JR Cigar review: Price gouging

I went to the JRCIGAR website to order my standard order. I wanted to do it before April 1 when the S-CHIP tax increases on cigars. Imagine my surprise when I found the cigars had already increased almost 50%. When I wrote and accused them of price gouging, they said it wasn't them it was the manufacturers. I challeged that as I doubt a second rate cigar maker in the Dominican Republic is going to increase their prices that much knowing that in a short month their cigars will experience another whopping increase. I told JR I didn't believe them and asked them to send me invoices to prove this claim. They of course have not bothered answering. JRCIGARS are price gougers!