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Bid to Win Changes
SeaCoast Offline
#1 Posted:
Joined: 03-04-2003
Posts: 83
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i'm a long time customer and quite possibly have the largest dollar volume of anyone on CB who is buying cigars ONLY for personal consumption. my running CB Total is about $34,000 (not a misprint).... and it's on the verge of going to $0.

i'm getting sick of the CB squeezing for more cash and changing the rules at MY/OUR expense. i'm still very unhappy with the shipping changed from Standard UPS to UPS Sure Post. My shipments formerly arrived in about two days... now i pay UPS an extra fee for standard shipping and it still takes four days. NEWS FLASH TO CIGAR BID... I'M THE ONE PAYING FOR SHIPPING, NOT YOU.

Secondly... i hate (as in HATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) the Free Fall scam... yeah, i said it... scam. CB is an AUCTION site... not a video game where we try to beat the clock by clicking on a price. Read your own promotion tag... "America's #1 Online Cigar AUCTION" site. i'm not here to play a Carnival game run by carnies... and Free Fall is in the exact same category. Say it with me... We are an AUCTION site.

Finally... the most recent scam is the Bid to Win changes that i've noticed. i just bid on a lot that had 6 units. All six units distributed to five different people (obviously one person had bid on and was winning 2 units). ONLY ONE of the units was at $11.00 and the Bid to Win was $11.50 (the other 5 units were at $9.50 to $10.50). The Bid to Win IS NOT $11.50... IT'S STILL $11 and isn't increased until ALL units have reached $11... right?? when did this little morsel get changed??


Palama Offline
#2 Posted:
Joined: 02-05-2013
Posts: 23,461
SeaCoast wrote:
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i'm a long time customer and quite possibly have the largest dollar volume of anyone on CB who is buying cigars ONLY for personal consumption. my running CB Total is about $34,000 (not a misprint).... and it's on the verge of going to $0.

i'm getting sick of the CB squeezing for more cash and changing the rules at MY/OUR expense. i'm still very unhappy with the shipping changed from Standard UPS to UPS Sure Post. My shipments formerly arrived in about two days... now i pay UPS an extra fee for standard shipping and it still takes four days. NEWS FLASH TO CIGAR BID... I'M THE ONE PAYING FOR SHIPPING, NOT YOU.

Secondly... i hate (as in HATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) the Free Fall scam... yeah, i said it... scam. CB is an AUCTION site... not a video game where we try to beat the clock by clicking on a price. Read your own promotion tag... "America's #1 Online Cigar AUCTION" site. i'm not here to play a Carnival game run by carnies... and Free Fall is in the exact same category. Say it with me... We are an AUCTION site.

Finally... the most recent scam is the Bid to Win changes that i've noticed. i just bid on a lot that had 6 units. All six units distributed to five different people (obviously one person had bid on and was winning 2 units). ONLY ONE of the units was at $11.00 and the Bid to Win was $11.50 (the other 5 units were at $9.50 to $10.50). The Bid to Win IS NOT $11.50... IT'S STILL $11 and isn't increased until ALL units have reached $11... right?? when did this little morsel get changed??




A little over $2K per year over 16 years huh? Thanks for helping to keep the lights on! ThumpUp
KingoftheCove Offline
#3 Posted:
Joined: 10-08-2011
Posts: 7,600
First......you spend $166/mo on cigars here.
That doesn't make you a major player here, so La Princessa will not be impressed...........just sayin.

Second......shipping prices and policies have been fubar here for years, and the other place has always been better....so...nothing new there.

Free Fall........it is what it is, and always has been..........BUT.....since the introduction of the new web site, there are now typically 600 or more items on FF, compared to MAYBE 100 in da olden days. That said, there are a handful of decent items on FF, where the reset is LOWER than the typical winning bid price from the regular auction.

Remember, losing a bid is a sign of weakness.
tonygraz Offline
#4 Posted:
Joined: 08-11-2008
Posts: 20,175
I think sea cruise is just getting warmed up for the sales tax being added to the orders soon. I think he wants us to send him size 7 shoes - bigfoot he ain't. 64 posts in 15 years- he complains a lot ?
ZRX1200 Offline
#5 Posted:
Joined: 07-08-2007
Posts: 60,476
Wouldn't have these issues if you were a Platinum member.
Speyside Offline
#6 Posted:
Joined: 03-16-2015
Posts: 13,106
WGF?
bgz Offline
#7 Posted:
Joined: 07-29-2014
Posts: 13,023
lol, this guy thinks he's the only one that drops over $150 a month on cigars.

That's special.

Hell, Rah spends more than that sitting on the toilet.

Edit:

I'm one to talk, I just dropped $150 just now while yelling at my kid to go to bed.
ZRX1200 Offline
#8 Posted:
Joined: 07-08-2007
Posts: 60,476
You know how much I've gotten in my RD in Sheffield OH account 😂
24132413 Offline
#9 Posted:
Joined: 01-25-2017
Posts: 555
bgz wrote:
lol, this guy thinks he's the only one that drops over $150 a month on cigars.

That's special.

Hell, Rah spends more than that sitting on the toilet.

Edit:

I'm one to talk, I just dropped $150 just now while yelling at my kid to go to bed.




.....YOU KNOW IT!!! I figured my average from 2009 to 2015 alone was about $570 A MONTH! Who knows exactly how much before or since. I admit this year and last what I spend here is WAY DOWN! Mainly because of lousy prices on AVERAGE cigars and a SERIOUS lack of selection. Oh, and YES, I do mastermind my auction attack on the can DAILY! BigGrin BigGrin BigGrin BigGrin BigGrin

ORDER HISTORY
Order # Confirmation # Status Order Total Date
1008500716 CB020085397 Shipped $70.96 6/13/2018
1008412598 CB020080487 Shipped $68.37 6/6/2018
1008253581 CB020071719 Shipped $60.36 5/24/2018
1007774677 CB020046078 Shipped $84.26 4/18/2018
1007434748 CB020029102 Shipped $228.55 3/22/2018
1007362087 CB020025889 Shipped $119.35 3/16/2018
1007192055 CB020017477 Shipped $257.57 3/5/2018
1006864617 CB020004206 Shipped $631.97 2/8/2018
1006341930 CB6740190 Shipped $303.64 1/11/2018
1006037099 CB6712987 Shipped $459.93 12/27/2017
1005818201 CB6688854 Shipped $152.05 12/14/2017
1005553662 CB6654578 Shipped $303.37 11/29/2017
1005401689 CB6637312 Shipped $104.88 11/22/2017
1005254300 CB6621550 Shipped $153.91 11/16/2017
1004875592 CB6573470 Shipped $509.81 10/25/2017
1004088894 CB6516533 Shipped $457.91 9/28/2017
1003613097 CB6465621 Shipped $328.81 9/5/2017
1003237189 CB6412447 Shipped $101.18 8/11/2017
1003201377 CB6405767 Shipped $112.52 8/8/2017
1001482433 CB6209857 Shipped $105.95 4/11/2017
1000300295 CB6155812 Shipped $240.30 3/6/2017

Herfing BigGrin
tonygraz Offline
#10 Posted:
Joined: 08-11-2008
Posts: 20,175
24132413 wrote:
Oh, and YES, I do mastermind my auction attack on the can DAILY!


That explains a lot.
bgz Offline
#11 Posted:
Joined: 07-29-2014
Posts: 13,023
lmao!
midmofan Offline
#12 Posted:
Joined: 04-25-2014
Posts: 1,108
The Freefall auctions are not a scam. They are, however, a bit of an annoying gimmick. They are also where some of the best deals have been on here since the big website change. No doubt, they get a lot of "cell-phone-clickers" to buy for more than they could, but its not that big of a deal for me to be at my office desk while having to sit through a long conference call, watching the FF's cycle through several times to see what the lowest price really will be.

Grabbed a bundle Don Pepin Blues that way on FF which went for $3 per before shipping last week. Those go for $11 at the B&M near here . I have been picking up a number of singles since then to add to the order. As someone said in the "best score" thread, there has been a lot of good deals on singles - assuming you are already placing an order so that its 25 cents shipping. Grabbed a number of A.J. selections for $1 per and some Olivas for $2 each as well as some I just always wanted to try out, with single auctions over the weekend. Even with adding a quarter to them for shipping, its a pretty good deal. It is strange though, some nights there is nobody bidding on singles, some nights the prices are ridiculous.

In all, I have bought enough so that I am going to get a nice package of good cigars that I know I enjoy, as well as a few I have just wanted to sample before buying a bundle, for well under $3 each even with the shipping. IF the OP would rather go to the local cigar store and pay $10 or so for each for those, he won't have a bidding or shipping problem.

Everyone here knows that for the higher-end cigars, there are now often better places to shop online and a few places that have periodic deals on good smokes (OMB III's anyone???) that beat what you can get them for here. But this is still a fine place to stock up on good cigars for much less than you would pay retail.
bs_kwaj Offline
#13 Posted:
Joined: 02-13-2006
Posts: 5,214

I'm thinkin' that there might be other online places to buy cigars...

I'll have to check and get back on that...

Beer
midmofan Offline
#14 Posted:
Joined: 04-25-2014
Posts: 1,108
bs_kwaj wrote:
I'm thinkin' that there might be other online places to buy cigars...

I'll have to check and get back on that...

Beer


We were just kidding! There are NO other online places to buy cigars!!!!! Only here can you get them.!!!!!

Look closely at the watch, closely, closely. Your eyes are getting heavy....
Blink
Ruby Offline
#15 Posted:
Joined: 02-24-2016
Posts: 116
bgz wrote:
lol, this guy thinks he's the only one that drops over $150 a month on cigars.

That's special.

Hell, Rah spends more than that sitting on the toilet.

Edit:

I'm one to talk, I just dropped $150 just now while yelling at my kid to go to bed.



I'm staying off Rah's toilet. My mom told me you can catch all kinds of things from those things!
Ruby Offline
#16 Posted:
Joined: 02-24-2016
Posts: 116
24132413 wrote:
.....YOU KNOW IT!!! I figured my average from 2009 to 2015 alone was about $570 A MONTH! Who knows exactly how much before or since. I admit this year and last what I spend here is WAY DOWN! Mainly because of lousy prices on AVERAGE cigars and a SERIOUS lack of selection. Oh, and YES, I do mastermind my auction attack on the can DAILY! BigGrin BigGrin BigGrin BigGrin BigGrin

ORDER HISTORY
Order # Confirmation # Status Order Total Date
1008500716 CB020085397 Shipped $70.96 6/13/2018
1008412598 CB020080487 Shipped $68.37 6/6/2018
1008253581 CB020071719 Shipped $60.36 5/24/2018
1007774677 CB020046078 Shipped $84.26 4/18/2018
1007434748 CB020029102 Shipped $228.55 3/22/2018
1007362087 CB020025889 Shipped $119.35 3/16/2018
1007192055 CB020017477 Shipped $257.57 3/5/2018
1006864617 CB020004206 Shipped $631.97 2/8/2018
1006341930 CB6740190 Shipped $303.64 1/11/2018
1006037099 CB6712987 Shipped $459.93 12/27/2017
1005818201 CB6688854 Shipped $152.05 12/14/2017
1005553662 CB6654578 Shipped $303.37 11/29/2017
1005401689 CB6637312 Shipped $104.88 11/22/2017
1005254300 CB6621550 Shipped $153.91 11/16/2017
1004875592 CB6573470 Shipped $509.81 10/25/2017
1004088894 CB6516533 Shipped $457.91 9/28/2017
1003613097 CB6465621 Shipped $328.81 9/5/2017
1003237189 CB6412447 Shipped $101.18 8/11/2017
1003201377 CB6405767 Shipped $112.52 8/8/2017
1001482433 CB6209857 Shipped $105.95 4/11/2017
1000300295 CB6155812 Shipped $240.30 3/6/2017

Herfing BigGrin




Seacoast works for the IRS and you just made his job easy. Get your check book ready to pay those back taxes!
corey sellers Offline
#17 Posted:
Joined: 08-21-2011
Posts: 10,338
Never mind y'all have said it enough already

You are not the only one bidding on smokes

Pudding Mittens Offline
#18 Posted:
Joined: 08-15-2016
Posts: 1,291
SeaCoast wrote:
my running CB Total is about $34,000 (not a misprint)....

Lightweight! Only 34K life total, that's supposed to be a lot and impress us? Guess again!

Add another zero or something, if you want to get into "not a misprint" land, son.
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Thunder.Gerbil Offline
#19 Posted:
Joined: 11-02-2006
Posts: 121,359
Hi SeaCoast,

So sorry for your troubles with the site, if you could please send a description of the errors you experienced to our software team, they can look into it. Send them a PM at the username "MACS" and they will get right on it.

Thanks for helping us make this a better experience for everyone.
frankj1 Offline
#20 Posted:
Joined: 02-08-2007
Posts: 44,211
Thunder.Gerbil wrote:
Hi SeaCoast,

So sorry for your troubles with the site, if you could please send a description of the errors you experienced to our software team, they can look into it. Send them a PM at the username "MACS" and they will get right on it.

Thanks for helping us make this a better experience for everyone.

every once in a while, when the world seems to be engulfed in gray clouds, a ray of sunshine wheedles its way through the morass of despair and the prospect of hope is rekindled from the ashes.

Thunder.Gerbil, you, sir, are like that ray of sunshine, like that Phoenix rising from the ashes, offering hope where there was none for a world in which cheap cigars may be obtained without...dare I say it...shenanigans.

Thank you for your service.
bikrtrsh Offline
#21 Posted:
Joined: 01-29-2009
Posts: 134
Applause Applause Applause Applause Applause

Well said
victor809 Offline
#22 Posted:
Joined: 10-14-2011
Posts: 23,866
Yeah... MACS is the Moderation And Customer Service system....

PMing your problem through the MACS system will route it to the most relevant customer service representative....
DrafterX Offline
#23 Posted:
Joined: 10-18-2005
Posts: 98,508
Laugh
corey sellers Offline
#24 Posted:
Joined: 08-21-2011
Posts: 10,338
Applause
Salmoneye Offline
#25 Posted:
Joined: 01-18-2011
Posts: 163
I feel so used...

zitotczito Offline
#26 Posted:
Joined: 08-21-2006
Posts: 6,441
This got me thinking so I looked up my account and here it is for the last two years:

1008892268 CB020110287 Shipped $214.60 7/17/2018
1008801628 CB020105064 Shipped $157.89 7/10/2018
1008652629 CB020094656 Shipped $221.49 6/26/2018
1008482762 CB020084846 Shipped $43.94 6/12/2018
1008311102 CB020074347 Shipped $127.15 5/29/2018
1008224657 CB020069057 Shipped $444.09 5/22/2018
1008132006 CB020064739 Shipped $255.94 5/15/2018
1007105314 CB020015178 Shipped $108.60 2/27/2018
1006917995 CB020006979 Shipped $67.31 2/13/2018
1006292499 CB6736435 Shipped $137.75 1/9/2018
1006164503 CB6723653 Shipped $109.65 1/2/2018
1006021751 CB6711249 Shipped $68.85 12/26/2017
1005641658 CB6670472 Shipped $172.73 12/5/2017
1005208803 CB6616795 Shipped $336.50 11/14/2017
1005076480 CB6601852 Shipped $44.52 11/7/2017
1004968577 CB6586185 Shipped $20.09 10/31/2017
1004856790 CB6571258 Shipped $500.80 10/24/2017
1004723466 CB6556171 Shipped $80.51 10/17/2017
1004524454 CB6541788 Shipped $100.65 10/10/2017
1004295806 CB6527252 Shipped $280.85 10/3/2017
1004048004 CB6512114 Shipped $310.53 9/26/2017
1003940035 CB6496732 Shipped $56.13 9/19/2017
1003785448 CB6481409 Shipped $325.89 9/12/2017
1003614121 CB6465789 Shipped $210.62 9/5/2017
1003403651 CB6450018 Shipped $289.86 8/29/2017
1003332318 CB6434961 Shipped $353.46 8/22/2017
1003270158 CB6420175 Shipped $110.19 8/15/2017
1002863453 CB6338022 Shipped $103.83 7/4/2017
1002824842 N/A Shipped N/A 6/29/2017
1002805021 CB6325724 Shipped $98.53 6/27/2017
1002560095 CB6302574 Shipped $201.35 6/13/2017
1002010151 CB6230265 Processing $96.94 5/3/2017
1001971625 CB6240438 Shipped $394.27 5/2/2017
1001653055 CB6219760 Shipped $86.87 4/18/2017
1001182725 CB6199451 Shipped $225.20 4/4/2017
1000898826 CB6189129 Shipped $154.17 3/28/2017
1000432510 CB6168114 Shipped $173.79 3/14/2017
20926260 CB6083257 Shipped $107.01 1/24/2017
20886169 CB6069092 Shipped $77.86 1/17/2017
20848491 CB6054446 Shipped $99.06 1/10/2017
20811609 CB6039899 Shipped $102.24 1/3/2017
20776305 CB6025442 Shipped $202.41 12/27/2016
20679628 CB5995944 Shipped $107.01 12/13/2016
20624612 CB5981040 Shipped $73.62 12/6/2016
20517679 CB5950376 Shipped $133.19 11/22/2016
20417656 CB5917961 Shipped $432.41 11/8/2016
20377233 CB5901616 Shipped $172.20 11/1/2016
20328637 CB5885706 Shipped $266.01 10/25/2016
19932864 CB5756156 Shipped $207.18 8/30/2016
19761046 CB5705530 Shipped $467.46 8/8/2016
19662569 CB5666002 Shipped $279.79 7/26/2016
19611707 CB5647896 Shipped $70.44 7/19/2016
19564172 CB5630501 Shipped $132.45 7/12/2016
19510025 CB5613338 Shipped $241.63 7/5/2016


For a grand total of $9857.91 or 410.75 per month average. This also does not include what was spent at the mother ship. And as a side note I live in PA so I have paid taxes on these orders.


And to think I have been here since 2006 and this would work out to $54,218.00. Hmmmm, maybe I am number one!
Cathcam13 Offline
#27 Posted:
Joined: 01-11-2018
Posts: 1,264
Your issue with Free Fall, some items are a very good price, you kind of have to pick and choose, on those. But as far as I am concerned, I have found some really good prices on cigars and a large humidor which I truly love. It’s used only for my favorite cigars. An Adirondack, and the price was amazing, well under bid cost and buy it now, along with what I found at other sites. So, just remember, watch closely.
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