokers we don't need any more lounges closing their doors. And also, let's try to be civil here, if you feel the need to take a shot at them, take a deep breath and hit the back button and move on to another thread.

+1
Well said.

 

[Pietastervw]

Hmmmm I think Angry Bill had a pretty good post today..........what was that about again?

oh ya

http://www.botl.org/community/forums/showthread.php?t=52222