I laughed when one of my local B&Ms put out a box and priced them at 19.95 a single. there reason was because there pretty hard to find. that being said a went a mile down the road to a cheap tobacco store and seen a full box priced at retail.

Are these sticks actually that hard to find to merit twice the retail price?
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Rich...they seem to be "drying up" and harder to find. But definetly not worth $20 a stick.
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I jumped over to Holts, which may or may not be the best price, but it is the only place I looked.

http://www.holts.com/category.html?id=86775&trail=86665
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WOAMs can be hard to find, but they're definitely not worth 2x. It's just an example of merchant gouging. I refuse to support B&Ms like that. :-)
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I found a couple at my local B&M and he was selling them for around $10... No way I would pay anymore than $12 for them.
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I think they are either 8 or 9 at one of our local B&Ms
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WOAM is a maduro wrapper released in very limited quatities. The standard Work of Art is a cameroon wrapper and available year round. The WOAM, like Anejo's are usually released once or twice a year. :-)
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They're nice, but not 20 dollaar nice as others have stated.
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Doh! You are right, of course, Bob. I was pointing to the WOAs not WOAMs.
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$8-9 is also a WOA price. Its been a few years, but I believe WOAM's retail for somewhere around $12-14. Tampasweethearts can email you a list of hard to find Fuente's and their current retail prices. :-)
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One of my shops has em for $9.75 I think.
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$10-ish is about right for these. They are getting a bit easier to find lately (at least at my place). As I understand it, these are regular production sticks now. I have received 6 boxes in the last several months from Fuente. They don't always have them in stock, but when they do, I can usually get them.
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Fuente apparently lost a LOT of wrapper crop from the hurricanes last year. As I understand it, they won't even know for at least a year if the lands are fertile and balanced enough to grow tobacco or if they're still unsuitable to farm due to salt intrusion from the hurricanes.

Or so I was told at the IPCPR show.
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i think they are in the $9- $10 range in my area if you need me to look.
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CigarFox has them for $8.25 before shipping.
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I just open my humidor to find them :-) lol

I even have an extra WOAM for $10 right now!
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They're about $9 in Philly, with sales tax and all.

Last year there were a lot in stock even after the
Xmas holidays, and into spring. I think the economy
tanked cigar sales last year.

Not sure of the current supply.

A very good smoke, but not worth double.

Chemyst :-)
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About $12 here in Missouri with tax included, my B&M almost always has them and if I buy a box he will give 10% off. I have some 4-5yo ones that are great and last Fathers Day release were tasty also.
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call holts, they have a list of people they call when they get them in. msrp +taxes and shipping.
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