"I would buy more...but the price is too high"

[ajgagnon]

Listen, fancy GR and regionals are novelty cigars in my books, even if some of them sound sublime. Just can't touch them due to price. I can't even justify Lanceros mostly, even though I love them. I'm mostly stuck in petit corona/corona territory with some belis, the odd robusto, etc. Two kids, short of time, humidor space etc. However, I am drooling over some Punch Punch and may scrape up some coin soon.

I agree that I expect a cc to be a reliable, damn good experience. I have patience because I appreciate all the steps and hard work that goes into making cigars, but if the price creeps up, the satisfaction has to deliver. Like Piggy, I don't want my choice to smoke a cigar to come with pain and torment. And I wish I could try more vitolas and 'special' cigars. I have never had a Sir Winston (let alone GR or 520 etc), mostly because of the price, and that makes me sad because it sounds like a wonderful regular production smoke.

[meatball41]

Sig VI - 12:12 from a few months ago was awesome, more please!

agree with Punch EL too.

[Habana Mike]

Well, I've about hit my annual cigar budget coming in to August, so the price is too high on just about everything now!

Most, if not all, of those mentioned above are exceeding my current target threshold as I am trying to reduce my average cost per cigar below $10.

How I think about it now is not what a particular cigar costs, but the average price of all the cigars in my collection.

That way I don't worry so much when I go to select one. It's generally more driven by what I feel like smoking and how many I have left.

As a result of purchasing a large number of LE, RE, high-end smokes e.g. Behikes and Gran Reservas, along with many aged/vintage cigars and jars particularly over the past couple of years, anything above the $6-$8 range is too high for me to meet my mid-term objective.

Looks like my focus is going to be on smaller vitola regular production and C&C cigars for a while.

[stogieluver]

I only step out on the Cohiba's when El Prez runs a 12/12 special price. I've picked up a couple of boxes at very good prices. I find it hard to justify spending top dollar on those when I can spend less than $130/box on RASCC and Party Shorts that are smoking fantastic. Can not be beat at less than $5/stick. Load up on those. You can't go wrong for an every day smoke. Buy the expensive boxes periodically as the budget allows and set them aside for aging and/or special events.

[merc]

Cohiba, especially BHK 52

[Fuzz]

Cohiba, especially BHK 52

Go on, Alex. Just buy them. You know you want. They're calling you're name.... Aleeeex.... Aleeeex... buy meeeeee!

[headstand]

Anything Cohiba really, unless I win the lottery or something, at the moment it makes more fiscal sense to buy cheaper sticks that are better bang for the buck.

What Steve says. I'm glad I stocked up the OLH before going into retirement, but I failed to get a box of Sig VI. Now I just drool.

[Firebender]

Difficult to justify any box over USD350 because there so many great cigars under half price..

[Skyfall]

Trini's Rob T's

Cohiba vi's

CoRo's

Cohiba PE

HU Connie A

[Duxnutz]

I would like to try every cigar made!

Throwing my money away on the stupid premise of cigars that are limited, in the hopes that the untested cigar will be a classic, even taste good, or become worth some additional money someday, has ruined a goodly notion of what cigar smoking is to me.

Cigar smoking is (or should be) a commonplace occurrence whereas the cigar choice is a pleasure and not a financially straining or anxiety ridden event. The current market model where cigars that sell are overproduced to the extent that they are homogenous and no longer exceptional, where your most money is to be spent pursuing an elusive golden goose that cannot be bought and test with the knowledge that the cigar will return for future purchases, is not a consumer friendly model. It is an endless chain of lottery ticket cigars, some winners and losers, all overpriced, where the consumers interests are not really considered.

So ask me the question again! The answer is the Cuban cigar, what it used to be; a reasonable priced, semi-reliable means to smoke tobacco, with enough choices to suit many moods and many customers.

That is what I would like to buy more of, but they cost too much!

-Piggy

I agree with you and think that HSA is treading the line of alienating their core consumer to the point they can no longer regularly smoke cigars. With taxes around the world on tobacco through the roof, the taxes on a box of minutos cost more than the original purchase price!

I know quite a few guys who have down-sized from torps to Robustos; are now on Minutos and will soon be out the door.

[Duxnutz]

Anything at Australian prices... (which isn't HSAs fault)

Not releasing regular production cigars that are decent bang for your buck is what I'm trying to get at.

[BRAC]

Siglo VI and Piramides Extra.

[Habano]

Siglo VI as well, but not at the price I am seeing today. That's just down right crazy and even more than a box of Espy's.

Around $400 for an LCDH box will do nicely.

[semifan1]

Partagás Serie E No.2 Love this cigar. hoping it would popup again for a 12 at 12.

[rtrimbath]

The Cohibas are always so damn tempting to me, but I just can't seem to pull the trigger.

[ag794516]

All Cohiba Behike i think.

[ag794516]

All Cohiba Behike i think.

[MontrealRon]

At 63 years of age, with 200+ boxes in stock, very little tempts me these days,

least of all overpriced novelties.

One exception - the current Punch Punch.

A March '13 smoked a few days ago amazed me.

I rated it a 97, with the potential to hit 100!

I think I have 5 or 6 boxes of '13s, all from Rob, and every box looks as good;

and with Rob's specials offering them for even less than their price in Cuba,

I may well pick up a few more.

[StingMeadery]

Montecristo No.2 Gran Reserva

Partagas Gran Reserva 2007

Cohiba Piramides Extra EL 2007

[Ptowncigar]

Would really like to pick up a box of behikes. But with the level of my pallet, don't think I would enjoy a 52 anymore then a COR, Conn1 or RASS. Those are just a few of my favorites.

[Hugomarink]

Behikes for sure. Have also wanted a box of SLR Pacificos and JL No. 4 but never pull the trigger when I can get two boxes of Regios or JL 1 or 2 for about the same price.

[NJP]

Siglo IV.

[Arnehaj]

H.upmann Sir.W and Connie A

[tmc123]

Anything at Australian prices... (which isn't HSAs fault)

This. Can't remember the last time I bought a cigar in Australia.

[TheCoach]

PL Belicosos Extra and 2007 Robustos ALL DAY!!!! The price range is just out of my reach of understanding to spend that much for one box....