Actually, no. The factory stores carry ridiculous prices because that is where the tourists flock. The prices there are higher than the prices one will encounter in a cigar shop in say Canada. Street cigars are HIGHLY illegal in Cuba. My friend was there for a class, and the second day they were there, a memeber of the class was arrested for purchasing street cigars. The prof was a little upset. If you search around in the cigar shops, you will get deals. He purchased these from the Cigar shop in his hotel. He got them at a good price, because all of the people from the class went in and bought at the same time, thus they got a "group discount"