KingoftheCove wrote:Going by your system above Dan…..
Where does your “not buy again” rating start?
At Not Bad?
Or, at “Decent”?
And, does cost play into your decision?
For me, buying “decent” cigars ended years ago. Of course, that is MY DEFINITION of decent.
I love some cigars that others consider “Trash”……….like the Papas Fritas for instance.
But not enough to pay $6+/ea, because at that price point, there are other cigars I’d rather buy.
Price and rating and whether or not ill buy more are all muddy waters.
Buy again is a separate column in my spreadsheet. I'll mark no buy, box, 5, 10, and a price where it's worth it. Sometimes I find a killer deal on something and never see that price again, so it's not set at best price paid but what I think the experience was worth.
A decent cigar I'll buy again at yard gar prices or significant discount. A not bad cigar I'll smoke if it shows up in my humidor from a trade or something. A bad/trash cigar I'll stick in father in laws cigar fridge with his Dutch Masters.
Papas Fritas are a good cigar IMO, at least they're marked good in my notes. I'd buy more at $4. They may be good but they burn fast and at $6-7per, there's many other things I'd buy before them. So they're good but not worth it.
Sometimes I'll call a cigar good, but it's a profile I don't enjoy. I don't mark it trash, because it is a good cigar, my experience I write down matches reviewers, and if someone asks what I thought of that cigar I don't wanna say it's trash, I'll share my thoughts and say but it's not for me. But fantastic/ excellent are the ones that make it move as they say.