Cigar Weekly

rookie139 · 09-21-2006, 07:26 PM

Check Ebay...Looks like the buyer's market for those purses have dried out almost..They sell for very little, when they do sell

geldor1 · 09-22-2006, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by ÞShadow

Our policy at the shop is the paper-covered boxes are free and wooden boxes are a $1.00. If you buy the last of the cigars in a box, you can have the box.

That's the same as my local. You buy the last and get to take the box.

He wouldn't like me take that option when I picked up the last 4 sharks out of the box.

Deriffe · 09-22-2006, 09:57 AM

My local sells empty boxes for 3 bucks each and then donates the money to the Cigar Family Charitable Foundation.

The cost of the box is built into the retail price of the cigars. Once all the gars are gone, the box has in effect been paid for. That shop owner told you a fib.

jcwbnimble · 09-22-2006, 10:14 AM

My cigar guys does the same as Deriffe's. He only takes cash for the boxes and then donates that to local charity. He usually charges $3 bucks a box or 5 for $10.

Fvfanmc, how is the customer service at that shop? I'm curious to find out if he is just an a$$hole in general or just clueless about what a cigar box is worth.

Matthew · 09-23-2006, 11:15 AM

One of my locals charges at least $5 for boxes (can't remember how much, because I left just shaking my head)...

HavanaRon · 09-24-2006, 12:45 PM

Try places that sell cigars like grocery and liqur stores. They usually give them away.

tornado · 09-27-2006, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Deriffe

The cost of the box is built into the retail price of the cigars. Once all the gars are gone, the box has in effect been paid for. That shop owner told you a fib.

Not necessarily. Many manufacturers now put a separate box charge on the invoice, often in the $10 to $15 range. If the shop didn't add that to the cigar price, then they will want to recoup that by charging more for the boxes. I don't the situation on the shop in question, but I've seen stranger things before.

parshooter · 09-27-2006, 05:27 PM

What's a B&M

I get a free box with every box of cigars I purchase

ak2000 · 09-27-2006, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by parshooter

What's a B&M

I get a free box with every box of cigars I purchase

yup

09-21-2006, 07:26 PM	#21
rookie139 Herf God Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: North Burbs of Chicago Posts: 17,261	Check Ebay...Looks like the buyer's market for those purses have dried out almost..They sell for very little, when they do sell __________________ Ed and his family will always be in our thoughts...R.I.P.

09-22-2006, 09:57 AM	#23
Deriffe Herf Meister Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: St Louis Missouri Posts: 8,683	My local sells empty boxes for 3 bucks each and then donates the money to the Cigar Family Charitable Foundation. The cost of the box is built into the retail price of the cigars. Once all the gars are gone, the box has in effect been paid for. That shop owner told you a fib. __________________ "This really sucks." http://www.myspace.com/deriffe01

09-22-2006, 10:14 AM	#24
jcwbnimble Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Cigar Heaven Posts: 373	My cigar guys does the same as Deriffe's. He only takes cash for the boxes and then donates that to local charity. He usually charges $3 bucks a box or 5 for $10. Fvfanmc, how is the customer service at that shop? I'm curious to find out if he is just an a$$hole in general or just clueless about what a cigar box is worth. __________________ "There are more things of heaven and earth than are dreampt of in your philosophy" -Good Ol' Willy Shakespeare

09-27-2006, 05:27 PM	#28
parshooter Herf God Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: St Somewhere Posts: 14,444	What's a B&M I get a free box with every box of cigars I purchase __________________ "I'm not drunk, I've just been drinking." Pat Daley #69 of the JLOH

09-23-2006, 11:15 AM	#25
Matthew Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 321	One of my locals charges at least $5 for boxes (can't remember how much, because I left just shaking my head)...

09-24-2006, 12:45 PM	#26
HavanaRon Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 660	Try places that sell cigars like grocery and liqur stores. They usually give them away.