black market Cuban Cigars!!

[wardric]

all that is on this picture is genuine and probably didn't cost more than 40$ for the whole. It's nice to be canadian sometimes

 

[H2Andy]

I brought back a few at a time when I went out of the country and found that the difference between them and the Dominican Republic cigars is not enough to get caught.

yup ... Cuban cigars are not what they once were, and a lot of good cigars out there come darn close, if not the same

Now Havana Club rum - that is another story - so smooth - so good.

Jesus Christ, man ... best rum in the world, bar none

 

[XJae]

thansk for the info and thanks for those links howard. What im looking for is current market value (what they might be bought for, or sold for in the US). In other words, if you knew a guy in Tampa who had an unlimited supply of the above mentioned cigars what might the average comsumer be willing to pay?? (=

Jay

MC#2 is my favorite cuban [barring a few limited edition maduro specials]
The current price to be had in the states for a box of 25 is $233.

Hypothetically, if I had a friend who had a friend who might want
some of these he'd probably pay $200-225 given they were stored
properly and were in good shape. [70/70/free of beetles]

 

[Azza]

I was having a chat with my local tobacconist one day and noticed he was changing labels on some cohiba's. I asked him what it was all about and he said he was relabelling some cubans as dominican so he could send them to to the US

 

[JessH]

Therefore, posession of Cuban cigars themselves is not a crime in the U.S.

It is also not illegal to travel to Cuba and requires no special permission. Of course once you are there it is illegal to spend ANY money. That includes food, hotels and travel. The US government assumes guilt based on having been there, but some people have challenged that since our legal system is supposed to be innocent until proven guilty and they aren't providing any real evidence.

~Jess

 

[H2Andy]

Jess, how did you become so familiar with the law in this issue?

 

[Scuba-Jay]

Its my understanding that, were you to travel to Cuba on a yacht registered outside the US (say british Virgin Islands) and carry with you pound sterling as currency, that there would be no legal ramifications..

 

[H2Andy]

nope... you can't spend any currency there ... the transaction is what is prohibitted, not the nationality of the currency you use

"Any person subject to US jurisdiction who engages in any travel-related transaction in Cuba violates the Regulations."

http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/programs/cuba/cuba.pdf

 

[JessH]

Its my understanding that, were you to travel to Cuba on a yacht registered outside the US (say british Virgin Islands) and carry with you pound sterling as currency, that there would be no legal ramifications..

There are a lot of ways to go there without getting caught, but it is still illegal.

~Jess

 

[JessH]

Jess, how did you become so familiar with the law in this issue?

I spend way too much time online and the law is something that interests me. After seeing all of the cuban products available in Mexico I was interested in the subject so I did some research.

~Jess