Cuban Price List Update (12/12/2013)

The latest iteration of the price list has been posted.  The notable items from this week:

• COH has ended their Holiday sale.  Too bad; they had some of the best pricing in the world while this sale was ongoing.  I am sure there will be something new posted in January but Ravi says this might be it until the new year.
• Cigar Terminal has begun their own Holiday sale, which per their usual custom, amounts to only a $10 discount on selected boxes and two box combos.
• Cuban Lou's has added some new robusto combo box deals to their ongoing Holiday sale.
• BellHop's sale on selected Cohiba cigars and 25% off other random vitolas is ending in 3 days.
• IHavanas' new monthly December specials are up, further distancing themselves from their competitors.
• The "12 Days of Christmas" sale is on at the FOH forums.  Various boxes and pricing announced on a nightly basis; usually some good deals to be found here.
• The Montecristo Petit No. 2 is starting to pop up at the Canadian retailers.  BellHop and Cigar Chief are presently the only places to get a box of these (either 10 or 25).

I have been trying to publicize this site a little bit on cigar forums worldwide, but it is actually quite difficult to do so.  I've had a few announcements deleted this past week.  Cuban cigar paranoia is rampant on US facing sites and forums simply because site admins don't want to deal with the hassle, and I while I can respect their stance, there's somewhat of a double standard in place.  Cigar Inspector (a site I love, btw) can be linked to freely and nobody thinks twice -- and the site names CC vendors, provides their URLs, gives customer reviews where folk talk about shipping -- basically everything that's "verboten". What makes what they are doing any different from what I am doing?  

The only places I've been allowed to announce freely are at reddit and on Cigar Geeks (albeit in a hidden forum visible only to members, fairly standard as Puff.com and others do this as well).  I am going to step up and go a bit more "public" and post this update on the CA forums today.  Hopefully, it won't get deleted, but I get the sense that place is not very heavily policed these days.  

I implore readers to get the word out about Cuban Cigar Shopper - share the links on Google+, Facebook, post on the forums where you're allowed to do so, and email your fellow BOTL and all of that good stuff.  And lest we forget, if I've saved you some cash on your latest order and you want to see my work continue, feel free to hit up the subscription button on the top right.