stirring the pot local B&M vs big internet - Page 27

Originally Posted by icehog3:
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Originally Posted by dunng:
Hmm... I don't remember this scene form Office Space... :-)

how do you think the horses head got into that guys bed in the Godfather??:-):-)

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Luciuswand you demonstrated the business principle I was trying to convey better than I did. Which is why I'm not a writer I guess. While the parallel may not be exact the principle is the same (hope I used the write principle/principal there. Oh yeah the princiPAL if your friend. Well as long as you weren't bad like me). No conspiracy just business.

Comparing cigar making and dress making is like comparing......well, cigar making and dress making. I understand the concept, but don't believe it applies in the cigar business. :-)

Ah, crap....I just whacked the horse again. :-)

Originally Posted by icehog3:
Comparing cigar making and dress making is like comparing......well, cigar making and dress making. I understand the concept, but don't believe it applies in the cigar business. :-)

Ah, crap....I just whacked the horse again. :-)

:-):-):-) freekin' hilarious Tom.

Originally Posted by icehog3:
Comparing cigar making and dress making is like comparing......well, cigar making and dress making. I understand the concept, but don't believe it applies in the cigar business. :-)

Ah, crap....I just whacked the horse again. :-)

Does this mean that all real cigar smokers (as opposed to puffers) wear dresses? This could mean that Peter is one of the few real cigar smokers here.

:-)

Originally Posted by md4958:
:-)
youve never apologized before, even when most people DISAGREE with you!

I'm not really sorry, I was just being cordial. :-)

This thread is STILL going? :-)

I am tempted to turn it political so it gets shut down. :-)

Originally Posted by borndead1:
This thread is STILL going? :-)

I am tempted to turn it political so it gets shut down. :-)

:-) What would O'bama do? :-)

Originally Posted by HK3-:
:-) What would O'bama do? :-)

Their is no apostrophe in Obama, just FYI. :-)

Originally Posted by Darrell:
Their is no apostrophe in Obama, just FYI. :-)

Sorry. I mean Osama. :-)

If you go back to the original post.... there could be validity in it.

Say for example a cigar Mfg like Torano who makes cigars for others is commissioned to make a "line" for one of the online guys. Figure the price may come into play there. Lesser value materials used because of the price point demanded. Always wondered what the relationship in the wholesale price was ... Labor vs material costs.

Conversely, the concept of "brand" is pretty important to most manufacturers. Their name is on the darn things. To purposely make a product that varies in quality by where you buy it does not make much sense and is hard to believe from a business owners perspective. Different cigar name band etc sure, but not the identical cigar.

Most cigars are not purchased directly from the manufacturers but through distributors. These distributors are typically the ones setting price points and determining physically which cigars go where.

Maybe the OP just prefers the flavors over humidification provides in most B&M's vs cigars from a home humidor. :-)

Originally Posted by Darrell:
Their is no apostrophe in Obama, just FYI. :-)

Maybe there should be. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xkw8ip43Vk

Originally Posted by HK3-:
Sorry. I mean Osama. :-)

How dare you criticize The Obamessiah!

Originally Posted by borndead1:
I am tempted to turn it political so it gets shut down. :-)

Now that is thinking outside the box. :-)

Originally Posted by Da Klugs:
Most cigars are not purchased directly from the manufacturers but through distributors. These distributors are typically the ones setting price points and determining physically which cigars go where.
:-)

This is a pretty big assumption. In talking with the owner at my lounge. He does get few from distributors but orders from the manufacturer on most. And I believe(at least it would make sense) that the big internet guys do too.

Lets get back to cigars and dresses

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Originally Posted by Legend:
This is a pretty big assumption. In talking with the owner at my lounge. He does get few from distributors but orders from the manufacturer on most. And I believe(at least it would make sense) that the big internet guys do too.

I wish I could say you were wrong. However, working at a B&M, we order 90% off our stock straight from Avo, LFD, Tatuaje, Oliva, etc. We have a couple of big distributors we deal with i.e. General and Altadis. However, most of our stuff as I said, comes from the companies themselves.