Costco Cigars?

[v1paul]

My Dad reckons that they sell cigars at Costco (the one at Lakeside). Are these "proper" cigars or the sort of thing you can get from anywhere? Also, if they are "proper" ones, are they kept in a humidor?


Thanks

Edited by v1paul on Thursday 25th February 16:42

[Exige77]

I never go in the smoking cage but if Costco do them they will be prpoer cigars.

Ex77

[jonott]

I went into the 'smoking cage' at Leeds Costco recently with the very intention of seeing if they sold decent stogies...ie Cubans.
And no...all they had were Castellas, Hamlet and the like.

If you're going to buy decent cigars that you can guarantee have been kept in tip-top condition your best bet is a local tobacconist (mine is James Barber in Otley www.smoke.co.uk)

or...

for the best bang for your buck use sites like topcubans, 1001cigars, puroexpress, etc.

Check out ukcigarforums for more info...

Edited by jonott on Thursday 25th February 21:50

[bazking69]

I'd be surprised if they were 'proper' cigars....

Run of the mill Hamlets and Wintermans half coronas at best I reckon...

[Soovy]

bazking69 said:

I'd be surprised if they were 'proper' cigars....

Run of the mill Hamlets and Wintermans half coronas at best I reckon...

Nope.

Proper cubans by the box.

[Plotloss]

Soovy said:

bazking69 said:

I'd be surprised if they were 'proper' cigars....

Run of the mill Hamlets and Wintermans half coronas at best I reckon...

Nope.

Proper cubans by the box.

I remain sceptical.

What sort of cigar are they? Length/ring etc?

[Soovy]

Plotloss said:

Soovy said:

bazking69 said:

I'd be surprised if they were 'proper' cigars....

Run of the mill Hamlets and Wintermans half coronas at best I reckon...

Nope.

Proper cubans by the box.

I remain sceptical.

What sort of cigar are they? Length/ring etc?

I definitely recall seeing boxes of Romeo Y Julieta and Cohibas - fat ones.


Does that help?!

[Plotloss]

Oh, proper branded efforts.

Blimey.

[RichUK]

If Costco have started to sell Cubans, I might have to buy a bigger humidor.

[Bill Carr]

Any indication of prices?

[Soovy]

Bill Carr said:

Any indication of prices?

Can't remember - I only ever smoke five a year so I just buy singles in tubes.

That said, I do recall wishing I smoked more when I saw how cheap they were!!

[sleep envy]

so cheap that it would be silly not to smoke kind of cheap?

[Bill Carr]

Soovy said:

Bill Carr said:

Any indication of prices?

Can't remember - I only ever smoke five a year so I just buy singles in tubes.

That said, I do recall wishing I smoked more when I saw how cheap they were!!

Good lad

[bazking69]

Soovy said:

bazking69 said:

I'd be surprised if they were 'proper' cigars....

Run of the mill Hamlets and Wintermans half coronas at best I reckon...

Nope.

Proper cubans by the box.

Last time I was in Makro it was run of the mill stuff. I presume because there is no market for newsagents to be stocking £150 boxes of fine cigars!

[rhinochopig]

Given the brands of Fizz and Whisky they stock, I'd be surprised if they didn't have a good range of cigars.

[twister]

bazking69 said:

Last time I was in Makro it was run of the mill stuff. I presume because there is no market for newsagents to be stocking £150 boxes of fine cigars!

Well yeah, but since Makro membership is limited to trade users, whereas Costco membership is open to pretty much anyone, it's no surprise that they differ in the sort of items they expect to be able to shift. There isn't much of a market for newsagents to sell 50" plasmas or laptops either, yet they're the first thing you'll see going into our local Costco...

[v1paul]

twister said:

bazking69 said:

Last time I was in Makro it was run of the mill stuff. I presume because there is no market for newsagents to be stocking £150 boxes of fine cigars!

Well yeah, but since Makro membership is limited to trade users, whereas Costco membership is open to pretty much anyone, it's no surprise that they differ in the sort of items they expect to be able to shift. There isn't much of a market for newsagents to sell 50" plasmas or laptops either, yet they're the first thing you'll see going into our local Costco...

Also Makro's rubbish anyway

[MrV]

twister said:

bazking69 said:

Last time I was in Makro it was run of the mill stuff. I presume because there is no market for newsagents to be stocking £150 boxes of fine cigars!

Well yeah, but since Makro membership is limited to trade users, whereas Costco membership is open to pretty much anyone, it's no surprise that they differ in the sort of items they expect to be able to shift. There isn't much of a market for newsagents to sell 50" plasmas or laptops either, yet they're the first thing you'll see going into our local Costco...

I think you need some weird Tobacco traders card to buy cigarettes/tobacco from Costco ,I have never really paid that much attention to it but there is some sort of sign age up on the cage door of our local one