Box of Cubans - Pinar P3000 - Anyone Want any?

[bigpoppapuff]

the owner of the brand,paul magier,is a friend of mine.....my local tinder box (and,i guess,all tb's) have just picked up the entire line....some of his customers are very impressed with the cigar.
is it pre-embargo tobacco??.......the embargo was 1962,if i recall....
.....paul has made some pretty good cigars that i've bought directly from him...and with well over 5000 cigars..i don't need to buy 'em......he also has made some cigars that i didn't care for........
.....paul has taken a lot of heat on many bb's.......he seems to have thick skin and is a strong marketing guy.....
do i think there's pre-embargo cuban tobacco in his cigars??......i'd say no....
but i'm certain that paul would insist that there is......
.........would i pay $17 for a pinar??..........no
the retailer should be ashamed of himself for selling the cigar as a cuban....even with the dog & pony act.....

did i skirt the issue enough and was i still able to protect a friend....???.......hmmmmm???.....

[ggiese]

I think it's a nice cigar. The construction is very nice. The draw is a bit on the tight side, but very nice (very much like a real Cuban). The flavor was nice... Definitely a respectable cigar...

Is it worth $17? I don't think so.... Do I think there's Cuban tobacco in there? I really don't care - because if there is, it didn't really taste like it to me... I did like it slightly better than the Gurkha pre-embargo's...

[Drake]

i like em a lot. i pay $10 for them and feel they are worth it regardless of where the tobacco's from.

[BigMacFU]

Thanks for the info pappy-puff

[SuperChuck]

I just picked one of these up the other day as a suggestion from one of my local retailers (when the shopkeep seems to know what he's doing, I like to ask for a suggestion).

He was calling them "legal cubans" and gave a short version of the story BigMacFU told... I bought one that's probably a toro size, paid $10.50, which seems reasonable. Haven't tried it yet, though...

As far as Cuban tobacco goes... I have a feeling there's SOME in there, somewhere. Mostly just because it's a national brand and not someone selling "cubans" out of his basement..

[awagawe]

Thanks for all the insite, very helpful / freindly forum ... well i guess i better get to smoking ... i have a lot of over priced cigars to smoke ... only 19 left ... pufff ...

[CoventryCat86]

Thanks for all the insite, very helpful / freindly forum ... well i guess i better get to smoking ... i have a lot of over priced cigars to smoke ... only 19 left ... pufff ...

LOL!! I guess we got you fooled!!

Just kidding, we try but there are some of our "critics" out there who think that some of us are just a buncha mean, bullies who like to pick on people for no good reason.

Ya just bought into a salesman's line of BS which I'm sure almost all of us have done at one time or another in our lives whether it be a used car salesman, a guy selling hand tools "just like Snap-On for HALF the price", etc.

If you like the cigars then fine. I would offer that there are plenty of better cigars out there for that kind of money and REAL Cuban cigars actually taste like well, REAL Cuban Cigars!

Be sure to stick around the site, we have lots of fun here.

[Kayakinboy]

the owner of the brand,paul magier,is a friend of mine.....my local tinder box (and,i guess,all tb's)

Tinderbox is a franchise, meaning owners stock Whatever they want. PG is considered a dirt bag to the cigar community to alot of people, and personally, I've tried the pinars and they were just shitty. sorry.