leatherman Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 -4??? we were -42 with the wind chill the last 2 days!!! Quote
trevlan Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 DRUM ROLL PLEASE!!!! And I will need to take two posts sorry guys. List of goodies aka Cigars! TRINIDAD - SHORT ROBUSTO "T" 2010 LTD - 12 TRINI REYS - 12 HOYO MONT SHORT PIRAMIDES 2011 LTD - 25 MONTECRISTO 520 2012 LTD- 30 PARTAGAS NO 3 2012 LTD - 30 COHIBA PIRAMIDS EXTRA 2012 - 10 COHIBA MADURO 5 - 2 H.UPMANN MAG 48 2009 LTD - 25 H.UPMANN HALF CORONA TINS - 15 "" stupid doing this as one place ripped me off and when all said and done I could of bought the 25 box for a few $$ more"" A full review on CUBA tomorrow, your lucky I posted this up. I'm beat. I think thats got it, now for the show. Quote
trevlan Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 To say my humidor and table top is full would be an understatment.... OH BOY! p.s. if interested PM me. Quote
REASON Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 Beautiful! very nice haul Trevlan. also you have a PM! Quote
OlDirtyEwok Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 Awesome haul! by any chance you get to try some custom rolls? And i m not sure.. but by my count i think you got 150+ sticks!? I'm assuming you had some mules to haul the stash? oh and for sure I'll PM you Quote
geosmoke Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 Holy smokes!!! Very well done, trevlan! Quote
surreypuffer Posted February 1, 2013 Posted February 1, 2013 Awesome pick ups.!!! How did you get so many sticks home.??. I'm always a little paranoid and only exceed my limits a little everytime..LOL Quote
trevlan Posted February 1, 2013 Posted February 1, 2013 Yes, I had a mule with me, we took 70 each, I was in no isses, I told the guy what I spent what I had etc and how they are all limited blah blah, was even over my $$$ limit and was honest and done, he let me go without issue. My girlfriend/mule, no she doesn't look like one.lol said 68 cigars and was $200 under the limit, the woman flagged her. At the baggage customes exit, I waited till they're was tons of people going and then we went, the girl looked at the tag/flag whatever you call it and then said ok go ahead. Got lucky, and I owe her big time now. But damn the currenty thing is the $hit. Follow me on this here. For every Peso if you put it on your Credit card not paying cash they convert it to 0.90%, but get this in American dollars, my Visa rate at time of purchase was 1.04 so for every $1 it was $1.15 Canadian. You really need to watch the pricing, I got excited in some stores, well one that I got ripped off, example the h.upman is $17.50 for the half corona tin, one store i picked up one and she hit me at $27 and I didn't catch it till it was too late. Another time the price showed $3.50 for each half corona, so i bought two each pack she was going to charge me $24?? wtf I caught it and she fixed it. I bought a mini rum taster 5 pack my hotel was $8 she charged me $14, again this was before I looked around. my fault again. Another store, I wanted to buy the COHIBA cigarrets for my mom each pack is $1.80 the carton has 10 packs she wanted. $19...lol I said no walked away and found it at another store for $14. So in the end really do check, most places were on the ball the best store was on 38th the two gals there were just awesome, patient with me, helped me find the ltd stuff, gave me espresso and rum for free. Got to meet the guiness world record cigar maker holder. forgot his name. that place was crap for cigars. meet vegas robina son, forgot him name too. lol that store is awesome and prices were fair, let me in the humidor where no one else did. All stores opened the boxes for me without an issue upon my purchase and one even let me change one box. More to come but thats it for now, sorry for the complete blabber and horrible typing skills. Quote
trevlan Posted February 1, 2013 Posted February 1, 2013 Awesome pick ups.!!! How did you get so many sticks home.??. I'm always a little paranoid and only exceed my limits a little everytime..LOL As mentioned, I was upfront and honest, I was over my cigar limit and over my $$ limit. And hoped for the best. I would rather pay the taxes on the overage then lose everything due to a "small" lie. Quote
surreypuffer Posted February 1, 2013 Posted February 1, 2013 LOL. I use my girlfreind as a cigar mule as well... She thinks were going on vacation... by now she knows my real motivations for vacation spots- Andorra anyone..LOL thought you brought all those back yourself... I know guys who have.. Like you, I wouldn't risk it and declare everything..It's not worth the risk.. I agree that you have to watch the cashiers, the hotel we were staying at would have different prices in the store from shift to shift... Sounds like it was a great trip.!! enjoy those fine sticks. Quote
Smokenscotch Posted February 1, 2013 Posted February 1, 2013 Congrats on all the great cigars! Sounds like you had a great time. Thx for sharing your trip and pics. Quote
Don Dieglo Posted February 1, 2013 Posted February 1, 2013 3 different friends brought back a box of Monte 4's & twenty different sticks Esplindidos,Siglo III,SigloIV,SigloVI , Epi 2 & Edmundos. Quote
Smokntaz Posted February 1, 2013 Posted February 1, 2013 To say my humidor and table top is full would be an understatment.... OH BOY! p.s. if interested PM me. Glad you made it back and very nice haul! Quote
DoubleDeeStogie Posted February 1, 2013 Posted February 1, 2013 Nice grab! RE: the pricing/swindlings; when I goto Cuba I always buy my cigars at a LCDH so I atleast have SOME peace of mind that its somewhat more regulated there PLUS all the prices are clearly labelled on the box PLUS they write out all the prices on a receipt for you. But before I go I always google a somewhat current price list of what the boxes/singles are going for, so I can atleast budget and have an idea what I'll be paying... On a side note...we should get a price list going on boxes/sticks for people that are going on trips! Quote
trevlan Posted February 1, 2013 Posted February 1, 2013 All stores I visited were LDCH's 100%. If it wasn't listed on the website or had the LOGO I didn't go. The store that got me was a CARCAOL (sp?) goverment LCDH store. All boxes I picked up I checked the codes on the websites etc. Nice grab!RE: the pricing/swindlings; when I goto Cuba I always buy my cigars at a LCDH so I atleast have SOME peace of mind that its somewhat more regulated there PLUS all the prices are clearly labelled on the box PLUS they write out all the prices on a receipt for you. But before I go I always google a somewhat current price list of what the boxes/singles are going for, so I can atleast budget and have an idea what I'll be paying... On a side note...we should get a price list going on boxes/sticks for people that are going on trips! Quote
the dirty sanchez Posted February 1, 2013 Posted February 1, 2013 nice pickups recently, I got a box of 2000 EDRM Grand Coronas and a few more 2012 EL Partagas Serie C Quote
surreypuffer Posted February 1, 2013 Posted February 1, 2013 I posted this in another thread but this seems more appropriate. 2 boxes BBF from COH chinese new years sale...No extra fees at the door.!!. Which makes me happy, a few days ago I had to refuse a different package.. they wanted 438. $$$ for a box and a few singles.. It's a good day. Quote
DrinkSmokeGolf Posted February 1, 2013 Author Posted February 1, 2013 I posted this in another thread but this seems more appropriate. 2 boxes BBF from COH chinese new years sale...No extra fees at the door.!!. Which makes me happy, a few days ago I had to refuse a different package.. they wanted 438. $$$ for a box and a few singles.. It's a good day. Nice! If you want to part with a few BBFs I'd love to buy or trade some! Quote
surreypuffer Posted February 1, 2013 Posted February 1, 2013 Nice! If you want to part with a few BBFs I'd love to buy or trade some! Hey DSG. I'm always up for a trade and your local to me I thinks.. P.M me.. *** Off topic*** Why don't we have a trader feedback on profiles. I think this would be a great feature. Quote
DrinkSmokeGolf Posted February 1, 2013 Author Posted February 1, 2013 Nice! If you want to part with a few BBFs I'd love to buy or trade some! Hey DSG. I'm always up for a trade and your local to me I thinks.. P.M me.. *** Off topic*** Why don't we have a trader feedback on profiles. I think this would be a great feature. It's not built into PHPBB unfortunately. I will look at some mods - it is a feature I would love to implement. Will shoot you a PM re. trade. Quote
REASON Posted February 1, 2013 Posted February 1, 2013 Been hearing about the H.Ups RR so I grabbed a couple boxes one to smoke and long to lay down. H.upmann RR Box Date Aug 12 Monte No.5 Box Date April 11 Quote
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