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anotherbob

Lifer
Mar 30, 2019
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In the semi-rural NorthEastern USA
Colt's Cavendish tipped ($24.75 for 8), Colt' regular Wine Dipped ($24.75 for 8), or Phillies Blunt Chocolate or Cognac ($27.95 for 5).

I'm a pensioner and basically smoke pipes. I prefer cigars when I'm fishing or in the mood in the afternoon. I find cigars more "action" oriented and pipes more contemplative, but that's me. So it's price and that's it. But I love my occasional cigar as you can see from my current avatar.
You are not alone in that assessment. Though I suck at fishing so it's not a very action type of activity when I do it. I smoke about ten cigars a year sometimes 20. Though one variation is some blends with a pipe are more or less contemplative. For instance Sail Yellow is great but more action then something by GLP.
The cheapest real cigar in Prince George BC's only tobacconist is a $12 dollar Guatanamera Cristales, which I might buy to bring in Advent, Christmas or other such event. But that's my repertoire.

The Phillies Blunt are actually not bad, but I figure I'd get lots of flack for saying that so I'll cease and desist now.

Cheers.
Blunts aren't bad but they're not really good either. They kind of just are. But tobacco, pizza, and some other activity I forget at the moment are still pretty great even when they're meh....
 
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gord

Part of the Furniture Now
Flor de Ybor City has been a favorite of mine in this cheapo category. Quorum way back when, too. Not sure if either are available in Canada.
Nothing like that in BC. And interprovincial shipping is illegal in Canada. They got us hooped. Cigar prices from the US are one thing, but then there is shipping and duties if the lazy hippies in the mail service actually look for and find a package of tobacco.
 
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tanless1

Part of the Furniture Now
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A pack of cigarettes in BC is 26 bucks tax in, a two ounce pack of tobacco, say Borkum Riff Cherry Cavendish, is 88 bucks tax in, cigars . . . out of sight. We in BC have the highest tobacco prices in Canada, and each province has it's own regulations . . . and there is NO INTERPROVINCIAL SHIPPING OF TOBACCO. Insanity. The rest is taxation. Hell (literally!) - even God only charges 10%
Ridiculous!! I would occasionally buy cigars at a shop Im salt lake utah. When one of the newer owners started saying how proud he was of how high the utah tax is.... was the last time I set foot in that store.
 
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pantsBoots

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Nothing like that in BC. And interprovincial shipping is illegal in Canada. They got us hooped. Cigar prices from the US are one thing, but then there is shipping and duties if the lazy hippies in the mail service actually look for and find a package of tobacco.

That's a real kick in the pants, my friend. I'm sorry to hear that.
 
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GreatWhiteNorthPiper

Starting to Get Obsessed
Feb 3, 2022
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It's also getting bad in Ontario these days. A 50 g package of Captain Black or Borkum Riff is now around $50. It's basically $1 per gram. Any better quality tobacco and you're going to pay more. My local B&M has Cornell and Diehl for $66 a tin! It's highway robbery and we just roll over and take it.
 
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