Has Anyone Had This Cigar?

[597]

So I was surfing Cigar.com to see if they had any good deals today. I noticed that they had a cigar in stock the famous Gurkha His Majesty''s Reserve. Then I noticed the price. I thought I put the link up to see if anyone wanted to get the cigar and put a review up (samples would be greatley appreciated as well), as I highly doubt I will ever buy the cigar before I net $1 Million + a year. Well here is the link if you are interested in purchasing a box or single (though you might want to first look at getting a second mortgage on the house):

http://www.cigar.com/cigars/viewcigar.asp?brand=456

[guado]

You can sometimes find them on Cbid for $175-$250/ea


I'd suggest trying the gold wax, purple wax, platinum wax tubos in that order to see if you would even appreciate the green wax model.

I think it it was to much hype IMO. Supposedly he is coming out with an even more expensive cigar soon. Around $100K a box.

[Kass]

Wow. Thats damn expensive. I would love to try one. what size are they?

[Shelby07]

C'mon, Some things are just obvious.

If somebody spends that much money they ought to be the suckee, not the sucker.

[bigsmoke]

Sounds like a funny cigar to me. What is next?

[dHUTCH]

I dont see what the big hype is.....Ghurka is a quality cigar, not an "OMG I have to have that cigar because its the best." I've smoked quite a few different smokes by Ghurka and I cant say they stand out that much from the pack if at all. No one way in hell I'd pay anything over $25 for a stick. I don't see how a $100 or $100 cigar or whatever rediculous priced cigar can taste better than a $25 cigar or even a quality $10 stick.

[derivation]

I dont see what the big hype is.....Ghurka is a quality cigar, not an "OMG I have to have that cigar because its the best." I've smoked quite a few different smokes by Ghurka and I cant say they stand out that much from the pack if at all. No one way in hell I'd pay anything over $25 for a stick. I don't see how a $100 or $100 cigar or whatever rediculous priced cigar can taste better than a $25 cigar or even a quality $10 stick.

I would bet that the people who buy this stick don't do it because it's a great cigar, they do it so that they can say they smoke 'the most expensive cigar in the world'. It's the same as a lot of other extremely high priced goods, it's not about the product, but the prestige that comes with owning it.

[coors_ca]

appealling to the high end novelty consumer is a business plan we'd all like to follow but don't have the balls.

[CoventryCat86]

appealling to the high end novelty consumer is a business plan we'd all like to follow but don't have the balls.

Interesting point but I don't think K. Hansotia (Ghurka) has the reputation to pull it off. JC Newman (Fuente) has the necessary reputation and has been successful apealling to the high end consumers.

[bigsmoke]

I for one will pass on these types of over hyped cigars.