Spoke with Pete Last Night

[Swampfox21]

good to hear the news!

 

[jwintosh]

those blacks sound great! i wonder if they'll be a LE. as for the motorcycle, so much for the secret....

 

[elderboy02]

Sweet! :blob:

 

[Angry Bill]

Pete who? lol Never heard of a Pete!

 

[Poriggity]

Awesome... I only got to try a few of the first release blacks last year, but loved em... I can't wait!
Scott

 

[Boppa-Wasch]

Thanks for the info.....

 

[Jfire]

I hate to be a Debbie Downer on this but doesn't anyone else see a problem with this. 13 retailers still but more smokes. Still 13 dollars a stick. But now lets make them even more desirable by Ebay whores to resell. I see nothing but problems trying to get a hold of these smokes next fall. And if you do forget even thinking about MSRP. "20 dollars a stick is crazy X and Y retailer". "Yes but you could win a motorcycle!" Yeah I could see that conversation taking place a few times.
Im all for Pete making the most and staying ahead of the industry. But I would like to see more boxes if quality allows and More B&Ms receive there share. It allows us (the consumer) the upper hand against price wars or price gouging.
Just my 2 cents
Justin

 

[tatuaje]

I hate to be a Debbie Downer on this but doesn't anyone else see a problem with this. 13 retailers still but more smokes. Still 13 dollars a stick. But now lets make them even more desirable by Ebay whores to resell. I see nothing but problems trying to get a hold of these smokes next fall. And if you do forget even thinking about MSRP. "20 dollars a stick is crazy X and Y retailer". "Yes but you could win a motorcycle!" Yeah I could see that conversation taking place a few times.
Im all for Pete making the most and staying ahead of the industry. But I would like to see more boxes if quality allows and More B&Ms receive there share. It allows us (the consumer) the upper hand against price wars or price gouging.
Just my 2 cents
Justin

Justin,

More boxes but MORE retailers will have access to them.......
Yes 13 retailers will have an allocation similar to this year but at least another 60 or 70 retailers will have access to small allocations........
I'm not gonna let 13 retailers control 1950 boxes......That's just plain stupid....

Pete

 

[tatuaje]

I sure hope Pepin straightens out the Fernandez Farm "situation" before these news Blacks come out .

Can you elaborate on this statement?

 

[Volusianator]

but at least another 60 or 70 retailers will have access to small allocations........

Pete

Appleton Cigar, Appleton Cigar, Appleton Cigar, Appleton Cigar, Appleton Cigar, Appleton Cigar, Appleton Cigar, Appleton Cigar, Appleton Cigar, Appleton Cigar :halfgrinw

 

[Jfire]

Justin,

More boxes but MORE retailers will have access to them.......
Yes 13 retailers will have an allocation similar to this year but at least another 60 or 70 retailers will have access to small allocations........
I'm not gonna let 13 retailers control 1950 boxes......That's just plain stupid....

Pete

Coming from a guy that was unable to make(find) a box purchase and only able to obtain a Frank from a FINE BOTL. Pete you just made my week. And thanks for educating me more on this.

 

[cba191]

I definitely am looking forward to this. I wasn't smoking cigars in October, and had never even heard of pete. I have the black and frank (1 of each) but am almost afraid to smoke them for fear of liking them too much, then being unable to get more.

 

[JDP]

same info I got last night from Eric at the Big Easy, good stuff to come.

How did I miss that?

 

[CWS]

Justin,

More boxes but MORE retailers will have access to them.......
Yes 13 retailers will have an allocation similar to this year but at least another 60 or 70 retailers will have access to small allocations........
I'm not gonna let 13 retailers control 1950 boxes......That's just plain stupid....

Pete

:smile:

 

[williegstyles]

Can you elaborate on this statement?

Hey Pete...It was a real treat to meet you last night. Hope I didn't get you too drunk feeding you crown and cokes.

 

[tatuaje]

Hey Pete...It was a real treat to meet you last night. Hope I didn't get you too drunk feeding you crown and cokes.

No problem brother but I almost missed my flight this morning....LOL

 

[indyrob]

Can you elaborate on this statement?

I've heard from a couple of people is that you guys are getting tobacco from Nestor now...but that's just idle gossip.

 

[williegstyles]

No problem brother but I almost missed my flight this morning....LOL

Ruh Roh...Maybe I shouldn't have asked them to make em doubles. We didn't get back to my bro's place til 4am'ish. Thinks got really crazy once we left the event. CRRRAAAZZZYY.

 

[tatuaje]

I've heard from a couple of people is that you guys are getting tobacco from Nestor now...but that's just idle gossip.

We haven't bought any tobacco from Fernandez in a long time.......
Some from Nestor in the past but not much recently......
Most of the tobacco now is coming from farms Pepin and Jaime contracted or from OTC. By late this year 90% of the tobacco that will be used will be coming from the Garcia farms that they own....
We will still get certain things from OTC but we should not need any other supplier of raw material......

 

[jmatkins]

Thanks for the info and I will be looking for these.