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MSRP for Opus X

Joe said:
Thanks

I would have been better off not knowing. Paid a little more than double.
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I just got back from Florida.

MSRP on the Robusto is $10.50 (thanks for the link shadow)

Sosa's at DownTown Disney (Orlando) is $17.50

Cigarz at Universal City Walk (Orlando) is $15.50

Macabi's on Los Olas in Ft. Lauderdale had 'em for $12.00

I bought the last 5 in Sosa's and wanted the box. They wouldn't part with it. Said it was some marketing agreement with the Fuentes. But he did show me a couple of plain cedar boxes the OPUS X are shipped in. They just refill the show boxes from the generic shipping boxes. I would have liked the OPUS X box. Oh well. Yet more OPUS x hype I guess.

M. Gipson
 
Hmm. I'm not sure I believe that. I recently purchased the last few Opus out of a box and was given the box. When I bought Anejos recently I saw the boxes unsealed, so those definitely came in the fancy box. Unless it's something new..
 
other1 said:
Hmm. I'm not sure I believe that. I recently purchased the last few Opus out of a box and was given the box. When I bought Anejos recently I saw the boxes unsealed, so those definitely came in the fancy box. Unless it's something new..
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Yep. That's what the guy said, and I did see the boxes. They were hot iron stenciled:

FUENTE FUENTE OPUS X ROBUSTO

SHIPPING ONLY

NOT FOR DISPLAY

I just chaulked it up to the hype. After I told him I lived in California he startd the lecture on how OPUS X is a limited product and only authorized dealers and only available on the Eastern Seaboard...........I told him to save it and just ring them up. I was two more words away from vommiting on his counter. He was just gushing with OPUS Xisms. I would have just walked out and went back to Cigarz at Universal City Walk, but I promised my buddy back at home I would ship them overnight that day so he could get them for a tee time with a huge client of his (It was already almost 4PM).

I smoked one of them and have had a couple in the past. They are exceptional smokes, but I'm still not sold on the OPUS Xism that goes along with them. I picked up a Davidoff Millenium Blend Robusto ($13.50) and a Maximus Diamond Crown Robusto #5 ($10.00) at Cigarz, and a couple of beers too! Both smokes, I think very reasonable. We'll see how they are.

M. Gipson
 
gawntrail said:
I just chaulked it up to the hype.
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Such is the greatness of Fuente's Marketing! Love 'em or hate 'em, you HAVE to admire the marketing genius!
 
Bah. If he really is an authorized Opus X retailer then he should know he isn't allowed to mark them up that much.

Thats sucks about the boxes. I always like to snag one of the nice ones when I can. I have a PAM box and an Opus box in my humidor that I put all my PAMs and Opii in respectively. Both gotten for free from a local retailer when I bought what was left in the box.
 
gawntrail said:
I picked up a Davidoff Millenium Blend Robusto ($13.50) and a Maximus Diamond Crown Robusto #5 ($10.00) at Cigarz, and a couple of beers too! Both smokes, I think very reasonable. We'll see how they are.
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I'm a big fan of the DCMs. Unfortunately they seem to be almost on par with Opus for price and scarcity.

Had my first Davidoff Millenium blend recently. Wasn't impressed.
 
gawntrail said:
FUENTE FUENTE OPUS X ROBUSTO

SHIPPING ONLY

NOT FOR DISPLAY

I just chaulked it up to the hype.
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No, the deal is that Fuente retailers can sell the regular boxes just fine -- but those special shipping-only boxes, they are not allowed to sell. No hype, Fuente just doesn't want the public having ugly boxes.
 
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