Quote Originally Posted by EGQ View Post
So I was in my local B&M this past weekend, and I may or may not have been picking up some choice sticks for an upcoming Secret Santa package... I was talking to the proprietor when a woman came in -- she came straight over and asked if they had any Kuba Kubas... He said they were out, but they had most of the other Acid's in stock -- he helped her pick out a few other "choice" smokes and sent her on her merry way. Not 5 minutes later, the exact same thing happened again -- another woman, more Kuba Kubas, same song and dance. Finally I asked him -- how many of those shit sticks he sells -- he told me that he sells more Acids than his next 9 or 10 top selling brands combined. He credits the Acids with keeping him afloat over the last few years, but he admitted he'd rather smoke a cat turd wrapped in newspaper from the bottom of a chicken coop.

I find this utterly baffling. How are so many people smoking these things? Is the marketing that pervasive? I really didn't think so. At least I had my choice of the Fuente Anejos.
Similarly, I'm sure my beer shop doesn't make their income on cases of Dogfish Head, and Troeggs....

Will