Great news today!

[stormin]

You won't believe my good fortune today! I went to the bank @ lunch and withdrew some cash. Immediately upon returning to work I found out that one of my colleagues was leaving for a Cuban vacation tomorrow. I asked him if he would be so kind as to bring me a box of cigars and he said "sure thing"! I whipped out the $150 I had just withdrawn and gave it to him with instructions to get a box of whatever kind of Montecristos that amount will buy. Damm, why didn't I take out more money! Now, how to pay the phone bill? LOL! Just kidding! As per a previous post, I now have 10 torturous day of waiting while I decide if I should tell the wifeypooh!

What do think it will buy? #4's?

Definitely a great day.

[Lumpold]

Tell him to only buy in the gov't tobacco stores, no matter what the price on the street is!

[TypeO-]

Originally Posted by stormin

You won't believe my good fortune today! I went to the bank @ lunch and withdrew some cash. Immediately upon returning to work I found out that one of my colleagues was leaving for a Cuban vacation tomorrow. I asked him if he would be so kind as to bring me a box of cigars and he said "sure thing"! I whipped out the $150 I had just withdrawn and gave it to him with instructions to get a box of whatever kind of Montecristos that amount will buy. Damm, why didn't I take out more money! Now, how to pay the phone bill? LOL! Just kidding! As per a previous post, I now have 10 torturous day of waiting while I decide if I should tell the wifeypooh!

What do think it will buy? #4's?

Definitely a great day.

I hope your buddy knows what to look for. Best of luck. It will be awesome if you get yourself some good smokes.

[12stones]

That's awesome. I hope he's able to get them back to you.

[stormin]

Originally Posted by Lumpold

Tell him to only buy in the gov't tobacco stores, no matter what the price on the street is!

Good point. He told me wouldn't buy them off the street. He plans to guy them @ the duty free @ the airport on this way home sso they should be the real deal.
I live in Canada by the way so there is no problem bringing them home.

[justinphilly]

Originally Posted by stormin

Good point. He told me wouldn't buy them off the street. He plans to guy them @ the duty free @ the airport on this way home sso they should be the real deal.
I live in Canada by the way so there is no problem bringing them home.

airport duty free does mean real.. I nfatc, i have heard that they are as unreliable as the streets!

[mike32312]

Wish u the best bud. Hope you get the real thing. Hope he doesn't get busted. I have a friend that got caught and they confiscated his smokes, made him miss his cruise ship. He had to fly home. Boy was he pissed.

[SeanGAR]

Originally Posted by mike32312

Wish u the best bud. Hope you get the real thing. Hope he doesn't get busted. I have a friend that got caught and they confiscated his smokes, made him miss his cruise ship. He had to fly home. Boy was he pissed.

He lives in Canada so no problem there.

[5thDan]

No problem bringing in the Cuban Cigars. What about paying the government its taxes on the cigars?

[Hoss]

Like what's been stated above, the problems of finding the real deal, getting a good price AND not having your arse handed to you in taxes upon the return trip almost makes it easier to just buy from a reasonably priced, bonafide internet vendor.

With me being in the states the taxes aren't an issue, but the embargo certainly is. Either way, i'd take that $150 and find a reliable internet vendor and save your friend the headache of having to try and spot the real deal (especially if he isn't very knowledgeable in that area).

That being said, there are some great internet resources out there on spotting fakes.

http://www.smokemag.com/0398/feature.htm
http://www.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/fake_or...ban_cigars.htm

There's a couple, just for starters.

[stormin]

Wow, you guys are depressing! I'm calling my doctor for some prozac......or maybe I'll just smoke a cigar.

[woobie]

Up here we're allowed to bring back 50 cigars after 48 hrs out of the country duty free per person of legal smoking age.

The only way to get them siezed (from what I hear) is to get caught by Cuban Customs as you leave with out a Official receipt from the Gov't store.

Stormin for $150 you should easily beable to get a box of monte #4. They should go for $100US and no doubt in stock as they are very popular.

[RJT]

Originally Posted by woobie

Up here we're allowed to bring back 50 cigars after 48 hrs out of the country duty free per person of legal smoking age.

The only way to get them siezed (from what I hear) is to get caught by Cuban Customs as you leave with out a Official receipt from the Gov't store.

Stormin for $150 you should easily beable to get a box of monte #4. They should go for $100US and no doubt in stock as they are very popular.

Yeppers what he said. Just tell him to get them from a gov store. RJT

[stone]

Didn't know you can actually bring Cuban cigar(ette)s back to the US. A good day for me, two. Thank you!

[stormin]

Package arrived today. Don't appear to be fakes. If your interested the current price for a box of Monte #4's in Cuba is $115 US.