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Tabloid Snapper Offline
#1 Posted: Sat, Jul 9 2016, 7:29 PM EST
Joined: 06-13-2016
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Cigar, Ligher, or? Have you ever had a big disappoint. Me personally I have been pretty much satisfied with all the Cigars I have had the opportunity to smoke. I have some stuff aging in my humiador I am anxious to try but they are brand that I have like everything else I purchase from that brand.
Speyside Offline
#2 Posted: Sat, Jul 9 2016, 8:47 PM EST
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A fiver of Gurkha War Pigs.
frankj1 Offline
#3 Posted: Sat, Jul 9 2016, 10:06 PM EST
Joined: 02-08-2007
Posts: 44,211
did not see that coming!
mlangphi Offline
#4 Posted: Sat, Jul 9 2016, 10:13 PM EST
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Posts: 187
The 100 or so $1 sticks that I purchased when I first signed up.
ZRX1200 Offline
#5 Posted: Sat, Jul 9 2016, 10:40 PM EST
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Posts: 60,580
5 pack of Cienfuegos pyramids.
Hmhaines Offline
#6 Posted: Sat, Jul 9 2016, 11:12 PM EST
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Posts: 853
5 Mark Twains. Gross cigars.
Hmhaines Offline
#7 Posted: Sat, Jul 9 2016, 11:12 PM EST
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5 Mark Twains. Gross cigars.
clickbangdead Offline
#8 Posted: Sat, Jul 9 2016, 11:44 PM EST
Joined: 01-31-2009
Posts: 2,226
Pirates Gold...taste of sour milk, blech
Palama Offline
#9 Posted: Sun, Jul 10 2016, 2:03 AM EST
Joined: 02-05-2013
Posts: 23,621
Rocky Patel Cargo Toro Grande - paid $2.00 for a $0.50 cigar. Total piece of carp. Wrapped split, tasted nasty. Last RP I ever bought (...and quote the Raven, "Nevermore"...).
danmdevries Offline
#10 Posted: Sun, Jul 10 2016, 2:18 AM EST
Joined: 02-11-2014
Posts: 17,309
Gurkha sampler
Calle Ocho

Bought before I knew any better, all cigars tasted the same to me and they were cheap. Think I might have even shared some of that junk... but as I learned, and started smoking better cigars, they never got touched again.

They found their way overseas.

Other than that, I went through a few other samplers with some bad/some good/some so-so. But the Gurkha sampler and the box of calle ocho are the only things I can recall off hand as orders I regretted.
madspackler Offline
#11 Posted: Sun, Jul 10 2016, 10:08 AM EST
Joined: 03-07-2000
Posts: 3,608
A package of Puros Indios Vintage wrapped in burlap. I think they were put away wet. The burlap had permeated the cigars. They smoked like a moldy wet turd. Beyond awful.
SMOKEYOU Offline
#12 Posted: Sun, Jul 10 2016, 10:53 AM EST
Joined: 10-14-2015
Posts: 2,275
2 BOXES of 5Vegas gold Maduro. Seeing how I only paid 20bucks a box, no biggy.
ZRX1200 Offline
#13 Posted: Sun, Jul 10 2016, 10:56 AM EST
Joined: 07-08-2007
Posts: 60,580
Except that theven 5 Vegas Gold Maduro is rolled with asbestos and refuses to burn.
shaun341 Offline
#14 Posted: Sun, Jul 10 2016, 11:05 AM EST
Joined: 08-02-2012
Posts: 8,826
Diesel Wicked

Forget what I paid for them but they weren't he cheapest diesel at the time. I like most A.J. cigars and if not rott then once they sit for awhile I do. These were complete airballs not a single note to be picked up and the claim was they were full and powerfull cigars. Other then that when I first started smoking cigars I found this place and pretty much listened to the recommendations about cheap cigars, Gurkha, and VS so not too much to complain about here.
KingoftheCove Offline
#15 Posted: Sun, Jul 10 2016, 11:51 AM EST
Joined: 10-08-2011
Posts: 7,631
A ten pack of Gurkhaaaa Centurians....... They were not good.
And, a Gurkha Titan that literally blew up in my face.........not exaggerating one bit.......sounded like a lady finger fire cracker and scared the chit out of me and blew a 1/2 inch rip in the wrapper. That ended my relationship with Hansotia.
Mandoman Offline
#16 Posted: Sun, Jul 10 2016, 1:14 PM EST
Joined: 12-27-2005
Posts: 4,761
Hmhaines wrote:
5 Mark Twains. Gross cigars.


Posted twice!


Musta been really bad!


Bought some Liga IV a few years ago. The thought of the still makes me shudder!
sd72 Offline
#17 Posted: Sun, Jul 10 2016, 1:26 PM EST
Joined: 03-09-2011
Posts: 9,600
The 2fer v cutter they had.
dstieger Offline
#18 Posted: Mon, Jul 11 2016, 9:16 AM EST
Joined: 06-22-2007
Posts: 10,889
mlangphi wrote:
The 100 or so $1 sticks that I purchased when I first signed up.

Applause

But, change it to maybe 500...:) Worstest of the worst purchases was fiver of RP R4.
gummy jones Offline
#19 Posted: Mon, Jul 11 2016, 9:31 AM EST
Joined: 07-06-2015
Posts: 7,969
erin go bragh st pattys day cigarillos

thought they would be a cool little thing for the gang with some guinness

tasted like pure chemicals
Bur Offline
#20 Posted: Mon, Jul 11 2016, 10:22 AM EST
Joined: 07-31-2012
Posts: 5,638
Not really a disappointment, but 15 pairs of Gurkha coffee mugs. Wanted to win one pair, ended up being the only bidder.

I still have four left after gifting, breaking, selling some at garage sales, taking them to the VFW post.....

One el cheapo sampler inhaled forcibly, but had a Fighting (0(k in it. The other four smoked worse than White Owls.....
Stinkdyr Offline
#21 Posted: Mon, Jul 11 2016, 3:16 PM EST
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Anything named Fumas.

BARF!
[email protected] Offline
#22 Posted: Mon, Jul 11 2016, 6:13 PM EST
Joined: 03-21-2011
Posts: 1,029
+1 for the Ghurka Warpig, as stated before, the only cigar with a fireproof wrapper....
Ben229 Offline
#23 Posted: Mon, Jul 11 2016, 6:25 PM EST
Joined: 04-07-2013
Posts: 5
A box of La Perla Habano Maduros. Ugliest damn things I've ever seen. They burn like crap. When you can keep them lit for a few minutes the flavor has promise, but.....sunzabitches won't burn. Anyone want to trade?
fenderbendertex Offline
#24 Posted: Tue, Jul 12 2016, 9:46 AM EST
Joined: 08-17-2013
Posts: 1,139
Some type of "Dominican Sampler". You get what you pay for.
The purple one from some company dinner looked cool though. Purple?
carrite Offline
#25 Posted: Fri, Jul 15 2016, 9:30 PM EST
Joined: 03-21-2011
Posts: 43
Anything with a Gurkha band on it...........

tim
carrite Offline
#26 Posted: Fri, Jul 15 2016, 9:33 PM EST
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Stinkdyr wrote:
Anything named Fumas.

BARF!


Well, to be fair, in Spanish that means "smokes."

You want crappy? Buy some smokes...

Fumas are generally made from left-over scrap tobacco after they go snippy-snippy-rolly-rolly, I understand...

tim
carrite Offline
#27 Posted: Fri, Jul 15 2016, 9:34 PM EST
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SMOKEYOU wrote:
2 BOXES of 5Vegas gold Maduro. Seeing how I only paid 20bucks a box, no biggy.


Not sure what is up with 5 Vegas. Definitely AJ's worst stuff...

tim
frankj1 Offline
#28 Posted: Fri, Jul 15 2016, 10:30 PM EST
Joined: 02-08-2007
Posts: 44,211
Ben229 wrote:
A box of La Perla Habano Maduros. Ugliest damn things I've ever seen. They burn like crap. When you can keep them lit for a few minutes the flavor has promise, but.....sunzabitches won't burn. Anyone want to trade?

got a pair of New Balance cross trainers, size 10 1/2 4E with run down heels. Deal?
Robert1230 Offline
#29 Posted: Fri, Jul 15 2016, 10:57 PM EST
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Posts: 2
5 Mark Twains, gave em a try, ouch
jjanecka Offline
#30 Posted: Sat, Jul 16 2016, 12:29 AM EST
Joined: 12-08-2015
Posts: 4,334
I overpaid on some Dunhill singles once when I first started, it wasn't terrible, still cheaper than MSRP but I thought they were 5-ers.
99cobra2881 Offline
#31 Posted: Sat, Jul 16 2016, 6:01 AM EST
Joined: 11-19-2013
Posts: 2,472
carrite wrote:
Not sure what is up with 5 Vegas. Definitely AJ's worst stuff...

tim


The only 5vegas I've ever heard associated with AJ is the triple A? Which is a decent cigar for $2.

I thought cigars international contracted out with others to roll their other 5vegas blend hence why their country of origin changes? If it was all AJs fault the country of origin would always be Nicaragua.

Worst for me gran habano Azteca fuerte. Worse than any gurkha I've ever had. Smelled like burning trash/ burning plastic in my garage for days afterwards.
Cigarfreddy Offline
#32 Posted: Sat, Jul 16 2016, 6:23 PM EST
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carrite wrote:
Anything with a Gurkha band on it...........

tim

+1.
xbuceye Offline
#33 Posted: Thu, Jul 21 2016, 5:05 PM EST
Joined: 01-01-2016
Posts: 2
Another vote for the Gurkha Beauty. Bought a 10 pack. Smoked 3 of them and all 3 started unwrapping about a 3rd of the way through. When I say unwrapping I mean unwrapping. Only compliant and the only product I've ever returned on Cigar Bid.
rumraider Offline
#34 Posted: Thu, Jul 21 2016, 5:41 PM EST
Joined: 08-05-2012
Posts: 727
Hands down...5 vegas gold maduro... Kept thinking " why are they mad at me?" Gawd they sucked, the definition of dog turd
Mikekoz13 Offline
#35 Posted: Fri, Jul 22 2016, 4:56 AM EST
Joined: 10-21-2015
Posts: 383
I hate to admit that I even bought them..... when I first started smoking cigars last Summer I bought a 5-pack of Erin Go Bragh Irish Whiskey cigars.
As soon as I lit the first one I knew that I had made a serious error.

I couldn't even get through the first one. The other four eventually went in the trash.
I'm Batman Offline
#36 Posted: Fri, Jul 22 2016, 10:37 AM EST
Joined: 01-08-2015
Posts: 394
The Humi-Care Power Sticks. Thought they'd be great for my smaller humidor, but those things are crap and require a charge way to often.
tailgater Offline
#37 Posted: Fri, Jul 22 2016, 1:35 PM EST
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Posts: 26,185
This thread is useless without mention of Tamboril.


Friggin amateurs.
Abrignac Offline
#38 Posted: Fri, Jul 22 2016, 3:54 PM EST
Joined: 02-24-2012
Posts: 17,261
This took some careful thought.

I've been pleased with all of the non-cigar purchases like hygrometers and such. The only other items I bought from here are cigars. Though I've had my share of forgettable cigars, I don't think I bought them here. Why should I?

There are plenty of suckers who post here about buying some new cigar that ends up tasting like fecal matter from a cancerous rat who eats nothing but rotten meat from inbred cattle. I just wait for a review so I know what not to buy.
Bur Offline
#39 Posted: Fri, Jul 22 2016, 5:13 PM EST
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Posts: 5,638
Robert1230 wrote:
5 Mark Twains, gave em a try, ouch


Yeah, keep trashing these. Might need to pick up a few more 5ers for $1 or $3!

Herfing

They're one of my favorite yard gars-mild with little to no subtlety, burns without effort, perfect for mindless smoking and since all the sizes are varieties of churchill gets through pooper scooping, edging and mowing my slightly bigger than normal Cali yard. Which means I actually gotta mow it!

But yeah, I wouldn't pass the regulars off as much more than that. Haven't tried the maduros yet-maybe a little bit of complexity, but not expecting much.
Sharty Offline
#40 Posted: Wed, Aug 3 2016, 5:24 PM EST
Joined: 07-06-2016
Posts: 41
Pretty much everything me bought as a noob back in 2014.

- Dominican sampler (not one but two)
- 10 pack of 5 Vegas Gold Bouillon
- 10 pack of Gurkha Beauty (wouldn't light at all. Would not light!)
- 10 pack of Gurkha Beast
- 10 (or was it 25?) pack of some small sticks that were wrapped in a paper map (popular in Europe! or something)
- 5er of Obsidian black
- 5er of Obsidian white noise (let one rest for two years and it was still horrible)
- Bunch of Man o' War singles (not to me's liking)
- Fumas of any kind

etc....etc...etc
Sharty Offline
#41 Posted: Wed, Aug 3 2016, 5:28 PM EST
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Posts: 41
Bur wrote:
They're one of my favorite yard gars-mild with little to no subtlety, burns without effort, perfect for mindless smoking and since all the sizes are varieties of churchill gets through pooper scooping, edging and mowing my slightly bigger than normal Cali yard.
Gotta admit that me don't understand this concept. Why smoke a cigar if you're dong other things? You get smoke in your eyes, run the risk of poking yourself or something with the lighted tip, get ash everywhere, and can't really enjoy it.

Me always smokes me's cigars while sitting down and usually reading or just looking out at the world. Can't fathom smoking a stogie in such a way that me couldn't enjoy the experience. If me's gonna increase me's cancer risk, you better believe me's gonna have a good time doing it. Ya feel I?
dharbolt Offline
#42 Posted: Wed, Aug 3 2016, 6:21 PM EST
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Speyside wrote:
A fiver of Gurkha War Pigs.



Reckless sent me one of those once...
dharbolt Offline
#43 Posted: Wed, Aug 3 2016, 6:23 PM EST
Joined: 08-03-2013
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My biggest disappointment would have to be the first fiver of non purple foot banded la Perla morado
dharbolt Offline
#44 Posted: Wed, Aug 3 2016, 6:24 PM EST
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Sharty wrote:
Gotta admit that me don't understand this concept. Why smoke a cigar if you're dong other things? You get smoke in your eyes, run the risk of poking yourself or something with the lighted tip, get ash everywhere, and can't really enjoy it.

Me always smokes me's cigars while sitting down and usually reading or just looking out at the world. Can't fathom smoking a stogie in such a way that me couldn't enjoy the experience. If me's gonna increase me's cancer risk, you better believe me's gonna have a good time doing it. Ya feel I?


Seriously are you a pirate?
crgcpro Offline
#45 Posted: Wed, Aug 3 2016, 6:29 PM EST
Joined: 04-27-2012
Posts: 7,867
These lighters:

http://www.cigarbid.com/Auction/Lot/1252014

3 of the 5 never worked at all and the other two quit after the first week and I did everything you could possibly do to get them working.
tamapatom Offline
#46 Posted: Thu, Aug 4 2016, 6:42 AM EST
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dharbolt wrote:
Seriously are you a pirate?

Well his name is ShARRRty isnt it. As in i ate some bad grub and got sharty in my pants.
dharbolt Offline
#47 Posted: Thu, Aug 4 2016, 6:49 AM EST
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Yeah, you will have that
Sharty Offline
#48 Posted: Thu, Aug 4 2016, 1:52 PM EST
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tamapatom wrote:
Well his name is ShARRRty isnt it. As in i ate some bad grub and got sharty in my pants.
Me meant to type "Sporty" but me's fingers slipped.
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