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arwings Offline
#1 Posted: Mon, May 19 2003, 6:28 PM EST
Joined: 02-09-2003
Posts: 950
I'm a newbie to the board but I've been reading it for a few months. My initial question is, "How do you guys control yourself?" I find myself bidding on lots that I don't really need because I already have four humidors and two Igloos filled with cigars. I smoke only about 2-3 cigars per day since I work in a smoke-free environment (who doesn't nowadays?) but I can't seem to stop bidding on this damn web site. Never been addicted to anything before in my life, but I can't seem to stop buying cigars. Anybody wrestled with this, please share your secret of control. Thanks for any imput.

A LTC in the Air National Guard who should know better.

(P.S. Thank God my significant other has no idea how much I am spending each week on cigars.)
SteveS Offline
#2 Posted: Mon, May 19 2003, 6:48 PM EST
Joined: 01-13-2002
Posts: 8,751
I can't believe you're not flooded with response ... most of us either ARE or HAVE BEEN where you're at right now ... but it's no problem, really ... hitting the limit on your card will do it if nothing else does ...
xibbumbero Offline
#3 Posted: Mon, May 19 2003, 7:35 PM EST
Joined: 01-25-2002
Posts: 12,535
Another soul crosses over to the Dark Side. BTW,there is no hope...BWAHAHAHAHAH. X
deadeyedick Offline
#4 Posted: Mon, May 19 2003, 9:00 PM EST
Joined: 03-13-2003
Posts: 17,120
Yes, and for a PAM or two your "significant other" will never hear about it from me. ;-)

DED
CigarNewb Offline
#5 Posted: Mon, May 19 2003, 10:26 PM EST
Joined: 04-24-2003
Posts: 127
…bidding on lots you dont need? What do you mean don’t need? Of course you need it!!, I need it!! we all need it!! I HAVE to have it!!! GIMME GIMME GIMME!! …

(hanging head in shame)
I may not be the best person to ask about control…

Only been here a month and a week and I have 4 humis and a coolerdor… Someone please help me...

JonR Offline
#6 Posted: Tue, May 20 2003, 1:39 AM EST
Joined: 02-19-2002
Posts: 9,740
Yo arwings : Self-Control.. S E L F - C O N T R O L.. Yeah that's the ticket, I am the master of my mind. I set a $200.00 a month limit on C-Bid. Last month I spent er let me see ( JonR looks at Aprils C-Bid invoices, gasps + chokes ) er there must have been an error in addition, er let me look at this months invoices ( Mother of Mercy I need some serious help ) er arwings you have a nice day and I'll get back to you later yeah that's the ticket later . JonR
JustDanD Offline
#7 Posted: Tue, May 20 2003, 2:34 AM EST
Joined: 02-27-2003
Posts: 748
welcome to the board. Stay on the forum side. Don't give in to the temptations of the bidding side. That way leads only to sweaterdors and high credit card bills. NEVER go to the bidding side. Just hang around here and post messages.. while I bid on all the things your aren't competing for.
Dan
Lowman Offline
#8 Posted: Tue, May 20 2003, 3:49 AM EST
Joined: 12-03-2002
Posts: 6,982
Come into the light... All are welcome, in the light...

Welcome aboard wings... Enjoy your stay.

Low
octowings Offline
#9 Posted: Tue, May 20 2003, 4:39 AM EST
Joined: 10-22-2002
Posts: 390
All kidding asside, you'll learn
to cotroll yourself. It took me a
while!

...octo
hoagie55 Offline
#10 Posted: Tue, May 20 2003, 4:40 AM EST
Joined: 03-01-2003
Posts: 909
Try taking it one week at a time. When you make it thru the first week, then the temptation lessens and you can make it a second week, then a third week. You now have self control. Then and only then should you go over to the other side, that and when there is a particular item you are looking for.
Fatshotbud Offline
#11 Posted: Tue, May 20 2003, 4:41 AM EST
Joined: 03-31-2003
Posts: 782
We have a good twelve step program if you are interested. The first step is to admit that you have the addiction. Second step - clear your environment of all temptation. Third step is to disconnect yourself from the triggers which compel you to buy. The fourth step is to partake in healthy activities that are are not associated with the evil little devils. The next step is...pardon me while I light up (puff,puff)...humm what's this? No bids on the box of Excalibur III? I'll lay out $30 to start! Let's see where was I? Step five is to... what the heck who upped the bid to $36!!! Sorry I will have to get back to you on the other steps, got to teach this guy a lesson!!!! Yeah $40 IN YOUR FACE SUCKER...
What do you mean compulsive???
rmarrandino Offline
#12 Posted: Tue, May 20 2003, 4:53 AM EST
Joined: 12-07-2002
Posts: 893
You can't beat it, so don't fight it. Just keep bidding.
rasdas Offline
#13 Posted: Tue, May 20 2003, 5:37 AM EST
Joined: 03-13-2003
Posts: 4,716
If you figure it out...let us know...

RasDas
tonester666 Offline
#14 Posted: Tue, May 20 2003, 6:01 AM EST
Joined: 05-07-2003
Posts: 1,324
I have only been using the site for 3 weeks and have the same problem. To comabt this I login once a day and place a bid on any item I really like or want to try. Then I never go back to those items. I never up the original amount(I do use autobid). As previously stated it is all Self Control. Good Luck and BTW if you have too many feel free to send em my way. I'll be constructing a coolerdor nextweek.
gerber Offline
#15 Posted: Tue, May 20 2003, 6:23 AM EST
Joined: 10-30-2002
Posts: 783
I am in the midst of a self-imposed moratorium on all bidding for a month, owing to a bit too much enthusiasm the past few weeks. It is a lonely vigil. All the more so, since I finished constructing my first tuppador, and now have lots of extra room to fill. Oh well, next month is coming!!
Robby Offline
#16 Posted: Tue, May 20 2003, 6:34 AM EST
Joined: 10-30-2002
Posts: 5,067
my secret is my wife... If mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy...
JustDanD Offline
#17 Posted: Tue, May 20 2003, 7:02 AM EST
Joined: 02-27-2003
Posts: 748
I tried enlisting my wife's help to stop bidding. Told her to tell me NOT to bid anymore. First thing that I wanted she said, "If you want it, go ahead and get it." Well she SAID I could and she brings in half the money!! I wonder if the mortgage company will take cigars instead of my payment?
billreif Offline
#18 Posted: Tue, May 20 2003, 7:24 AM EST
Joined: 03-02-2003
Posts: 1,430
I'm in the same boat,
Who needs more than $2,000.00
worth of cigars?
captainfudgie Offline
#19 Posted: Tue, May 20 2003, 11:59 AM EST
Joined: 06-23-2002
Posts: 191
The method that I have learned to apply is to make alot
of bids but to low-ball the price so that you win very
few. In order to soothe the savage beast it is necessary to make the bid close enough that you have some chance of winning but rarely do. You will not get your fix if you make unrealistic low bids. Of course this method only takes the edge off and it is necessary to win occasionally to keep this method effective. It also helps if you discover some less expensive brands that you like and stay away from the
Fuentes and Bucaneros. That way it keeps your debt manageable and hopefully stops the Misses from searching the Yellow Pages for a Divorce Lawyer.
jdrabinski Offline
#20 Posted: Tue, May 20 2003, 12:32 PM EST
Joined: 08-16-2002
Posts: 794
Warning: do not engage in the game of finding the best prices on Cuban cigars. THAT is another level of this pit of addiction, one that adds up fast.

On the other hand, the boxes are pretty and the smokes are elite.

John
Steve*R Offline
#21 Posted: Tue, May 20 2003, 2:26 PM EST
Joined: 07-23-2001
Posts: 1,858
To combat the obsessive compulsive disorder you must take two steps.

1. Before you bid, ask yourself, "Do I need these cigars or do I want to win an auction?

2. Never carry over charges on the credit card that was used to buy cigars. Pay all charges in full when the bill arrives.
choner Offline
#22 Posted: Tue, May 20 2003, 2:33 PM EST
Joined: 02-04-2003
Posts: 876
Just smoke BadFrogs all day. That will save ya some cash. I got 15 for a buck. But never outbid RickMaven for them. He'll send his goons after you.

choner
BMW Offline
#23 Posted: Tue, May 20 2003, 2:58 PM EST
Joined: 10-21-2000
Posts: 3,010
You're all doomed to a life long pleasure of burning your money a little at a time, enjoy the ride.

Barry
rmarrandino Offline
#24 Posted: Wed, May 21 2003, 6:18 AM EST
Joined: 12-07-2002
Posts: 893
Help!!! I just put in 14 new bids.


Please stop me.....................
docrks Offline
#25 Posted: Wed, May 21 2003, 2:30 PM EST
Joined: 03-03-2003
Posts: 2,708
There are a few guys I know from here in Jersey that will for a few bucks plus expenses come over to your place and beat you sensless. This will force you to experience a withdrawl from your addiction while you come around and keep the prices lower for the rest of us who can control ourselves.

But yours is not an unusual situation. We all have TOO MANY CIGARS - take a lesson from the wise words of our friend Robby - smoke the good stuff and enjoy the experience. And trading is a great adventure and a superb way to meet Brothers of the Leaf.
Robby Offline
#26 Posted: Wed, May 21 2003, 2:52 PM EST
Joined: 10-30-2002
Posts: 5,067
In fact, I rearranged the bottom of the ploomidoor tonight and dug out a camacho corojo figurado with about a year and a half on it. Can't remember for sure and I don't write the dates on the boxes like I should. It smells like a cross between leather and sex. I'm going to smoke it in another hour or so on the porch after the movie Adaptation. Curled up with the damn spreadsheet I thought I had nailed last night, but the requirements changed... So I thought if I'm going to be up late working, I midas well enjoy myself!
[email protected] Offline
#27 Posted: Wed, May 21 2003, 4:01 PM EST
Joined: 01-25-2002
Posts: 9,719
.... only four humi's and how many igloos ?

... what a lightweight ...

LOL
cwilhelmi Offline
#28 Posted: Wed, May 21 2003, 4:49 PM EST
Joined: 07-24-2001
Posts: 2,739
I just bid on another box, damn I'm stupid!! But they're so tasty!!
Robby Offline
#29 Posted: Wed, May 21 2003, 6:05 PM EST
Joined: 10-30-2002
Posts: 5,067
I was going to put a bid on those Serie R #7 madies, but I held it. resisted...
cwilhelmi Offline
#30 Posted: Wed, May 21 2003, 7:24 PM EST
Joined: 07-24-2001
Posts: 2,739
how long will your resolve last???
wer Offline
#31 Posted: Thu, May 22 2003, 4:56 AM EST
Joined: 02-13-2003
Posts: 1,633
Welcome.

Yeah, I bought two more coolers last night. I think getting the weekly brown box fix in the mail is nearly as addictive as the cigars and the bidding. Oh well, who needs a clothes closet when you can store cigars in there anyway.
dbguru Offline
#32 Posted: Thu, May 22 2003, 2:41 PM EST
Joined: 03-06-2002
Posts: 1,300
Bidding addiction, Cigar addiction. Been there, still there, think I always stay there (it's too much fun!!) but my advice is definitely don't use credit!! Only bid on what you really like and set limits. I've purchased several hundred on cbid this last year, but only on brands I like and an occassional sampler to try something new. Good luck on controlling you addiction !! And perhaps if you and others can get it under control, then I wont have so many bids to compete against!!!!!
DB
Homebrew Offline
#33 Posted: Thu, May 22 2003, 6:22 PM EST
Joined: 02-11-2003
Posts: 11,885
2 words,
DEBIT CARD
Later
Dave
ErikVines Offline
#34 Posted: Fri, May 23 2003, 12:18 PM EST
Joined: 01-02-2003
Posts: 25
It is hard to stop. The only solution I've found is to stop visiting the board on a daily basis. I check here now every few days and then I stay away from the auctions...I come straight to the boards. I've also been spending more time smoking and less time buying...that seems to help.:)
AZ-Ron Offline
#35 Posted: Sun, May 25 2003, 10:19 AM EST
Joined: 05-10-2003
Posts: 469
I am so happy to find out that I am not the only one with this affliction. I was so ashamed... BUT NOW.... I find out I am normal.... coooool
Ron
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