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First win: CAO L'Anniversaire eXtreme Corona 5pk
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SwimNaked Offline
#1 Posted: Mon, Sep 15 2003, 5:06 PM EST
Joined: 09-15-2003
Posts: 530
I didn't even plan to be bidding on that one... Don't know if it was a good deal or not, but just over half store price. Anywho, I just thought I'd post and let everyone know that I'm officially in now.

Ok, say hello~
billyjackson Offline
#2 Posted: Mon, Sep 15 2003, 5:10 PM EST
Joined: 08-19-2002
Posts: 2,860
Good job. CAO extremes are damn good...any of their line is great in my opinion.

Welcome....

...and don't think you can stop at just one. Hell, you have to win $50 worth of smokes just so the shipping charge makes winning worth it.
SwimNaked Offline
#3 Posted: Mon, Sep 15 2003, 5:10 PM EST
Joined: 09-15-2003
Posts: 530
By the way, I've meant to ask: How are these shipped? I know the method (priority, etc), but I mean physically, how are they shipped? Leftover box or something? Ok thanks.

Also, how long should these rest before I smoke them. Yes, I know this has been asked and answered before... A week is what I seem to remember just to get them even, but past that for general aging? Would it be suitable for me to light one after it's rested, then age the rest? Right, I got it, do whatever I want to do... I'm asking for opinions.

Thanks. Yes I ramble.
TinMan51 Offline
#4 Posted: Mon, Sep 15 2003, 5:18 PM EST
Joined: 03-06-2003
Posts: 725
"Swim" C-Bid IMHO does a great job packing out of all that I have bought from them this year I have had only One little problem a couple of glass tubes got broken in a box of 1400cc's and a simple fast littl phone cal to customer service took care of it and I had a new Box a few days later..I have bought a few thousand dollars worth this year and that is the only shipping problem that I have had they are Great..And YES Of course you have to light up one of your first wins You have to..Hahahahahaha. TinMan
SwimNaked Offline
#5 Posted: Mon, Sep 15 2003, 5:23 PM EST
Joined: 09-15-2003
Posts: 530
As a first win celebration, I'm having an apple cinnamon bagel with cream cheese and melted Nutella. I invented that combination so don't get any ideas, but its dang good! Enjoy with milk.
dz130 Offline
#6 Posted: Mon, Sep 15 2003, 5:26 PM EST
Joined: 08-22-2003
Posts: 781
Congrats. and welcome from another newbie. Start planning on making your first coolerdor. Then, start building up your inventory for trades. I sent my first two out today. Everybody here is great, and very, very helpful. Anything for a new Brother Of The Leaf, just ask. Good Luck.

Doug
billyjackson Offline
#7 Posted: Mon, Sep 15 2003, 5:28 PM EST
Joined: 08-19-2002
Posts: 2,860
For just a 5pack, they will be in a CI ziploc in a box with some peanuts. You will pay $3.95 S/H for that one 5pack. More 5packs will only add .50 each to s/h if you get them shipped at one time. That's why it is a better value to actually win several 5packs and have them shipped on the same day (http://www.cigarbid.com/auction/program/help.cfm#shipping). I know I sound like I'm a sales rep for CBid, but the value of the deal diminishes if you only win 1 5pack.

At any rate...you still got some good smokes. Even if they are the only ones and you have to factor in $4 s/h to calculate the value...it's still probably better than picking them up locally.

Hope this helps.
Homebrew Offline
#8 Posted: Mon, Sep 15 2003, 5:33 PM EST
Joined: 02-11-2003
Posts: 11,885
What Billy said,
And Welcome Swim
Later
Dave (A.K.A. Homebrew)
SwimNaked Offline
#9 Posted: Mon, Sep 15 2003, 5:34 PM EST
Joined: 09-15-2003
Posts: 530
Definately better than picking them up locally. The only thing I'd have bought locally was a CAO Brazilia Samba, and that's too big for me.

Gotcha on the win-more-than-one-5-pack-for-shipping thing. I'll see what I can do. Don't have a lot to spend... Plus I have to get a cutter (planning on a Xicar). Humidor's fine for now, can make a coolerdor later if need be, but I doubt I'll need one, as I only smoke once or twice a week, and don't plan to change that.

Also, about all this trading and gifting... It's a bit striking to me. I'm used to trading cds (live music, legally), but not cigars. This is very interesting.
SwimNaked Offline
#10 Posted: Mon, Sep 15 2003, 5:39 PM EST
Joined: 09-15-2003
Posts: 530
In reply to winning more than one for shipping reasons:

CAO Box-Pressed Tubo #1 Maduro (5-Pack)

I just won that too, so that's two 5 packs, which would be enough cigars for me to smoke for 2 months.

Ok, that's all from me for a while... gotta stick my nose in a Modern Physics book for a while.
E-Chick Offline
#11 Posted: Mon, Sep 15 2003, 6:17 PM EST
Joined: 06-15-2002
Posts: 4,877
Welcome and send me one of the sticks! They are up in my top 10 (or so)...yummy-yum-yum!

Marla
E-Chick Offline
#12 Posted: Mon, Sep 15 2003, 6:18 PM EST
Joined: 06-15-2002
Posts: 4,877
Oh, and, SWIMnaked...oh hell...I like to do everything NAKED!

Great screenname...
Homebrew Offline
#13 Posted: Mon, Sep 15 2003, 6:22 PM EST
Joined: 02-11-2003
Posts: 11,885
What Kind of shows do you trade????
Dead???? Phish????? Panic???? Stringcheese???? Or mainly more regional bands????
By the way where do you go to school?????
Just Curious???
Later
Dave (A.K.A. Homebrew)
billyjackson Offline
#14 Posted: Mon, Sep 15 2003, 6:35 PM EST
Joined: 08-19-2002
Posts: 2,860
"I like to do everything NAKED! "

Dammit Marla...quit doing that to me!!!

And who is Mike?
SwimNaked Offline
#15 Posted: Mon, Sep 15 2003, 7:18 PM EST
Joined: 09-15-2003
Posts: 530
Homebrew, I have a little of tons of stuff... here's what's on my computer at the moment:

1.08gb abb1993-06-24.shnf
382mb acdc1976-04-12
543mb ani difranco_2002-10-20.shnf
632mb Audioslave 03-22-03
354mb bbragg2002-06-29.shnf
702mb beck2000-05-02.shnf
615mb benfolds1998-06-14.shnf
539mb bh1997-06-21.shnf
63 mb bmelon93-01-08
255mb bmelon94-03-17.shnf
347mb bmelon-stingme.shnf
511mb bmw80-09-23
534mb brighteyes2002-09-26.shnf
548mb coldplay2003-1-25
1.04gb d+t2003-03-29.shnf
1.00gb d+t2003-04-04.at853s.shn
586mb djlogic2002-02-07.shnf
352mb dm1992-09-11.dsbd.shnf
117mb dm1996-06-03.sbd.shnf
584mb dmb1994-10-06.shnf
857mb dmb1997-06-08.shnf
884mb dmb2000-06-23.shnf
906mb dmb2000-09-16.shnf
863mb dmb2000-12-11.shnf
868mb dmb2000-12-12.shnf
758mb dmb2000-12-16.shnf
769mb dmb2001-04-29.shnf
837mb dmb2001-05-11.shnf
895mb dmb2001-05-12.shnf
909mb dmb2001-05-15.shnf
964mb dmb2001-05-18.shnf
845mb dmb2001-05-22.shnf
937mb dmb2001-06-11.shnf
1.09gb dmb2001-08-03.shnf
773mb dmb2002-04-04.shnf
928mb dmb2002-04-12.shnf
947mb dmb2002-07-26.shnf
942mb dmb2003-06-20.at853
951mb dmb2003-07-03.mc012.shnf
935mb dmb2003-07-05.ck61.shnf
274mb ds1979-04-01.shnf
373mb ds1988-06-11.shn
700mb dtb1996-03-02.shnf
430mb dtb1998-02-13.shnf
665mb dtb2002-02-01.shnf
798mb GC&PFA2003-08-15.shnf
1.11gb gd85-6-30.shnf
626mb glen2003-08-01.c42mp.shnf
434mb harper2002-05-25.shnf
148mb HendrixApt68
578mb IronMaiden1984-12-19.shnf
439mb ja_1989-01-13.shnf
730mb jbt2002-03-05.shnf
729mb jimi1968-10-10.shnf
769mb jimi1968-10-11.shnf
751mb jimi1968-10-12.shnf
178mb jjohnsonkfog2002-02-13.shnf
437mb jt1972-01-21
551mb kg2002-11-15.shnf
556mb KW2003-05-16
515mb lanois2003-05-21.shnf
493mb lanois2003-05-23.dpa4022.shnf
705mb lf1999-08-05.shnf
585mb moe2003-06-08
441mb nmas2001-06-09.flac
737mb oar2002-02-26.shnf
847mb oar2003-03-13.shnf
526mb particle2003-03-19.shnf
294mb paulsimon1999-09-06.shnf
616mb PF1972-09-22...SHTWTR...shnf
408mb PG2001-07-22
489mb primus1998-12-31.shnf
312mb Randy Newman 1974-11-04 The Record Plant, Sausalito CA
698mb RH01-08-07.DNK.shnf
386mb rhett miller - 11-24-02
536mb sonvolt1998-10-01
311mb soulive2000-09-12.shnf
469mb SPR2001_08_12SHNF
193mb thomyorke2002-10-26.shnf
204mb thomyorke2002-10-27.shnf
545mb toad1991-12-21.asbd.shnf
485mb U22000-12-05 matrix
494mb um1999-02-06.shnf
1.00gb um2000-02-04.shnf
560mb um2000-09-09.shnf
973mb um2000-10-31.shnf
741mb um2001-02-03.shnf
932mb um2001-02-17sbd.shnf
606mb um2001-03-16.shnf
1.01gb um2001-05-12.shnf
442mb um2001-07-05.shnf
1.19gb um2001-12-31.shnf
1.00gb um2002-01-25matrix.shnf
869mb um2003-01-23.shnf
974mb um2003-01-25.shnf
798mb um2003-02-06.shnf
899mb um2003-03-30.shnf
760mb um2003-07-02.matrix.shnf
709mb um2003-07-04.shnf
898mb um2003-08-16.shnf
892mb vwooten2003-01-17.shnf
397mb zwan2001-12-14.flac
678mb zwan2003-01-25.flac16

I guess you know what most of the initials stand for and all. Any questions feel free to ask. And if you want to trade some good sticks for a show or two, then I'd surely work it out...those are all in .shn format if you need to know... google knows what I'm talking about.

Do you trade shows?

Anyway... Sorry for the length of this post.
SwimNaked Offline
#16 Posted: Mon, Sep 15 2003, 7:19 PM EST
Joined: 09-15-2003
Posts: 530
But that's not even a third of what I have. Probably 500 to 1000 discs worth. About 400 shows.
usahog Offline
#17 Posted: Mon, Sep 15 2003, 7:21 PM EST
Joined: 12-06-1999
Posts: 22,691
Swim you ain't Official until you Been Hubcaped!!!!
LMAO!!!!!!


Hog
SwimNaked Offline
#18 Posted: Mon, Sep 15 2003, 7:23 PM EST
Joined: 09-15-2003
Posts: 530
Ok, tell me what that means or I'm kickin' yer ars...

(kidding... of course.., but what does that mean?)
billyjackson Offline
#19 Posted: Mon, Sep 15 2003, 7:26 PM EST
Joined: 08-19-2002
Posts: 2,860
naked,

got any black crowes?

mrbillyjackson
hotmail
SwimNaked Offline
#20 Posted: Tue, Sep 16 2003, 3:23 AM EST
Joined: 09-15-2003
Posts: 530
No black crowes, sorry. You would go and pick the one band I don't have.... :)
al'Thor Offline
#21 Posted: Tue, Sep 16 2003, 8:33 AM EST
Joined: 06-17-2003
Posts: 2,793
Welcome SN and Congrats! Looks like you have good taste! Check out the trades board and jump in! There's plenty of great guys here to help you out and enjoy good times with!

Ethan
knof7393 Offline
#22 Posted: Tue, Sep 16 2003, 12:47 PM EST
Joined: 05-27-2003
Posts: 77
Yes welcome naked, since CAO eXtreme Coronas are also on my top 10, well maybe top 5 list. Anyways, you will begin to smoke more and buy more, cause this is a little addicting.

PS, when you get sick of CAO's, you can always send them to me for an appropriate burial!!!

Keith
SwimNaked Offline
#23 Posted: Tue, Sep 16 2003, 1:09 PM EST
Joined: 09-15-2003
Posts: 530
Yeah I can see how this site would be addictive. But I'm pretty tight-fisted (monetarily, that is) and so I think I'll probably smoke about as much as usual..

Doubt I'll be sending any of the CAOs your way buddy, but thanks for the very generous offer~

And about the trade board... I currently have 3 cigars, so I doubt I'll be much for trading for a while. Of course I do have the 10 I won incoming, but I imagine I'd rather just reap the rewards of those on my own.

But I'll check it out. I'm not sure how it works, and thusly wouldn't want to get too involved, cause I don't want to rip anyone off.
SwimNaked Offline
#24 Posted: Tue, Sep 16 2003, 5:59 PM EST
Joined: 09-15-2003
Posts: 530
Just another quick message here... I today made my first purchase on CI... I bought an Xi2 cutter (the cutter I have is absolute crap) along with a 12 sampler (CAO flavours) and the Mayorga coffee infused tin (Kenyan AA). Yeah, so I'm willing to try the flavoured cigars, maybe I'll like them, maybe I won't. Either way I'll know. And I've got some CAO extreme and #1 Box pressed tubos on the way, so I'm happy on non-flava-flav cigars too... This will offically be more cigars than I've ever had at one time. And I'm ok with that.

The weather's cool, the cigars should be here sometime soon (I hope)... maybe I'll get some matches (if I understand the process properly...).

Still don't know about the hubcap, however.
E-Chick Offline
#25 Posted: Wed, Sep 17 2003, 8:08 AM EST
Joined: 06-15-2002
Posts: 4,877
Nakie,

Go here for explanations:

http://www.cigarbid.com/...geDisplay=0000000011406

Or here for pic:

http://www.cigarbid.com/...geDisplay=0000000007633

He's a legend in our own minds...and our psuedo mascot.
SwimNaked Offline
#26 Posted: Wed, Sep 17 2003, 2:27 PM EST
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Posts: 530
Thanks E-chick.
SwimNaked Offline
#27 Posted: Wed, Sep 17 2003, 7:07 PM EST
Joined: 09-15-2003
Posts: 530
Man my CB stuff hasn't even shipped and I'm already getting antsy...

And the CI stuff just shipped today...

Darn, and I was hoping for something this weekend. Oh well.
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