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eleltea Offline
#1 Posted: Thu, May 29 2003, 5:53 AM EST
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Yesterday I was packing up some cigars to send to a homeless person who had one of those "Will work for Habanos" cardboard signs, and guess what happened? I guess the Lord occasionally rewards a good deed. I was emptying out those ghost-turd packing pellets from an old C-Bid smiley-face box to make room for the cigars, and guess what?

A box of wooden matches fell out! My first and only C-bid matches! God knows how long they have been waiting in that old smiley face box, un-noticed, hidden from the gaze of my lustful eyes. It might have been days!

This experience almost makes me want to send everyone who reads this a 5-pack of Habanos Limitados!

Almost.
Mr.Mean Offline
#2 Posted: Thu, May 29 2003, 5:59 AM EST
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I'm here for you brother!
rasdas Offline
#3 Posted: Thu, May 29 2003, 6:20 AM EST
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Those matches only get better with time...

RasDas
wouldestous Offline
#4 Posted: Thu, May 29 2003, 6:34 AM EST
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those matches are probably pretty dry, elel. you gotta bring em back up to 70%RH real slow or they will burn hot and smoke harshly.
wer Offline
#5 Posted: Thu, May 29 2003, 7:45 AM EST
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Any plume on those babies? Now I gotta go out to the garage and rummage thru all those cardboard boxes full of peanuts to see if I have any undiscovered treasures -LOL.
xibbumbero Offline
#6 Posted: Thu, May 29 2003, 7:51 AM EST
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Thanx Eleltea!


Almost. X
Lowman Offline
#7 Posted: Thu, May 29 2003, 8:13 AM EST
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Congrats, man !!!

I remember my 1st box... sniff, sniff...

Treasure this moment... You ALWAYS remember your first...

Low
eleltea Offline
#8 Posted: Thu, May 29 2003, 10:02 AM EST
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Did you get a busy intersection today, X? lmao
plabonte Offline
#9 Posted: Thu, May 29 2003, 10:14 AM EST
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I hope those aren't some of those gag exploding matches.
Robby Offline
#10 Posted: Thu, May 29 2003, 10:17 AM EST
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I don't know what the deal is with the matches. I've only ever received them with 1 order. And I've spent "several" dollars with Cigarbid over the last 6 months... Makes me feel like maybe they don't appreciate my business.
Charlie Offline
#11 Posted: Thu, May 29 2003, 10:55 AM EST
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Wow, I better go through all the old CBid, CI boxes in the garage and see if there are any matches I missed!
LOL
Charlie
rasdas Offline
#12 Posted: Thu, May 29 2003, 11:33 AM EST
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Got one box...was with the first order i ever placed at the CI site...no matches since...

RasDas
Homebrew Offline
#13 Posted: Thu, May 29 2003, 3:42 PM EST
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I think the only time we get matches, is when a warehouse worker, accidently drops their matches out of a shirt pocket or something, Those are as rare as, A.F.858s.g. at msrp.
Later
Dave
E-Chick Offline
#14 Posted: Thu, May 29 2003, 3:56 PM EST
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I can almost feel your ecstacy...nice find!
tailgater Offline
#15 Posted: Thu, May 29 2003, 7:43 PM EST
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Posts: 26,185
Fantastic!
Now you won't have to listen to lame answers to the question: "do you have a match?"
Like: "Yeah, your face and my ass"!

I always made the mistake of getting that one backwards....
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#16 Posted: Thu, May 29 2003, 8:27 PM EST
Joined: 10-01-2000
Posts: 33,248
rasdas

sort of she kisses you on the first date and you keep dating her waiting for more.

that's it baby, you have been teased, and that is all you are going to get.
rayder1 Offline
#17 Posted: Thu, May 29 2003, 9:08 PM EST
Joined: 06-02-2002
Posts: 2,226
I still have my first pack. As a matter of fact...I have two. Funny, I never gave them a thought...just tossed them in a drawer.
rasdas Offline
#18 Posted: Fri, May 30 2003, 6:27 AM EST
Joined: 03-13-2003
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Rick...

Sad thing about it was that the wife found them in one of my humidor drawers and used them up.......used them to light...gulp...cigarettes.....

Baaahhhh......bahhhh....

Oh well...hopefully this next shipment will contain some....but probably not...as you say, its just the tease to keep you buying and buying...

RasDas

Joe
rasdas Offline
#19 Posted: Tue, Jun 3 2003, 4:34 AM EST
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Got my Cbid shipment yesterday...and lo and behold...matches....

RasDas

Joe
Lowman Offline
#20 Posted: Tue, Jun 3 2003, 4:41 AM EST
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Congrats, man !!!
SteveS Offline
#21 Posted: Tue, Jun 3 2003, 4:52 AM EST
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Funny, but until I see where eleltea got his first matches ever, I'd never thought too much about this ... oh, sure, I know ... we tease around a lot, but I never took it seriously 'til now ...

Thing is, I'm pretty sure I've got matches with every order I've ever received ... sometimes CI matches, sometimes CB matches, but pretty much always matches ... I've got some in the pocket of every jacket I wear, got 3 or 4 packs in the car and at least half a dozen on top of credenza in my home office, alongside the large humidor (not to mention those in the drawers on the humdior itself and more in at least two desk drawers ...

What am I to infer from this??
wer Offline
#22 Posted: Tue, Jun 3 2003, 5:09 AM EST
Joined: 02-13-2003
Posts: 1,633
that they like you, they really, really like you!
auximage Offline
#23 Posted: Tue, Jun 3 2003, 10:50 PM EST
Joined: 05-08-2003
Posts: 35
They should have a contest with the matches since they are all the rage. Get a box of em' with something written on the inside, win a free cigar!! (;

Just a suggestion that I'm sure we would all enjoy.. heh

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