I think everyone knows they are way way overpriced. That being said, with patience you can get sticks like the titan for ~$5-6 and that at price, I think the titan is a fine cigar and I like it. I have never smoked a Gurkha though worth much more then $6... I think when you judge you need to consider the price most of us would pay for one, not the MSRP. I have not bought any for a while though (at least not for myself) and I recently traded the majority of them away, so they are definitely out of my regular rotation, but I might pull a titan tonight to honor this thread