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ontrackp Offline
#1 Posted: Sat, Aug 4 2018, 3:49 PM EST
Joined: 06-27-2018
Posts: 46
I'm relatively new here - just a few months, but have gone from buying one or two cigars a weekend to having a small humidor full of cigars -- as some people have said, bidding is addictive!

I recently got a great deal -- 5 Ghurka Dakar Churchill's for $ 10! I've also picked up quite a few RP Vintage at less than a third at my local cigar store. I'm finding by putting items on my watchlist and not going crazy I can find awesome deals on good sticks.

Liking this website a lot! I'm interested in hearing of any advice on getting great deals.
Palama Offline
#2 Posted: Sat, Aug 4 2018, 7:07 PM EST
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ontrackp wrote:
I'm relatively new here - just a few months, but have gone from buying one or two cigars a weekend to having a small humidor full of cigars -- as some people have said, bidding is addictive!

I recently got a great deal -- 5 Ghurka Dakar Churchill's for $ 10! I've also picked up quite a few RP Vintage at less than a third at my local cigar store. I'm finding by putting items on my watchlist and not going crazy I can find awesome deals on good sticks.

Liking this website a lot! I'm interested in hearing of any advice on getting great deals.


Aloha from Hawaii! ThumpUp

First piece of advice is to set up a coolerdor or Tupperdor and then have your credit card limit increased. Losing is a sign of weakness!

Patience and sticking to your bid max are a couple of keys to getting great deals here. Buy 5ers so you can try different cigars without going broke. Also allows you to try them after a few weeks / months / years later to see if the additional rest has changed the cigar and whether or not you want to get more.

Put on a thick skin and some rubber boots and have some fun here.

Oh, btw, pancakes or waffles?
jespear Offline
#3 Posted: Sat, Aug 4 2018, 7:31 PM EST
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Posts: 9,464
Palama wrote:
Aloha from Hawaii! ThumpUp

First piece of advice is to set up a coolerdor or Tupperdor and then have your credit card limit increased. Losing is a sign of weakness!

Patience and sticking to your bid max are a couple of keys to getting great deals here. Buy 5ers so you can try different cigars without going broke. Also allows you to try them after a few weeks / months / years later to see if the additional rest has changed the cigar and whether or not you want to get more.

Put on a thick skin and some rubber boots and have some fun here.

Oh, btw, pancakes or waffles?




ThumpUp
KingoftheCove Offline
#4 Posted: Sat, Aug 4 2018, 8:18 PM EST
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Don't go too crazy buying Gurkhas, RP, and the like.
Your tastes will change/evolve, and chances are, you'll be smoking less Gurkhas and RP, if at all.

Common noob mistake is to go through a crazy buying phase, cause the prices are so much better than your local B&M.
One or two years later, you realize you're not gonna smoke those 20 Gurkha Centurions you got "on sale".
frankj1 Offline
#5 Posted: Sun, Aug 5 2018, 12:14 AM EST
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KingoftheCove wrote:
Don't go too crazy buying Gurkhas, RP, and the like.
Your tastes will change/evolve, and chances are, you'll be smoking less Gurkhas and RP, if at all.

Common noob mistake is to go through a crazy buying phase, cause the prices are so much better than your local B&M.
One or two years later, you realize you're not gonna smoke those 20 Gurkha Centurions you got "on sale".

all kidding aside, this is sage advice.
tonygraz Offline
#6 Posted: Sun, Aug 5 2018, 9:13 AM EST
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More like parsley.
frankj1 Offline
#7 Posted: Sun, Aug 5 2018, 10:48 AM EST
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I didn't have thyme to write that.
bikrtrsh Offline
#8 Posted: Sun, Aug 5 2018, 10:54 AM EST
Joined: 01-29-2009
Posts: 134
My noob crazy buying phase has never worn off ..... when will it END!!!!

I like the Gurkha Seduction and RP Decade Cameroon, I have a couple 5'ers of each resting comfortably in the humi

I also prefer sage over parsley .....
bgz Offline
#9 Posted: Sun, Aug 5 2018, 10:55 AM EST
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First off, you have to make people fear you... For your first few months you have to make a name for yourself by never letting anyone win.

You punish your adversaries into submission by not letting them win a damn thing that way when they see your initials...

They just know, do not f*** with that guy.

Then watch the deals start rolling in!
opelmanta1900 Offline
#10 Posted: Sun, Aug 5 2018, 10:56 AM EST
Joined: 01-10-2012
Posts: 13,954
ontrackp wrote:
I'm relatively new here - just a few months, but have gone from buying one or two cigars a weekend to having a small humidor full of cigars -- as some people have said, bidding is addictive!

I recently got a great deal -- 5 Ghurka Dakar Churchill's for $ 10! I've also picked up quite a few RP Vintage at less than a third at my local cigar store. I'm finding by putting items on my watchlist and not going crazy I can find awesome deals on good sticks.

Liking this website a lot! I'm interested in hearing of any advice on getting great deals.

Greetings new friend... I'm tired from a very long weekend already, so I'm just gonna call you opel jr.... i too was initially enamored by all the gurkas i could get for a buck each... got a big cooler and had a few hundred sticks... fast forward a year and i realized nothing I'd bought from cbid was worth smoking...

It seems counterintuitive, but here's the absolute truth i wish I'd realized when i first started smoking... you'll be much, much happier buying those one or two cigars per weekend than you will trying every cigar you can get your hands on from cigar bid...

take that money you're blowing now and invest in a box of tatuaje monsters, or la flor dominicana digger maduros, or my father le bijous... or get a box of readily available Cubans! Do anything, really, other than becoming an everyday cigar smoker....
Whistlebritches Offline
#11 Posted: Sun, Aug 5 2018, 1:41 PM EST
Joined: 04-23-2006
Posts: 22,128
OPFTH has benefitted quite well over the years from my early CBID days.Just found about 100 more singles the other day that have probably 10 years + rest on them.I'll probably try a few and send the rest to the troops.
KingoftheCove Offline
#12 Posted: Sun, Aug 5 2018, 1:52 PM EST
Joined: 10-08-2011
Posts: 7,631
bgz wrote:
First off, you have to make people fear you... For your first few months you have to make a name for yourself by never letting anyone win.

You punish your adversaries into submission by not letting them win a damn thing that way when they see your initials...

They just know, do not f*** with that guy.

Then watch the deals start rolling in!

Shame on you
You're stealing my material...
bgz Offline
#13 Posted: Sun, Aug 5 2018, 2:01 PM EST
Joined: 07-29-2014
Posts: 13,023
lol wat?

Show me the source material :P

See noob? If you read it on the internets it's gotta be true!
ontrackp Offline
#14 Posted: Sun, Aug 5 2018, 6:12 PM EST
Joined: 06-27-2018
Posts: 46
Wow -- thanks for all the sage advice -- and yes, it is addictive, but I've limited myself to only buying 5 packs of cigars that I knew I had liked, up until the Ghurka's which I had never tried. I used to get the CAO mX2 at my local store but they haven't had them in a while so I picked up a 5 pack of those, and the RP's are ok - at CB prices they seem ok, but I would love to try some better cigars. . I plan to be more discerning and not let too many get backed up. I pretty much only smoke on weekends, but am enjoying cigars more and more!
KingoftheCove Offline
#15 Posted: Sun, Aug 5 2018, 6:27 PM EST
Joined: 10-08-2011
Posts: 7,631
bgz wrote:
lol wat?

Show me the source material :P

See noob? If you read it on the internets it's gotta be true!

Eh, attorney said my Copyright is no good......so you're off da hook.

I've used that spiel a few times in the past..............think I gave it to bitcoin a month ago or so...........he put me in my place though cause he's a man of many................many...............too many words.
Transplant Offline
#16 Posted: Sun, Aug 5 2018, 7:11 PM EST
Joined: 09-22-2016
Posts: 37
ontrackp wrote:
I'm relatively new here - just a few months, but have gone from buying one or two cigars a weekend to having a small humidor full of cigars -- as some people have said, bidding is addictive!

I recently got a great deal -- 5 Ghurka Dakar Churchill's for $ 10! I've also picked up quite a few RP Vintage at less than a third at my local cigar store. I'm finding by putting items on my watchlist and not going crazy I can find awesome deals on good sticks.

Liking this website a lot! I'm interested in hearing of any advice on getting great deals.

Patience, grasshopper. Target what you want, but if possible, have alternatives to your first choices.

One thing I wouldn't have said a year ago, but pay attention to the free fall auctions. In the past few months, I've seen several cases where the regular auctions sold at higher prices than the free falls. This past month more than half my purchases were free falls.

As for the anti-Gurkha bias, I'm not a fan (except for the Beauty), but if you like em, buy em and enjoy. RP makes lots of good cigars. Try some Carrillos, LaGlorias and Punches if you get a chance.
Pudding Mittens Offline
#17 Posted: Sun, Aug 5 2018, 11:49 PM EST
Joined: 08-15-2016
Posts: 1,291
opelmanta1900 wrote:
take that money you're blowing now and invest in a box of tatuaje monsters, or la flor dominicana digger maduros, or my father le bijous... or get a box of readily available Cubans! Do anything, really, other than becoming an everyday cigar smoker....


Keep in mind that not everyone has a high-performance palate, even after years of experience. My little group of cigar guys locally has one guy with a low-performance palate who's been smoking for 20 years, and he's just as happy with an "everyday" cigar as he is with a high-end one. He just can't tell the difference. Yes, many people's palates evolve from low-performance to high-performance, but many simply do not.

For those folks, "everyday cigars" dirt-cheap here are just the ticket. Forever.

I'm glad I'm not one of them, but my wallet isn't so glad.

Also keep in mind that even people who can appreciate high-quality cigars also may want a good amount of "everyday cigars" while doing things that distract them sufficiently so that they can't appreciate or don't notice the subtleties of high-quality cigars anyway.
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