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Padron 1964 -Can someone explain this?
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sluggo819 Offline
#1 Posted: Wed, Feb 25 2004, 5:16 PM EST
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http://www.cigarbid.com/...on/lot.cfm?lotID=164225
What's up with this bidding? I know these can be bought retail for way less money. I just don't get it. I mean, this is great for c-bid. Someone needs to make up for the losses they must have by the great deals we all get. But I can't in my right mind see bidding this high when I can take a ride to my local shop and pay at least $50 less than they're going for here. What's the deal-e-o???
bassdude Offline
#2 Posted: Wed, Feb 25 2004, 5:30 PM EST
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nope.
CWFoster Offline
#3 Posted: Wed, Feb 25 2004, 5:41 PM EST
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I saw a box of Toraño 1916 Cameroons go for $130 the other day. I KNOW they can be had for around $50-60 a box! Just realize that these people are subsidizing us 'bottom feeders' and if everyone was as cheap as we are, cbid couldn't stay in business, so like someone else said on another thread, bid high and bid often!
usahog Offline
#4 Posted: Wed, Feb 25 2004, 6:14 PM EST
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can you say stupid??? I would pay 12.00 a pop for them and cheaper online... but somebody's got some extra cash to burn... maybe the guy/gal is going through a divorce and just wigged out a bit??

Hog
justforfun Offline
#5 Posted: Wed, Feb 25 2004, 8:13 PM EST
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At first I was amazed as well. But, when you divide the final price by number of sticks, the price is $12.44 per. I'm not saying that's a good deal, but I know in SoCal it's hard to find these below $15 a stick. So is it really that bad a deal???

I know I wouldn't pay it, but then again, if they're your favorite smoke and you can't find them anywhere?? Who's to say. As they say "it's all relative."

Oh yeah, and I do know where you can get the Maduro Monarco for less (on the internet of course).
billreif Offline
#6 Posted: Wed, Feb 25 2004, 8:34 PM EST
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Hey CW,
E-mail me where I can get a box
of 1916's for 50-60 bucks.
Thanks,
[email protected]
Da-Glyde Offline
#7 Posted: Wed, Feb 25 2004, 8:46 PM EST
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sluggo819,

dont tell him that he over paid, it keeps this place up and running and other cigars can sell at lower prices.

GIG'EM,

Dan
rdk Offline
#8 Posted: Thu, Feb 26 2004, 12:54 AM EST
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If he over paid it was only by a little unless you all have way better sources than I do. And I least he spent it on the best. I say if you want them bid on them and I hope he enjoys them.
dz130 Offline
#9 Posted: Thu, Feb 26 2004, 1:13 AM EST
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Don't forget to include your local taxes on these if you're buying in the shop. It's only 17% for me in Ohio, but MUCH higher elsewhere. Plus, Cbid doesn't list other retail internet sites (imagine that! LOL!)like some other non-auction boards. So, maybe this is the only place they know where to get them. Hey, it's all good. It keeps Cbid up and running.

Doug
xrundog Offline
#10 Posted: Thu, Feb 26 2004, 2:04 AM EST
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PAMs are hard to get some places. Because of this, they sometimes have a ridiculous mark up! Prices are relative for these.
Ridgerunner65 Offline
#11 Posted: Thu, Feb 26 2004, 4:03 AM EST
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A perennial question
Occasionally this feels like an economics discussion board
OK, can we say "Auctions & Bidding," way back in 1987?
Consider [a] INDEPENDENT-PRIVATE VALUES MODEL: 'At one extreme, suppose each bidder knows precisely how highly he values the item.'
Consider [b] ASYMMETRIC BIDDERS.
Once again, asked & answered
[just kidding]
Personally, I buy cigars low so I can light them with high denomination foreign banknotes! For the same cost as "retail" I can act out my fantasy of being "a swell"
drnos Offline
#12 Posted: Thu, Feb 26 2004, 4:35 AM EST
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A good deal is a state of mind.
djheater Offline
#13 Posted: Thu, Feb 26 2004, 5:55 AM EST
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Agreed.

The bidder always pays exactly what they're worth TO THEM.

I think we should start threads about people who start threads about overbidders.

Perhaps it is so frequently asked because on some level, as deal seekers and BOTL's we want to invite "those poor saps" into our "club". Consider, they may not want to join.
CWFoster Offline
#14 Posted: Thu, Feb 26 2004, 6:21 AM EST
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Personally, I buy cigars low so I can light them with high denomination foreign banknotes! For the same cost as "retail" I can act out my fantasy of being "a swell"

Might I recommend Turkish Lire? At 1.69 Million:1 exchange rate, you can light your gar with six zeros for under a buck! (Just don't do it in Turkey, where desacrating their money is considered to be disrespectful to Ataturk, who is like George Washingtion to them, and you will be jailed!)
Ridgerunner65 Offline
#15 Posted: Thu, Feb 26 2004, 9:37 AM EST
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LOL
CWFoster, thanks
I always use non-US currency & never leave the good ol'USA in order to avoid losing a hand for using the local Jose Martì's likeness for such porpoises
HockeyDad Offline
#16 Posted: Thu, Feb 26 2004, 9:53 AM EST
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....For Padron 64s and Ashton VSGs that CBID is now offering, it is simple supply and demand. Many don't have the supply.

....For many other cigars, the answer is irrational exuberance.
CWFoster Offline
#17 Posted: Fri, Feb 27 2004, 4:02 PM EST
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Buddha Daddy Offline
#18 Posted: Fri, Feb 27 2004, 4:22 PM EST
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WOW
MACS Offline
#19 Posted: Fri, Feb 27 2004, 4:48 PM EST
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This joint is an off-shoot of Cigars International where I sometimes buy. I have also gone to others. In CA (where I am forced to live by the Navy right now) a CAO La Anniversaire eXtreme goes for about $10.25 in the retail store and $7 at CI. Others are much cheaper on-line, but this joint is normally lower than CI where I find it to be the lowest, usually. I would recommend using autobid and setting your limit just below what you can get them for at a good site. The Ghurka Double X's are going for $195 at CI right now and here they are listed at $116 for 4 winning bidders (right now). A substantial savings.
mydsooner Offline
#20 Posted: Fri, Feb 27 2004, 5:05 PM EST
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MAC......i dont think you can post a competitor's websight. It's in the forum rules. just for future ref.
mydsooner Offline
#21 Posted: Fri, Feb 27 2004, 5:06 PM EST
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WOW! I cant believe i was the first to catch that. i did catch it ,right?
MACS Offline
#22 Posted: Fri, Feb 27 2004, 5:11 PM EST
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Damn. I knew I shoulda read the rules. I am honestly sorry about that, but I do believe these folks at Cbid are owned by that "competitor" I listed.
CWFoster Offline
#23 Posted: Fri, Feb 27 2004, 6:10 PM EST
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"Affiliated" is the correct term I believe.

Gurkha XX's :-P~~~~~~~~~~
MACS Offline
#24 Posted: Fri, Feb 27 2004, 6:12 PM EST
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CW, have you tried them? I have not and was very curious. If they suck, tell me.
Abrignac Offline
#25 Posted: Mon, Jul 1 2019, 9:35 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
Damn. I knew I shoulda read the rules. I am honestly sorry about that, but I do believe these folks at Cbid are owned by that "competitor" I listed.


Some people are hell bent on breaking rules.
izonfire Offline
#26 Posted: Tue, Jul 2 2019, 6:17 PM EST
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Abrignac wrote:
Some people are hell bent on breaking rules.


Ya mean there are rules here?
GaryR Offline
#27 Posted: Thu, Jul 18 2019, 2:16 PM EST
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Wow, old thread. I wish you could still get 1964s for $12.....
izonfire Offline
#28 Posted: Thu, Jul 18 2019, 11:18 PM EST
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GaryR wrote:
Wow, old thread. I wish you could still get 1964s for $12.....


Hey Gaydar,

You just popped on the screen. Seemingly out of nowhere.
What's your story? Your track record?

Give us more than a blip...
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