They charge what?

You have to try to see it from a perspective on their end. Davidoff's is not in Vegas to really cater to the cigar masses there. They are mainly catering to the once a year, walk-in, spur of the moment buyer. Think about it. They know all too well that regular cigar smokers are not going to travel to a high end hotel in Las Vegas with the sole intent of buying cigars.

The one thing they do know is that if a guy just walked off the crap table 5K ahead of his 200.00 buy in, and he just happens to want a cigar to celebrate his victory, he'll pay anything no matter the price. I seen a guy at The Venetian buy him & his buddy 2 Opus "A"s at over 120 a pop. I started to laugh until the stickman told me he just finished making over 40 passes and cleared just over 35K. What is 250 bucks to a guy like that? Exactly. Its chump change in the spur of the moment of victory over the casino. They will charge what the market will bear, and in a city of excess like Las Vegas its all too evident.
 
AllOGistics said:
Well said. I also think that there are a lot of people there that will smoke a cigar in Vegas that don't normally smoke cigars. They don't know what they should pay and see a $56 cigar and think it's going to be the best. Little do they know, they are getting ripped off.
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:r they ain't getting ripped off, you are just getting a deal.. or that's what they will tell their friends.:D:D
 
poker said:
You have to try to see it from a perspective on their end. Davidoff's is not in Vegas to really cater to the cigar masses there. They are mainly catering to the once a year, walk-in, spur of the moment buyer. Think about it. They know all too well that regular cigar smokers are not going to travel to a high end hotel in Las Vegas with the sole intent of buying cigars.
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Yeah, the only reason I walked over there was because I forgot mine and didn't feel like hiking back to the hotel. Either way they got you. You're either a cigar smoker stuck without smokes or a passer-by celebrating. Maybe next time I'll buy some Cremosas and sell them for $50/stick. I'm sure with the proper sales pitch I can convince them that the wet dog smell is just the sweet aroma of the finest, aged tobacco. I'd probably make more money doing that than gambling.
 
Poriggity said:
Casa's prices are not THAT bad considering where they are. I stop there every time I am in Vegas. This last time, I just bought a GOF for $35 (worth EVERY SINGLE PENNY) and a Casa Fuente House cigar (Corona sized) for $18. Worth it, IMHO.
Scott
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Oh yeah sometimes you can get better prices there than other places on the strip for the same cigar, but they have other cigars in there for 80-100 a stick!
 
lol as for the absurd alochol prices...put it this way, the money you spend for a glass of wine is the price the restaraunt pays for the bottle, and maybe even less....that's how it is for us
 
poker said:
You have to try to see it from a perspective on their end. Davidoff's is not in Vegas to really cater to the cigar masses there. They are mainly catering to the once a year, walk-in, spur of the moment buyer. Think about it. They know all too well that regular cigar smokers are not going to travel to a high end hotel in Las Vegas with the sole intent of buying cigars.

The one thing they do know is that if a guy just walked off the crap table 5K ahead of his 200.00 buy in, and he just happens to want a cigar to celebrate his victory, he'll pay anything no matter the price. I seen a guy at The Venetian buy him & his buddy 2 Opus "A"s at over 120 a pop. I started to laugh until the stickman told me he just finished making over 40 passes and cleared just over 35K. What is 250 bucks to a guy like that? Exactly. Its chump change in the spur of the moment of victory over the casino. They will charge what the market will bear, and in a city of excess like Las Vegas its all too evident.
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couldn't have said it better
 
i did the same thing at the cigar shop in the MGM last summer..

'you want how much for that Ashton? Yeah, GFY'

oh well.. gotta remember the herfador next time!
 
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