Lack of cigar knowledge is part of why I joined here, so I will leave that to you gents. However, like it or not, here is my 2 cents on the discussion. It's not comparing Bics' to Mont Blancs'. Is Acura that much better than Honda?...or...Infiniti over Nissan?...Lexus over Toyota?...the list goes on and on. Will made a good point earlier about the difference between Craftsman and Snap-On...What is it, really? In my humble opinion...a HUGE part of it is marketing and perceived value. What can we get for it? What is this "perceived value"?
In my business, I can charge X amount of dollars on one side of town and Y amount of dollars on the other side of town for the exact same job. When I first started in business for myself I DID NOT do this. I felt it was cheating, and taking advantage of one side or the other. The funny thing is, I got very few jobs where I was the lowest bid in A town, but got over 40% in B where I was typically upper middle. It wasn't until I upped my bids considerably in A town until I started landing deals. Even though I had an proven record all over the metro area, because I was the lowest bid in their part of town they didn't trust me. Fine, I'm happy to make more money for the same amount of labor and material. Thank you very much, tell your neighbors...PLEASE.
That said, even though I'm a newb at cigars, I can tell the difference between an good stick and a not so good. I don't know what all goes into them, nor what it costs. I can tell you that I believe the difference between an $5 stick and an $20 stick from a manufacturing standpoint is NOT $15.
BTW I'll take my Uniball Jetstream over my Mont Blanc any day.
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