Milan tips

[NorthernPuro]

Shops / lounges / smoking spots to recommend? Much appreciated

[pigpen]

I would recommend a trip to the LCDH, its slightly out of the centre of town but easily accessible by the metro, the only other place I can recall was in the the dead centre of town called NOLI, its in the main shopping precinct. There are little tobacconist dotted around worth popping in but have no experience of the lounges.

[NorthernPuro]

I would recommend a trip to the LCDH, its slightly out of the centre of town but easily accessible by the metro, the only other place I can recall was in the the dead centre of town called NOLI, its in the main shopping precinct. There are little tobacconist dotted around worth popping in but have no experience of the lounges.

Thank you ☺️

[NorthernPuro]

My friend called in today and they had the La Cuna SLR.... offered to him at €500 for a box of 10!!!

Got excited until he shared the price..... double what they should be on for

https://halfwheel.com/saint-luis-rey-la-cuna-an-edicion-regional-arrives-in-italy/441123/

[Stevieboy]

That's really taking the piss. They're €210 for a box. I was under the impression that Italian prices were the same everywhere and gouging wasn't allowed

[ha_banos]

That's really taking the piss. They're €210 for a box. I was under the impression that Italian prices were the same everywhere and gouging wasn't allowed

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[NorthernPuro]

yep same here re being same price throughout the country..... couldn't believe it, even got him to show the guy the halfwheel article, but he wasn't having it

[liles]

According to the Agenzia delle dogane e dei Monopoli (or Italian Customs and Monopolies Agency) it should be 300 euros for the box

It was last updated a couple of weeks ago - see: https://www.adm.gov.it/portale/docum...=1746168944799


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[Hookmaker]

Official retail is 300€ a box. NO shops have them in stock officially. BUT most shops can call a previous customer/friend who “might” sell a box - price will be 4-500€, and if you want, the “friend” will bring it to the shop in less than 1 hour.
In reality there is no “customer/friend”, the boxes are right there behind the shelf - EVERY tobacconist in Italy's big cities know about Bond Robert's and the flipping of boxes, and they want their piece of the cake.
STRICTLY illegal though, if Polizia Fiscal can prove this, shop (incl LCDH) closes IMEDIATELY!

A disgusting practise, but I can understand they limit what they want to sell, every day hoards and busloads of Chinese and Vietnamese tourist pound the most frequented tourist cities tobacconist's for Cuban cigars - EVERY DAY!

4 months living in Italy and driving around the countryside spending countless hours, have given me a handful of good trustworthy friends in shops, and I get a few boxes here and there, but you've got to be willing to buy something else worth something to the shop owner also sometimes, ie a box of Partagas Rito (1.560€) - so don't come cheap😎


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[NorthernPuro]

So disappointing …..

[Hookmaker]

So disappointing …..

It bloody is


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[Simon Bolivar]

Official retail is 300€ a box. NO shops have them in stock officially. BUT most shops can call a previous customer/friend who “might” sell a box - price will be 4-500€, and if you want, the “friend” will bring it to the shop in less than 1 hour.
In reality there is no “customer/friend”, the boxes are right there behind the shelf - EVERY tobacconist in Italy's big cities know about Bond Robert's and the flipping of boxes, and they want their piece of the cake.
STRICTLY illegal though, if Polizia Fiscal can prove this, shop (incl LCDH) closes IMEDIATELY!

A disgusting practise, but I can understand they limit what they want to sell, every day hoards and busloads of Chinese and Vietnamese tourist pound the most frequented tourist cities tobacconist's for Cuban cigars - EVERY DAY!

4 months living in Italy and driving around the countryside spending countless hours, have given me a handful of good trustworthy friends in shops, and I get a few boxes here and there, but you've got to be willing to buy something else worth something to the shop owner also sometimes, ie a box of Partagas Rito (1.560€) - so don't come cheap😎


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So glad I now have enough stock & don't have to play the chasing game & current pricing, real or otherwise! I honestly haven't bought anything, except on this forum for ages. Once Stevie has run out of stock to sell - we'll all be in trouble!.

[Hookmaker]

So glad I now have enough stock & don't have to play the chasing game & current pricing, real or otherwise! I honestly haven't bought anything, except on this forum for ages. Once Stevie has run out of stock to sell - we'll all be in trouble!.

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[liles]

Official retail is 300€ a box. NO shops have them in stock officially. BUT most shops can call a previous customer/friend who “might” sell a box - price will be 4-500€, and if you want, the “friend” will bring it to the shop in less than 1 hour.
In reality there is no “customer/friend”, the boxes are right there behind the shelf - EVERY tobacconist in Italy's big cities know about Bond Robert's and the flipping of boxes, and they want their piece of the cake.
STRICTLY illegal though, if Polizia Fiscal can prove this, shop (incl LCDH) closes IMEDIATELY!

A disgusting practise, but I can understand they limit what they want to sell, every day hoards and busloads of Chinese and Vietnamese tourist pound the most frequented tourist cities tobacconist's for Cuban cigars - EVERY DAY!

4 months living in Italy and driving around the countryside spending countless hours, have given me a handful of good trustworthy friends in shops, and I get a few boxes here and there, but you've got to be willing to buy something else worth something to the shop owner also sometimes, ie a box of Partagas Rito (1.560€) - so don't come cheap😎


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It's kind of bonkers how they've priced that Maestra range, 1560-1660 euros in Italy (and similar price too in wider Europe), but here you can still get them for 1150-1250

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