The result of my $25 gift card at Smoke Inn. Love the West Palm Beach store. People there are so friendly and helpful, and they don't nag at all.
Don't think I'll be going back to the Wellington store. Visited once to check it out and the owner was rude and all he did was knock what my brother and I smoked. I mentioned liking the Cohiba Red Dot. Smoked one with my buddy a while back because that's what he wanted. Perfect draw, perfect burn, great flavor, etc. Owner at Wellington "do you see that stuff in my humidor? yeah there's a reason." My brother is 18 and just started smoking (bad influence I know) and he mentioned a Macanudo. Got the same remark. Also made the assumption we got them from CI and made a snobby remark about that too. "They sit in a hot warehouse, you can't touch them, smell them, etc..." Well, sitting in my desk chair is a better experience shopping than being hounded by this guy.
Additionally, my brother was looking at a couple of cigars and they had two conflicting price tags on each box. He mentioned it to the owner (who stood in the humidor the entire time like he didn't trust us), in which he proceeded to pull the cheaper price tag off and throw it away. Then, instead of doing the generous thing, he rings them up at the higher price when my brother went to purchase.
It wasn't that much of a price difference, but I assumed any good shop owner would honor the advertised price that was in his error.
Sorry for the rant, but remembering the friendliness at the Village Blvd. store reminded me of how much I disliked the Wellington one. Been to Village Blvd. about 5-6 times now and it was a great experience every time.