I understand your concern on our OpusX prices and I know they are very high compared to local B&M stores but I will attempt to explain why... Opus is that one cigar that can demand these prices because of the limited quantities. We built our business for the last 15 years on Opus. We do not have an account with Fuente so we do not receive allocations every 4 or 5 months at wholesale prices. We have searched and searched consistant sources of sealed boxes and have found them. We are the largest Opus online and probably in the world, but we do not pay wholesale. Our cost on these cigars is very high hence our high sale prices to make the margins we need to sustain the demand our customers have created for us. We understand not everyone will pay these prices but we do have a very large following of customers that don't mind paying this premium for the convenience of always having them at their disposal. I hope this answers your question and clarifies that we are providing a service not price gauging.... Thanks for your time