EMS cigars are made from specially selected tobacco for the UK market - Really?

[monkey66]

Please explain, how H&F QC for plugged cigars without cutting of the cap, DO NOT GET ME WRONG, i love CC, and UK vendors do give good service.

Oboviously they can't. Nor can they identify a badly blended cigar from the smell. I also doubt their ability to read minds or accurately predict weather.

But seriously I think my post was clear. They can and do do some things to try to improve quality. I do know of multiple cases that have been returned after too many bad draws reported. They are not unique amongst distributors in this of course, but it is not the same globally.

We saw huge quantities of often poor 1999-2002 sticks hit the grey market. Aparrently many of these were rejected by the more quality orientated distributors. Saying that I am sure the inevitable commercial imperitve to have stock to sell would always be an influence.

Clearly UK prices are very hard to swallow when we have the double impact of distributor monolopy (intentionally maintaining a premium market point) and high taxation. I don't think anyone who frequents forums would argue. I certainly am not but I do recognise the reality of retail cigars in the uk, and the very low probability of change.

The flip side is we have some amazing cigar specialists who probably wouldn't exist on the margins we see in France or Spain.

All just my understanding of course. Verified information is hard to come by in the mystical world of Cuban cigars [emoji87] [emoji86] [emoji85]

[jabba the hutt]

Margins my rear end, it's a monopoly rip off made worse by being screwed by taxes.

[monkey66]

Margins my rear end, it's a monopoly rip off made worse by being screwed by taxes.

Pretty sure that is what I said?

[wolfie]

" I also doubt their ability to read minds or accurately predict weather."

man that line made me PMSL...

great wit Monkey66

Wolfie

[butternutsquashpie]

Margins my rear end, it's a monopoly rip off made worse by being screwed by taxes.

Original quote that you were responding to:

Clearly UK prices are very hard to swallow when we have the double impact of distributor monolopy (intentionally maintaining a premium market point) and high taxation. I don't think anyone who frequents forums would argue. I certainly am not but I do recognise the reality of retail cigars in the uk, and the very low probability of change.