I purchased all of my cubans from www.atf.gov great group of guys at that company and they will even come out to your house to inspect your collection!
dennisking pretty much nailed it - you can buy cubans and smoke them outside the US and you're not breaking any laws; but once you try to bring them onto US soil or into US waters, then the ATF might be knocking on your door. Any attempt to have an overseas retailer ship them to you and circumvent customs would be considered smuggling
Hey there is a cigar shop that sells legal cubans down in orlando right? I think a pre embargo cohiba goes for like 200-300 If I remember right!! Maybe someone can remember the name so we can send him over there.
I think that the biggest concern would be customs. Typically speaking, they don't get too upset if you try to bring a few back. If they find them, they will be destroyed and that is typically the end of it. I seriously doubt the ATF has time to kick someones door in because they have a cuban or two. I have a buddy of mine that is a customs agent, he said if you try to bring in several boxes then you would have a problem. If you visit a country where they are legal, I would suggest going to cigar aficianado to find out the reputable cuban dealers so that you dont fall victim to counterfeit.
I was visiting a friend in Washington state a couple years ago and we made a day trip to Vancouver, BC. Crossing back into the USA we were asked if we had purchased anything in Canada, and my buddy says, "Well, we certainly didn't bring any Cuban cigars back with us and put them in the glove compartment." The border guy cracked up and told us to be on our way. Pretty funny at the time. (We only had four Cubans so I doubt we would have been in much trouble if we had been called on it).
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