Terminal 3 temptation

[monkey66]

but buyer beware

Spot on advice, it is a bit of a punt. I am encouraged by the excellent box of '05 Monte 1's I got last year on half price offer.

[nev coss]

I travel quite frequently through terminal 3, always found that if you look around you can find some bargains , cigars with a bit of age on them, seems like if they have been there a few years they have them on special offer, but buyer beware

[Smallclub]

Boli's from 2001 are safe. BBF's for instance were great.
As for the Royal Corona, I have had a box of '01, but IMHO the '07 and '08 are superior (better blend).

[cohibaIV]

Blooy shame. Do like the 898's... Only a couple left too..

[monkey66]

Looking at the bundle of the 898's the variation in size, colour and fill quantity was shocking, 2000 was living up to it's reputation and that is why they are half price. H and F cannot shift them through the specialist market.

They all have the 'revisido' stamp so they have (as I understand it) been inspected by H and F but not considered good enough to get their 'vintage' type band.

The Boli's I am loosing sleep over though, one of the boxes looked dark, slightly crystally and smelt great. I think 2001 is fine on the whole but we are phcycked-out by the 2000 issues ....anyway anything short of retail and I would have gone for the Bolis's (indeed a 10 min delay on my flight and I would have crumbled).

I think sometimes you just have to trust your experience when looking at a box.

[Puff Scotty]

2000 terrifies me. I've had so much rubbish from that year that I wouldn't touch anything.
There's a reason that stock is still available from then: It's crap and no-one wants to buy it. If it wasn't it would be long gone....try getting stuff from 2002/2003...it's nigh on impossible

100% agree with this, as I've just said on another post, I was dabbling with Partagas around '99 - '01 & the inconsistancy around this time was horrendous, fortunately already had smokes from the other majors laid in but I'm still hesitant with P's. I have heard all brands suffered but not had any of those dates to comment.....

[Stevieboy]

2000 terrifies me. I've had so much rubbish from that year that I wouldn't touch anything.
There's a reason that stock is still available from then: It's crap and no-one wants to buy it. If it wasn't it would be long gone....try getting stuff from 2002/2003...it's nigh on impossible

[cohibaIV]

I have been told by several people that 2001 is fine and the only issues are around 2000 so the RC's could be one of the best boxes I didn't buy ...just a shame they weren't on the 50% off offer like the 898's.

Did you get the 898's????

I would have split with ya..

[Kdot]

I would have scooped up those hoyos in a heartbeat!

[Drewmidorn]

I was at T3 a week or two ago... and very tempted... however I held out for duty free in Doha... which was cheap... but not that interesting.

[monkey66]

I have been told by several people that 2001 is fine and the only issues are around 2000 so the RC's could be one of the best boxes I didn't buy ...just a shame they weren't on the 50% off offer like the 898's.

[Drewmidorn]

Sounds interesting.

Could the 2001 Bolis RCs be a little bit of a gamble?

[monkey66]

I'm on another crazy 3 day, 2 country European jaunt and was in T3 at 0500 this morning.

Seems H and F have dumped a bunch of aged sticks there, only snag is most of them are from the feared 2000 vintage.

Some highlights for me:
Party 898 varnished - 00 - ?189 - looked pretty good but a lot of variation stick to stick
Hoyo Churchills - 98 - ?250ish
Boli RC's - 2001 - ?229 - now there was one box out of the 5 that looked dark and stunning ...had to walk away ...very, very tempted