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QMPASH Offline
#1 Posted: Mon, Dec 29 2014, 7:05 AM EST
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Speak to the hand As a beneficiary of my vast (?) experience in smoking cigars, I pass on part of my litany of tobacco knowledge to noobs. The following is a list of things that are to be avoided, if possible.

Look at the ad copy. If it say that the cigar is:

An "everyday" cigar
Seconds
House Blend (some exceptions)
"Yard" gars
Mistakes
Rejects
Seconds or
Fumas

They are to be avoided at all costs unless you are suicidal or masochistic.

Some of the more experienced guys may have more advice.
Mithrandir Offline
#2 Posted: Mon, Dec 29 2014, 9:01 AM EST
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QMPASH wrote:
Speak to the hand They are to be avoided at all costs unless you are suicidal or masochistic.

Some of the more experienced guys may have more advice.


Yeh....don't throw the baby out with the bath water..........edge maduro torp seconds are great......$3/eafog
KingoftheCove Offline
#3 Posted: Mon, Dec 29 2014, 9:41 AM EST
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Cigars to be avoided?
The ones you see me bidding on....
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madspackler Offline
#4 Posted: Mon, Dec 29 2014, 9:45 AM EST
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Any bid where the current successful bidder lists an APO address - respect the Troops
jeferris Offline
#5 Posted: Mon, Dec 29 2014, 10:52 AM EST
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madspackler wrote:
Any bid where the current successful bidder lists an APO address - respect the Troops


Applause Applause Applause
Bur Offline
#6 Posted: Mon, Dec 29 2014, 11:15 AM EST
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Yeah, bidding against an APO is tough if not downright wrong. And agree seconds shouldn't always be avoided-did some sleuthing and picked up some AB Tempus lanceros dirt cheap that were quite good. Matter of fact, so good I'm not letting any nap for a year like I had planned.
cacman Offline
#7 Posted: Mon, Dec 29 2014, 11:44 AM EST
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If it says "Grade A trimmings" it may be a clue.
Thunder.Gerbil Offline
#8 Posted: Mon, Dec 29 2014, 12:04 PM EST
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Anything Gurkha
delta1 Offline
#9 Posted: Mon, Dec 29 2014, 12:05 PM EST
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10 years or older smokes that the manufacturer "found in a corner of a warehouse" selling for a fraction of original msrp.
mountainman Offline
#10 Posted: Mon, Dec 29 2014, 12:43 PM EST
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delta1 wrote:
10 years or older smokes that the manufacturer "found in a corner of a warehouse" selling for a fraction of original msrp.


made that mistake once, stuff was crazy over priced for what it was. Some of the stick turned out alright though.

The 2nds are the one that really got me, the ones I got were just flavorless...
charliebarr Offline
#11 Posted: Mon, Dec 29 2014, 2:08 PM EST
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For the most part totally agree most of the phrases. ....found in corner of wharehouse.....they forget to metion there was 3 dozen cats usiing as litterbox ..maybe???hmmm...I do however think the nicuraguan sweets /2nds...or reg. are a decent cigar...I. usually see some inconsistent out of a pack just 2_3 I just throw in trash...but outta 3 orders all have been decent though imo they dont rest well if that makes sense???those I smoke sooner than later definitely seem alot better...just my opinion...
desolbones Offline
#12 Posted: Mon, Dec 29 2014, 2:59 PM EST
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I've seen, and got in on a couple of 7-10 year lost boxes, Oliva O, Padilla 1932/DPG, CCs of various Marques and vitola, Camacho Liberty.
edin508 Offline
#13 Posted: Mon, Dec 29 2014, 3:58 PM EST
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madspackler wrote:
Any bid where the current successful bidder lists an APO address - respect the Troops

Glad to know it's just not me that avoids these.
Applause Applause
spectresquad Offline
#14 Posted: Mon, Dec 29 2014, 4:11 PM EST
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Send the junkers to my crew. We need something to feed the Sharks, Crabsand pesky Customs àgents. LOL. Herfing
Bur Offline
#15 Posted: Mon, Dec 29 2014, 5:41 PM EST
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So you're saying you take your DRs, pull the bands off and put them in the ISOM boxes when clearing customs?

I would never (admit to) do such a thing!

Hope you're on the rebound, brother of a different mother.
Bur Offline
#16 Posted: Mon, Dec 29 2014, 5:50 PM EST
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BTW if "MB" of APO is online, please PM me as I saw you bid on these:

http://www.cigarbid.com/...a-Doppelbok-Robusto-20/

I also bid on a lot at $4 and think I've overbid (and I'm stone cold sober).

MB, get us your addy and we'll ensure you and the B/SOTLs downrange have some better smokes than these. Even Gurk's are better-I plan on using mine if I win to kill gophers.
jetblasted Offline
#17 Posted: Mon, Dec 29 2014, 6:04 PM EST
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madspackler wrote:
Any bid where the current successful bidder lists an APO address - respect the Troops

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jetblasted Offline
#18 Posted: Mon, Dec 29 2014, 6:05 PM EST
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delta1 wrote:
10 years or older smokes that the manufacturer "found in a corner of a warehouse" selling for a fraction of original msrp.


True. I fell victim to this ploy.

Once . . .
frankj1 Offline
#19 Posted: Mon, Dec 29 2014, 8:25 PM EST
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there is a cigar so horrible that other bad cigars shudder at the mention of its name.

and that cigar is.........................................














Erin Go Braless

nuf sed
Buddha Daddy Offline
#20 Posted: Mon, Dec 29 2014, 10:00 PM EST
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madspackler wrote:
Any bid where the current successful bidder lists an APO address - respect the Troops


Amen to that! I never even try. Hats off to all that understand this one!
charliebarr Offline
#21 Posted: Mon, Dec 29 2014, 10:00 PM EST
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Never tried the erin braightworst though imo worst cigar ever is drew estate egg...my brief description ,try the sucking golfball through garden hose. Hard to hit recut,relight ok taste ....not really until you get to the egg shape. Then opens up a bouquet of joy,lemon dishsoap. Followed by lime and other citrus hints that ive never tasted in tabacky......quickly followed by opening front door and throwing outside .....do not try this at home....
charliebarr Offline
#22 Posted: Mon, Dec 29 2014, 10:03 PM EST
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Buddha Daddy wrote:
Amen to that! I never even try. Hats off to all that understand this one!

Very good information as I had no clue as to that..Now that I do can always do without as do so many servicemen/women do daily for the usa......thanks for the info
spectresquad Offline
#23 Posted: Mon, Dec 29 2014, 10:45 PM EST
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Bur wrote:
So you're saying you take your DRs, pull the bands off and put them in the ISOM boxes when clearing customs?

I would never (admit to) do such a thing!

Hope you're on the rebound, brother of a different mother.



No I put nasty cigars in my humidor so when the customs creeps come on board looking to relieve us of cigars and rum, they get a nasty surprise. Can you say Spectre cigars???? LOL We need a puking smiley...just a thought

Oh still collecting Spectre's from unsuspecting people who bid on these. Please do not throw them away, we need them for a**holes. I know someone has a box of these tossed in the corner somewhere. jester


Oh and Mountain man was talking about the Cu avana Punisher? Sounds like a good trick to pull on the customs guys too... Flapper
tonygraz Offline
#24 Posted: Tue, Dec 30 2014, 12:10 AM EST
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Sorry Spec, never tried to buy the Spectre---figured I would have to outbid you, so said the heck with it.
QMPASH Offline
#25 Posted: Tue, Dec 30 2014, 10:36 AM EST
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delta1 wrote:
10 years or older smokes that the manufacturer "found in a corner of a warehouse" selling for a fraction of original msrp.

For some odd I forgot this one. Thanks for bringing it up. I always thought it foolish for a successful business to "find" a warehouse full of cigars they never knew they had or had forgotten about it. It just laid there in the warehouse for years, comfortably aging. Any busines run that sloppily would soon be out of business. Herfing
QMPASH Offline
#26 Posted: Tue, Dec 30 2014, 10:42 AM EST
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spectresquad wrote:
No I put nasty cigars in my humidor so when the customs creeps come on board looking to relieve us of cigars and rum, they get a nasty surprise. Can you say Spectre cigars???? LOL We need a puking smiley...just a thought

Oh still collecting Spectre's from unsuspecting people who bid on these. Please do not throw them away, we need them for a**holes. I know someone has a box of these tossed in the corner somewhere. jester


Oh and Mountain man was talking about the Cu avana Punisher? Sounds like a good trick to pull on the customs guys too... Flapper


The Cu-avana "punisher is aptly named. It lays a cloak of Cayenne Pepper on your tongue and you can't taste anything for the next three days. Really, a vile cigar.
tonygraz Offline
#27 Posted: Mon, Jan 5 2015, 10:44 AM EST
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A great innovative write up for a cigar I saw today from a CI competitor, and decided not to buy: ...a recently discovered shipment, hidden among Egyptian artifacts in an abandoned, humidified tractor trailer....


I wonder if they are guarded by mummies.
pdxstogieman Offline
#28 Posted: Thu, Jan 8 2015, 12:24 AM EST
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Stay away from anything that has a name starting with Victor Sinclair. No thanks necessary. It's a moral obligation to warn the human race.
charliebarr Offline
#29 Posted: Fri, Jan 9 2015, 7:53 PM EST
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Stay away from cigars named fighting c o c k...I heard zrx 1088 licks the cap on all these before shipping...theres pics to prove it....apparently his saliva is the only way to get silky foreskin wrapper and cap sealed tighttttttt.....uhgggg
ZRX1200 Offline
#30 Posted: Fri, Jan 9 2015, 8:12 PM EST
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There are some good house blends.
spectresquad Offline
#31 Posted: Fri, Jan 9 2015, 8:51 PM EST
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tonygraz wrote:
Sorry Spec, never tried to buy the Spectre---figured I would have to outbid you, so said the heck with it.

Na I have a limited account for cigars, some noob always outbids my 1 dollar bid.Frying pan
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