Quote Originally Posted by Roger View Post
I have been thinking on this question too. Being a newb still myself... I think it has a lot to do with product presentation, their product looks nice, they have much variety of sticks to choose from, and the "Gurkha" name and lable seem to carry a certain mystique to them. For what it is worth... I was really into trying them too in the beginning. I guess hype can pay off for companies... and then again looks can be deceiving too. Roger.
It may partly be the fact that they are media whores who buy up full page ads in every cigar rag they can find. IMHO they are way over rated and over priced. I'll take a Gispert maduro toro or El Rey del Mundo robusto Large at about $4.00 over a $10.00 Gurkha shitstick anyday.