Fausto by Tatuaje

[Bill86]

Originally Posted by Silound

For the record, anyone with the cash can get a personally blended special release for their B&M. As I recall, the minimum order is either 200 box25 or 250 box20 (5000 cigars either way).

We passed when it was brought up by our rep, mostly because it's a purely cash up front deal, and the owner wasn't quite sure he could sell them all.

That's still roughly $50,000 - $75,000. The whole thing is a crapshoot anyways all it's going to do is give you 150-200 online orders you'll have to fill and ship. Less than 50 of those boxes will be going locally. Unless you only sell them locally and then they'll be sitting on the shelf unless people buy them and ship them for their friends. Doesn't get you any more exposure then you had before.

[colimo]

Originally Posted by Starz26

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/showthread.php?t=40953

All sold out now though

damn...how did i miss this...i want some!!

[wayner123]

Originally Posted by Bill86

That's still roughly $50,000 - $75,000. The whole thing is a crapshoot anyways all it's going to do is give you 150-200 online orders you'll have to fill and ship. Less than 50 of those boxes will be going locally. Unless you only sell them locally and then they'll be sitting on the shelf unless people buy them and ship them for their friends. Doesn't get you any more exposure then you had before.

I don't know, I still remember the name Puff and Stuff.

[Volusianator]

Originally Posted by Bill86

That's still roughly $50,000 - $75,000. The whole thing is a crapshoot anyways all it's going to do is give you 150-200 online orders you'll have to fill and ship. Less than 50 of those boxes will be going locally. Unless you only sell them locally and then they'll be sitting on the shelf unless people buy them and ship them for their friends. Doesn't get you any more exposure then you had before.

I work at Deadwood Tobacco in SD during the motorcycle rally. They have a cigar, "Sweet Jane" that's made for them by Drew Estate, they order 300 boxes a year and sell out during the rally. Of course this is a different situation simply because of the amount of people in that area for a 3 week period, but I'll tell ya, it is an amazing thing watching these boxes fly out the door.

[pinotguy]

Originally Posted by Bill86

That's still roughly $50,000 - $75,000. The whole thing is a crapshoot anyways all it's going to do is give you 150-200 online orders you'll have to fill and ship. Less than 50 of those boxes will be going locally. Unless you only sell them locally and then they'll be sitting on the shelf unless people buy them and ship them for their friends. Doesn't get you any more exposure then you had before.

I'm not sure that the B&M's (or even their owners) are necessarily looking for publicity or exposure when they commission an LE, although I'd imagine it's a welcome by-product. Being associated with a "one and done" LE cigar has a lot of appeal and if that is something from Tatuaje, so much the better IMO. Using Tatuaje as the example, I'd bet that most shop owners like the odds of selling the entire run of any Tat LE.