Quote Originally Posted by BigMacFU
It didn't seem to me like any rhetoric, just general facts and figures that are very true. Counterfeiting is a huuuuuuge business.

Why did you get all jumpy Mohegan? Also, yes, on quite a few sizes of PAM, PAN, PA 64, PA 26's, prices can average around 25 and people do think they are worth it. Same with some opus X's and rare fuente's. And besides, he stated premium average between 5-9 dollars, but some go as high as 25 and are considered worth it by many aficionados, so he wasn't saying every premium was that much.

Just take a big sip of your finest alcoholic beverage, sit back in a big leather chair and smoke a stogie Mohegan, nothing wrong with what Shakespeare posted.
It's not a matter of being "all jumpy" so there's no need for your snide comment. Most of his comments were NOT "facts and figures" as you said, but rather his opinions cleverly disguised as facts and it looks you took the bait, hook, line and sinker. He was repeating the common misconception that "most of the so called "Cuban" cigars sold around the US are actually fake" and I stated that I don't believe that for one minute. He also went on to make other statements which tried to convince the reader that Cuban cigars cost many times more than they really do.

I think is disingenuous for an American cigar merchant who obviously cannot sell Cuban cigars to start spewing the "rhetoric" by using scare tactics and half truths which certainly seems designed to discourage people from seeking out Cuban cigars so im my opinion there is indeed something "wrong" with what he posted.

Please spare me your condescending advice about sitting in a leather chair.