B&M Pricing

[CigarNut]

Originally Posted by area51

Its probably just markup. He's selling it for what he knows people are going to pay for it + taxes and all that stuff. It's nice to support B&Ms but they've got to support you as well.

Not sure that I agree with this. A Retail store costs a lot more than an Internet-Only business.

• You have to have a nice looking store rather than a warehouse
• You have to pay sales people -- who have to look nice and have some experience with cigars -- rather than a stock person in a warehouse**
• You need to be able to handle cash
• You need humifiied display cases rather than humidified bulk storage
• And so on...

Anything (not just cigars) you purchase at a B&M store is going to cost more -- that's the whole premise behind Internet businesses. They can sell for less because their costs are lower.

Just my

(** I know that some stores do not have experienced help but I think that they all desire experienced help)