No offense to anyone who enjoys Gurkhas, but personally I think this brand is strategically developed and carried on to make newer smokers think they are everything that they purport to be in the ads, and simultaneously actively trying to deceive people into believing the hype. I smoked a Master Select when I was new from a sampler loved it.. So I then got on CBID and searched for some more lines and bought a couple 18 samplers. I couldn't hardly believe my auction proficiency scoring 2 x 18 stick samplers valued at 225$ for 24 and 26$ respectively. WELL...they came and honestly the 20 cabinet of victor sinclairs I bought around the same time were FAR superior in every possible way from construction to flavor and consistency. They put a good one in samplers so people will take all the other 95% of them off their hands. Also I have heard the internet stuff and the B&M stuff are completely different.