Storing fake cigars

[kevin7]

Also, to you and anyone else who reads this - do not go to the Dominican expecting to get a good deal on cigars. Almost everything sold in the tourist areas is counterfeit. Some have suggested that there are in fact no real Cubans on the island, so forget that. And even if you do find the genuine article, you're NOT going to get a deal on it. You'll likely end up paying more than you would through JR or Cigars International.

I've been there several times. I bring cigars with me. It's cheaper, plus I know I'm smoking a genuine article.

Truer words have never been spoken

[Kass]

Are the prices at factories good?

[aceswired]

That I couldn't tell you. If you get a chance to visit a factory directly, be sure to let us know. I haven't had the pleasure.

[nein]

That I couldn't tell you. If you get a chance to visit a factory directly, be sure to let us know. I haven't had the pleasure.

The odd part about this is she visited a cigar factory. However I do not know which one, but she did show me pictures of the factory itself. The problem is she was swayed to purchase "ISOMs" in the D.R.. Unfortunately with her lack of knowledge she did not know any better.

[aceswired]

The odd part about this is she visited a cigar factory.

I doubt that. A lot of the tourist-trap tours include a "cigar factory" that isn't actually any sort of factory. It's a room with some tobacco bales, some wood molds, and the hint that they make their own cigars. They show the tourists how the rolling is done. But it's no kind of real cigar factory, just a propped-up tourist attraction.

That's almost certainly what her "factory" was. The real factories aren't in tourist areas.

[bigpoppapuff]

most of the cigar factories are in the santiago or tamboril area.....some others in la romana...but santiago is regarded as the center of the cigar industry in the D.R.....

there may be some smaller factories in other parts of the country that are,for the most part,insignificant...