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jdobson Offline
#1 Posted: Fri, Aug 22 2003, 7:23 PM EST
Joined: 08-11-2003
Posts: 241
How do I stop bidding on CBid?!

I only discovered CBid a couple weeks ago and I have already won over 100 sticks at ridiculously low prices. So now I am getting to a point where I feel pretty well loaded up on smokes and that I should probably taper off for a while. But how am I supposed to resist picking up items which retail at 5-6 times auction price? I mean seriously, when some of these 5-packs come up at $5-$8 for sticks that sell on CI for $20-$30 and at my local shop for more yet, how can I not bid?

You guys need to quit bidding up the humidors so I have a place to keep these things :)
cwilhelmi Offline
#2 Posted: Fri, Aug 22 2003, 7:29 PM EST
Joined: 07-24-2001
Posts: 2,739
coolerdor my man, forget humidors...
xibbumbero Offline
#3 Posted: Fri, Aug 22 2003, 9:17 PM EST
Joined: 01-25-2002
Posts: 12,535
How do you stop? Simple...you can't...BWHAHAHAHA. Welcome to the dark side. X
Tobasco Offline
#4 Posted: Fri, Aug 22 2003, 9:44 PM EST
Joined: 02-08-2003
Posts: 2,809


What X said... :>)

Mag
wer Offline
#5 Posted: Sat, Aug 23 2003, 3:12 AM EST
Joined: 02-13-2003
Posts: 1,633
Only 100?! You've got a long way to go before you slow down. Coolers, tupperware, sweater boxes...fill em up! Once you hit 1000+ you'll start tapering off. Don't fight it, just enjoy the ride.
HockeyDad Offline
#6 Posted: Sat, Aug 23 2003, 3:24 AM EST
Joined: 09-20-2000
Posts: 46,213
CBidder Anonymous meets every Wednesday night. The problem is nobody ever attends because they're too busy trying to snipe one more 5-pack to save money on Thursday's shipping costs.
wer Offline
#7 Posted: Sat, Aug 23 2003, 3:34 AM EST
Joined: 02-13-2003
Posts: 1,633
lol...man, i've been there.
arwings Offline
#8 Posted: Mon, Aug 25 2003, 5:03 PM EST
Joined: 02-09-2003
Posts: 950
I've asked the same question! Your're DOOMED! Believe me, there is only darkness ahead; no light. You can struggle, if you wish; the outcome will be the same. You will eventually embrace the concept that you are no longer in control. You will reach a place where you will be mortified and humiliated to disclose the number of cigars you have. I now have eight (8) humidors, two (2) 120-quart igloodors, two (2) 70-quart igloodors, and am running out of storage room.

I'm sorry it happened to you, but you can't get help from anyone on this board. We're all doomed too! CA (Cigars Anon), reason, logic, pleading, crying, self-mutilation, financial ruin, bankruptcy, loss of home and family; all to no avail!!!

Abandon hope, all ye who enter here!
SP Offline
#9 Posted: Mon, Aug 25 2003, 5:55 PM EST
Joined: 07-16-2003
Posts: 609
I was always told "Your not an alcoholic unless you attend an AA meeting"..........
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#10 Posted: Tue, Aug 26 2003, 2:11 AM EST
Joined: 10-01-2000
Posts: 33,248
i think i am reacting to the 8 or so years ago, when cigars at $10.00 to $15.00 were the norm.

now i can pick up decent cigars here at $2.00.

some sort of amortization? if you are raised poor, you are always hungry? i can afford it? i can smoke more and pay less?

i try not to analyze it, i just buy more sweater boxes and make more humidifiers.

when toby and i go to vegas this time, probably two or three sweater boxes and a half dozen bohemian 10 pack samplers. and always a few isom's to smoke at the freemont experience, at night, sitting at an outside table pretending i am going to order something.

i watch the people walking to and fro and have the smug, snotty, attitude, that no one is smoking a better cigar then i am.

i'll still go to the indian reservation smoke shop about a mile from there and buy some of the better cigars, monte series V, and whatever else catches my eye at the moment, a little higher then cbid, but i can't go to vegas without buying a few more cigars i don't need.

cccbus Offline
#11 Posted: Tue, Aug 26 2003, 5:03 AM EST
Joined: 02-20-2003
Posts: 412
100 cigars. LOL...man that was several weeks ago. I have at least 1500 sticks and now I am forced to taper off or suffer the wraith of the real "boss" of the house. But it is so hard the dark side of the force keeps calling my name. But then that light prevails ( the frying pan hurts also ) MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Deriffe Offline
#12 Posted: Tue, Aug 26 2003, 10:49 AM EST
Joined: 06-30-2003
Posts: 522
My advice....don't fight it. Roll with it. If you fight it, you will just be worn out and it will hurt more. Go with it. Accept your fate. Here's some more friendly advice if yer married......get a "stealth credit card" and have the statement mailed to your office. hehe
justforfun Offline
#13 Posted: Tue, Aug 26 2003, 11:08 AM EST
Joined: 03-06-2002
Posts: 797
Welcome to our (pleasant) nightmare :)
statelandman Offline
#14 Posted: Tue, Aug 26 2003, 11:09 AM EST
Joined: 07-15-2003
Posts: 225
1) Rip up all your charge cards.
2) Sell your computer.
3) Pray for more electrical blackouts.
4) Try cocaine. It is less addictive.
JustDanD Offline
#15 Posted: Tue, Aug 26 2003, 11:18 AM EST
Joined: 02-27-2003
Posts: 748
Honestly, you have to put yourself on a budget and not go over it. Not even if something is on sale. If you spend over the budget, take it out of next months. If you underspend, add it to next months budget.

Don't buy boxes, no matter what, until you are 100% sure of your taste in cigars. My tastes changed at about 4 months into this. Buy only 5 packs and do trades. When you find yourself going back to the same cigars over and over, then get a box.

Don't buy cheap cigars in large quantities thinking you will age them. Cheap cigars don't age.

When you can afford it, buy a box of PAM/PAN/OPUS/ANEJO/DC/VSG or any of the other big trading cigars. Then you will always have good trade material to get samples of other cigars.

That's 'bout all I got to say about that.

Dan (JustDanD)
sketcha Offline
#16 Posted: Tue, Aug 26 2003, 11:19 AM EST
Joined: 03-26-2003
Posts: 3,238
Don't even worry about quitting until you have AT LEAST 2 years worth. That way, in 2 years you will be smoking only well aged cigars. Then TRY to limit yourself to purchasing only enough to keep up with your habit.

I also concur with the gang. Forget more desktops. Get a coolador and use your desktops as dryboxes (65% RH) for your read-to-go stoges.
limoric Offline
#17 Posted: Tue, Aug 26 2003, 11:36 AM EST
Joined: 03-08-2001
Posts: 623
Totally. My Coolidor works way better than my desktop. As a matter of fact I've put my desktop inside my cooly.

A couple of months ago there was a discussion as to which was better. Question answered for me.
choner Offline
#18 Posted: Tue, Aug 26 2003, 11:52 AM EST
Joined: 02-04-2003
Posts: 876
Stay within your BUDGET!!!! Know when to say when!!!! And NEVER buy the mints!!!!!

choner
Penguin13 Offline
#19 Posted: Tue, Aug 26 2003, 11:56 AM EST
Joined: 07-26-2002
Posts: 1,546
What...always buy the mints? Thanks!! I gotta go get all twelve lots! I hope I don't "spend way too much money on mints because of unfair shipping and handling" LOL :)

KC
EssThree Offline
#20 Posted: Tue, Aug 26 2003, 12:31 PM EST
Joined: 12-27-2000
Posts: 204
First you should ask yourself, "do I want to stop?" I did exactly the same thing about 3 years ago. I even bought a bigger humidor. I say if budget allows don't stop. Wait 'til C-Bid sends you one of thier reknown Hot Deals, then you'll really have to get a coolerdor. By the way, you can see how to set one up if you go to the Cigars International web site, they have complete instructions on how to set one (or more) up. Welcome to the dark side!
raven01 Offline
#21 Posted: Tue, Aug 26 2003, 12:57 PM EST
Joined: 07-14-2003
Posts: 215
when the bank declines your request for a credit increase,Or when you can't find a place to sit in the house don't sweat it. Did your wife leave you over this yet.Enjoy it my brother.
mrtelcom Offline
#22 Posted: Wed, Aug 27 2003, 12:35 PM EST
Joined: 03-25-2004
Posts: 2,255
I just had to re-arrange the (2) 70 quart coolerdors to make room for the (2) inbound boxes I have (And to put away the FFOX I found today).

First step, fill the go-to table top model.

Next, those bakers racks that were to keep the humidity distributed? pitched.

Keep saying over and over, I forgot about those... where did these come from....

Keep wondering.. is it smart to have a primo cooler and a non primo cooler.. what if I get bugs.. should I split the primos between the two...

Say blessings and give praise to almighty capitalism....

Such is the life, get out whilst you can.
rjdc Offline
#23 Posted: Wed, Aug 27 2003, 3:04 PM EST
Joined: 05-26-2002
Posts: 682
Concentrate on bidding and careing for your gars. Don't worry about how many you have, unless you don't have a place to properly store them.

Try to set a limit (ha ha), as to how much you buy and can store. Don't just bid on everything that comes down the pike. It's all good and there are PLENTY of good lots everyday.

32 years of loveing the leaf. I usually keep around 1000-1200 sticks. However 425 just came in yesterday.

Just have to smoke more, some how. I average about 6 a day.

Light up and FUHGEDABOUDIT!

anthony
cruiser Offline
#24 Posted: Wed, Aug 27 2003, 3:11 PM EST
Joined: 06-15-2001
Posts: 739
Dont stop just get a second Job,you would have more money and less time yo smoke. Amen
mrtelcom Offline
#25 Posted: Wed, Aug 27 2003, 3:17 PM EST
Joined: 03-25-2004
Posts: 2,255
"However 425 just came in yesterday"

Holy jumpin jehosophat!
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