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01-10-2014, 11:13 PM | #1 |
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Gurkha
What is everyone's thought on Gurkha cigar? I've had a few and they are good but I don't understand why they are so expensive but you can buy them so cheap off some sites? So why are they so pricey?
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01-10-2014, 11:16 PM | #2 |
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All I can say is "Smoke what you like". You will get a number of responses to that question. Not many members here are Gurkha fans. Gurkha makes allot of different cigars and it seems that the online stores get the less popular lines at cheaper prices. Gurkha is vary proud of their "Top Shelf" cigars and ask a hefty price for them.
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01-10-2014, 11:43 PM | #3 |
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Any insight how the pricing works? A 5-pack of the Gurkha Titan XO costs $160 through CI. I just got the same 5-pack on CBid, which is owned by CI for $11 plus shipping.
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01-11-2014, 12:04 AM | #5 |
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Sorry. Gurkhas make me
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01-11-2014, 03:45 PM | #7 |
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Don't say that Tom! You've got a perfectly sh*tty one that I sent you! You'd hurt my feelings if you didn't smoke the ENTIRE cigar!
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01-11-2014, 06:15 PM | #8 |
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For $200 I will.
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01-14-2014, 08:56 AM | #9 |
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THERE'S the Gurkha face. I could have used that when I came up with the idea to sell Bub's artwork to Gurkha.
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01-11-2014, 05:14 AM | #11 |
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I've only had one Gurkha that I liked, the OR Black Dragons. Maybe it's just me, but I've always had construction issues with Gutkhas. Either they're plugged, have wonky burns or start to crack and unravel while smoking.
As for pricing, who knows? Why do they make the HMR with a price point that's far beyond what most smokers can afford?
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01-11-2014, 06:05 AM | #12 |
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I agree with most on here the lower priced ones that are at almost all online stores have issues the wrappers split, uneven burn, and even a hoover cant draw on one. The flavors depending on your likes and dislikes have been acceptable and occasionally even good.
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01-11-2014, 07:21 AM | #14 |
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$160 cigars = smokers who typically wouldnt know a turd from a good cigar in my limited experience.
C-bid, and many of the other cigar bid sites all experience this. The worst I saw was on the bid site run by Famous for some kind of Opus MSRP was $18 a stick and the bid finished at over $30. Yes I was bidding but stopped at the $18 MSRP. The online shoppes have figured out that they can supplement their low prices with the bid sites that get people caught up in the excitement of the auction to run the price well above their normal price and MSRP.
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01-11-2014, 07:45 AM | #15 |
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It's great marketing and promoting of the product. When you get that email from CI offering these expensive cigars at a really great price, you wonder what you are missing. So you start reading the write ups and reviews and say I have to try these. If you haven't smoked a lot of cigars, then these can become sort of a baseline of what a cigar should taste like. It's only after you start smoking a wider range of cigars that you can really figure out where Gurkhas fit in with your flavor profile. Over time, your tastes change and what you like to smoke will change as well.
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01-11-2014, 07:34 AM | #16 |
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I've got a friend I pushed down the slope and he's likes Gurkhas, some of them.
We've talked about their reputation a lot and he asked me the same thing, why are there so many people that love them and hate them. It's simple, if you like them, enjoy them and smoke them as much as you want! Smoke what you love!
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01-11-2014, 09:26 AM | #17 |
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I've had 3 different Gurkhas, the Gurkha Seduction and the Wicked Indie and Red Witch from their East India Trading Co. line. The Seduction was actually pretty good as a mild morning stick and I lucked out and didn't have any burn issues with it, but I realize this is more the exception than the rule. With the EITC sticks, I really enjoyed the Wicked Indie, but both cigars had wonky burns and if I remember right, the Red Witch was a lite plugged. So while I enjoyed 2 of the 3, I probably wouldn't seek them out again.
But like Bluegill said, smoke what you love.
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01-11-2014, 04:53 PM | #18 |
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http://www.cigarsinternational.com/c...tan-xo-5-pack/
These are the same item number I bought, is there a difference? These are $160.
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01-11-2014, 05:08 PM | #19 |
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They are really hit and miss, with more misses
Easily 5 plus years ago, they had one called a Doble Maduro, or something like that.....loved that smoke....every now and again, I'll get one random Gurkha in a sampler and some are decent, but most have been a disappointment. Due to supreme cheapness and a couple good reviews, I have a few in my humi despite better judgement, will try to write a review in the next month or so... |
01-11-2014, 05:09 PM | #20 |
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Re: Gurkha
OP: Marketing! Some I like, others not so much. De gustibus non est disputandum!
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