Fuente cigars theft

[CMontoya79]

Article about a recent theft of hundreds of thousands of Fuente Cigars:
http://halfwheel.com/arturo-fuente-suffers-theft-cigars-transit

 

[Brickhouse]

Keep your eyes open on the Buy, Sell, Trade thread.

 

[BlindedByScience]

Wow. That's a lot of cigars...... Like Wyatt said, they'll show up.

 

[jbfurdog]

Was it really stolen or was the container just put on the wrong boat in the shipyard?

 

[Not A Nice Person]

If the way Fuente makes B&Ms order is any indication, half the container was boxes of "It's a Boy" cigars though . . .

~Boar

 

[MadMonk]

If the way Fuente makes B&Ms order is any indication, half the container was boxes of "It's a Boy" cigars though . . .

~Boar

Hah! I've heard that complaint from shop owners as far back as I can remember. Touche'

 

[tone-ny]

Maybe a ploy to make them scarce like in the old days!

 

[LarryH]

It was probably full of cigars destined for Thompson.

 

[Napa_Smokes]

Maybe a ploy to make them scarce like in the old days!

Haha this is exactly what I was thinking. Increased scarcity and price...

 

[BlindedByScience]

Maybe a ploy to make them scarce like in the old days!

Good call. Now EVERYTHING is a 'limited edition'.....

 

[golfgar]

Good call. Now EVERYTHING is a 'limited edition'.....

Except those on Craig's List LOL

 

[MichaelD]

Seems like stealing a container is far more hassle than it would be worth. Even a super-sized dealer like FS or CS couldn't possibly sell that much volume.

 

[Bsneed51]

Didn't someone recently post a big Fuente sell thread?

I don't want to name names....but I've seen pictures of MU Mike's humidor. Might be a starting point for investigators.

 

[Scap]

Seems like stealing a container is far more hassle than it would be worth. Even a super-sized dealer like FS or CS couldn't possibly sell that much volume.

They could absolutely move that volume....But how would they explain the sudden lack of stock orders.

 

[CMontoya79]

Could even be one of those sites that overprices "rare" and "limited" Fuente smokes maybe knows a thing or two?Ota likely just black market or narco criminals. I doubt anyone who was legit in cigar sales would try something like that.

 

[MichaelD]

They could absolutely move that volume....But how would they explain the sudden lack of stock orders.

Of course in time I'm sure Famous Smokes can sell a full container worth of stuff. But that may be 5 years worth of current sales. The point is that even for legitimate sales through a huge catalog company, it would take a long time to move so much inventory. So black market stuff isn't worth all that. Certainly not enough money to make the risk of decades in prison worth it.

 

[Bonfiresmoke]

Sounds like the deal with Pappy Van Winkle Bourbon. Big theft, bourbon becomes very rare and very expensive.

 

[BlindedByScience]

When you start seeing Anejo's at gas stations.....you'll know....

 

[Gonz]

When you start seeing Anejo's at gas stations.....you'll know....

Group Buy?

 

[Corneighdo]

http://halfwheel.com/stolen-fuente-container-recovered-mostly-empty/147249