New sources

[jimbobber]

[quote author=michaels link=topic=9905.msg54562#msg54562 date=1308408708]
i have paid between 195 and 275 for 52's ..this site imo is not about brotherhood..plenty of boxes have been scalped like concert tix...do not forget certain vendor do not guarantee..there is a risk factor...YOU NEVER HAVE TO BUY A BOX...
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Please pm me with source details for $195 box of 52s. Thanks.  :)

[grateful1]

[quote author=michaels link=topic=9905.msg54562#msg54562 date=1308408708]
i have paid between 195 and 275 for 52's ..this site imo is not about brotherhood..plenty of boxes have been scalped like concert tix...do not forget certain vendor do not guarantee..there is a risk factor...YOU NEVER HAVE TO BUY A BOX...
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This is a for profit site.

[Bill86]

[quote author=michaels link=topic=9905.msg54562#msg54562 date=1308408708]
i have paid between 195 and 275 for 52's ..this site imo is not about brotherhood..plenty of boxes have been scalped like concert tix...do not forget certain vendor do not guarantee..there is a risk factor...YOU NEVER HAVE TO BUY A BOX...
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$19.50 for BHK 52's ....never seen anyone claim that low...

[ckay]

I'll suggest one thing and one thing only.  If you want to continue to get BHKs for the prices you are getting them at, I'd suggest keeping your source to yourselves.

[Knuck42]

[quote]I'll suggest one thing and one thing only.  If you want to continue to get BHKs for the prices you are getting them at, I'd suggest keeping your source to yourselves.[/quote]
^^^This, right here.^^^

[jimbobber]

[quote author=ckay link=topic=9905.msg54715#msg54715 date=1308662575]
I'll suggest one thing and one thing only.  If you want to continue to get BHKs for the prices you are getting them at, I'd suggest keeping your source to yourselves.
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Yeah, because [i]if[/i] "the proverbial you" knows of a source that has 40 boxes of BHK52 available for $192, and "the proverbial you" keeps the source a secret, the source will obviously keep all 40 boxes hidden away for [i]only[/i] "the proverbial you"  to purchase in the future.  :laugh:

Let's look at this another way. Say the source has these 40 boxes at that price, and "the proverbial you" buys one box now, and hopes to score another box next month, and another one the month later. Obviously, if "the proverbial you" doesn't tell anyone his secret, he stands a better chance of scoring those one or two boxes at his special price. Realistically, what do you think is the chance that "the proverbial you" is one of the very few people in the entire world that knows about those 40 boxes and their special price? More likely, some Arab sheik or Japanese businessman, or some unscrupulous, so-called BOTL/SOTL will grab as many boxes as he/she has funds for, only to turn around and gouge the cigar community for whatever he can get.

Open for discussion: the realities of sharing sources

[family guy]

LMAo, I still get Pm's...  IMo sources are not be be given away like gum balls from a machine. It took me over a year to get a ref for this vendor. I ended up spending a lot of money with another and they ref me.  So newbie pukes, you gona have pay your dues or use PE. (great vendor). As for Behikes total over priced, but they do come in a nice box.

[elk hunter]

I can completely understand the sentiment ...

What I don't understand is the attitude... 

I won't ask for your source but, there are a few around that would like to have it...  It seems to me that you are bragging... 

You claim that your source has a great deal... Maybe they do, maybe they don't... I consider them fakes or a lie if you can't back it up...

[TMS]

In case you haven't been paying attention Family Ghey is a troll dick, who likes to fuck with people for whatever reason. I am assuming boredom and lack of constructive things to do with his time? The source he is referring to does in fact sell BHK 52's for ~$262. The only problem is this source was a very popular online option for folks in the US a while back and became a referral only site at some point. I don't when or why because I never did business with them personally, but know folks who have and are not pleased with their snooty attitude towards Americans. So even if he did you tell you who the source was, they aren't going to sell to you without a referral, so again he's just being a dick. Does that about sum it up?

[ckay]

[quote author=jimbobber link=topic=9905.msg54733#msg54733 date=1308678301]
Yeah, because [i]if[/i] "the proverbial you" knows of a source that has 40 boxes of BHK52 available for $192, and "the proverbial you" keeps the source a secret, the source will obviously keep all 40 boxes hidden away for [i]only[/i] "the proverbial you"  to purchase in the future.  :laugh:

Let's look at this another way. Say the source has these 40 boxes at that price, and "the proverbial you" buys one box now, and hopes to score another box next month, and another one the month later. Obviously, if "the proverbial you" doesn't tell anyone his secret, he stands a better chance of scoring those one or two boxes at his special price. Realistically, what do you think is the chance that "the proverbial you" is one of the very few people in the entire world that knows about those 40 boxes and their special price? More likely, some Arab sheik or Japanese businessman, or some unscrupulous, so-called BOTL/SOTL will grab as many boxes as he/she has funds for, only to turn around and gouge the cigar community for whatever he can get.

Open for discussion: the realities of sharing sources
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Supply and demand...when a source continues to see that their 40 boxes sell out in minutes, in which it does currently, then they will start playing with their margins to see where the breaking point is. 

So, yes, basic economics tells us the increased demand and supplies remaining a constant, drives up pricing.