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Why are cigars on quickbuy so cheap?
Plowboy221 Offline
#51 Posted:
Joined: 03-03-2013
Posts: 5,133
Azzhat? Jerks?

Trish I'm seriously offended!!

Where's my free cigars? Sarcasm


shaun341 Offline
#52 Posted:
Joined: 08-02-2012
Posts: 8,826
Is this the where's mine thread
TrishS@CigarBid Offline
#53 Posted:
Joined: 06-13-2001
Posts: 3,172
KingoftheCove wrote:

I had to tell my mommy................cause La Princessa never bothered to come out and comfort me, like she did you!!!


Dude - I'm the Queen. There is no princess here. whip
TIGERCDW Offline
#54 Posted:
Joined: 09-17-2009
Posts: 7,897
It was not TJCOBRA that made a comment.It was the new Cobra.

TIGER
banderl Offline
#55 Posted:
Joined: 09-09-2008
Posts: 10,153
robertsccr5 wrote:
Serious? Detailed? Informative?

I think you're in the wrong place.

Cobra, you're correct. This question gets dropped daily. Don't we have a "Read this first" thread somewhere?



The nood's question sticky that's not stuck?
Puffnstuff79 Offline
#56 Posted:
Joined: 02-24-2014
Posts: 4,752
TrishS@CigarBid wrote:
Dude - I'm the Queen. There is no princess here. whip


There's a princess during camping time
wheelrite Offline
#57 Posted:
Joined: 11-01-2006
Posts: 50,119
TrishS@CigarBid wrote:
Dude - I'm the Queen and Wheel is my King. whip



oh my,,

wheel,,
jackconrad Offline
#58 Posted:
Joined: 06-09-2003
Posts: 67,461
The price of a cigar is not always going to determine whether it's good or not . Some Perdomo's and Padrons are world class smokes at very low prices..
youngra Offline
#59 Posted:
Joined: 11-07-2011
Posts: 1,885
On another note - your local probably has a lounge to sit and smoke in - comes in handy when the weather gets crappy, or you just want to hang out - sometimes they even have "events" where they will share their knowledge and try to help you find something that fits your "tastes". They have a building or shop they need to maintain, employees to pay (the ones who show you around and answer your questions). Once you know what you like - try some fivers here and see if they match up - for the ones that don't match up to what you like - try OpFTH, or post for a trade here, or just give em to your moochin buddies and family when they show up looking for a smoke......

Lastly - Mom (Trish the Queen) is correct - you won't find a better bunch of AZZHATS anywhere else.

RY
youngra Offline
#60 Posted:
Joined: 11-07-2011
Posts: 1,885
jackconrad wrote:
The price of a cigar is not always going to determine whether it's good or not . Some Perdomo's and Padrons are world class smokes at very low prices..


+1
TheSmokensip Offline
#61 Posted:
Joined: 03-02-2013
Posts: 1,329
Stephensg wrote:

I'm serious, I want some serious and honest responses

Steph. Do you enjoy long walks on warm beaches?
CruzJ Offline
#62 Posted:
Joined: 04-17-2014
Posts: 222
Stephensg wrote:

I'm serious, I want some serious and honest responses to all my questions, including my original post. No stupid crap from bored people that think they are expert aficionados and are above me. I would like a serious, detailed, and informative answer to all my questions please.


Welcome to the Internet. You must be new here.
Bur Offline
#63 Posted:
Joined: 07-31-2012
Posts: 5,638
Wait, there's a super secret keyword that makes Trish check up on us?

Beetlejuice?

Supercalifragilicious-expeallydocous?

And, You Who Won't Admit N00bishness, read the N00b thread, the acronym thread, notice some of us tried to give our $.02 worth, and admit you are a n00b HERE whether you've smoked cigars with both Hemingway and Castro.

N00b "classes" form by year you first created a CBID log-in and between the N00b PIB (where some seriously non-N00b cigars trade), the N00b-vet trade and general N00b shenanigans like the NoNV beat downs, it's ok to be a n00b. "Hi, my name is Bur and I'm still a n00b." See, it's not that big of a deal. And we might get to have a n00b herf on Tigger's lawn if we ever behave ourselves more than a week at a time.

Z, is the super secret work PLATINUM MEMBERSHIP? Where's mine?
ZRX1200 Offline
#64 Posted:
Joined: 07-08-2007
Posts: 60,476
Shhhhhhh.......she's my mom. I get away with shinannigans and skate by on my boyish good looks.

You're screwed.
QMPASH Offline
#65 Posted:
Joined: 03-15-2011
Posts: 897
To answer the question in its simplest form: When you buy more cigars than just about anyone else, you can afford to sell them at retail for less. You are making less money per cigar but since you sell them in volume, you end up with more money. As long as your costs of sales is less than your profit, this will continue. This also encourages wholesalers to give you discounts unavailable to small-volume buyers. Add to this that selling slow-moving merchandise frees up warehouse costs and increases your cash flow. Is it a bit clearer now? horse
Puffnstuff79 Offline
#66 Posted:
Joined: 02-24-2014
Posts: 4,752
It's all just a pyramid scheme really

















Really
TrishS@CigarBid Offline
#67 Posted:
Joined: 06-13-2001
Posts: 3,172
youngra wrote:
On another note - your local probably has a lounge to sit and smoke in - comes in handy when the weather gets crappy, or you just want to hang out - sometimes they even have "events" where they will share their knowledge and try to help you find something that fits your "tastes". They have a building or shop they need to maintain, employees to pay (the ones who show you around and answer your questions). Once you know what you like - try some fivers here and see if they match up - for the ones that don't match up to what you like - try OpFTH, or post for a trade here, or just give em to your moochin buddies and family when they show up looking for a smoke......

Lastly - Mom (Trish the Queen) is correct - you won't find a better bunch of AZZHATS anywhere else.

RY



+1 (especially on Trish the Queen!) LOL
danmdevries Offline
#68 Posted:
Joined: 02-11-2014
Posts: 17,124
I love my local shpo.

......in the winter.

They provide a nice place for me to smoke when the weather sucks, which is at least 66% of the year around here. I go in, buy one of their cigars, and then smoke the one I brought from home.

There's room for both business models, and I fully support both.
maxfull Offline
#69 Posted:
Joined: 02-03-2014
Posts: 11
robertsccr5 wrote:
Serious? Detailed? Informative?

I think you're in the wrong place.

Cobra, you're correct. This question gets dropped daily. Don't we have a "Read this first" thread somewhere?



Yes. you are right. That are also a great & serious information. fog
tonygraz Offline
#70 Posted:
Joined: 08-11-2008
Posts: 20,175
Somebody is surely in the wrong place.
JadeRose Offline
#71 Posted:
Joined: 05-15-2008
Posts: 19,525
*SIGH*






Looks like I may have to dust off the beatin stick. No such thing as a Noob? You're walking a thin line, Noob.
JadeRose Offline
#72 Posted:
Joined: 05-15-2008
Posts: 19,525
ZRX1200 wrote:
Shhhhhhh.......she's my mom. I get away with shinannigans and and enjoy taking fat young boys camping. This noob seems like a likely candidate!

qmech Offline
#73 Posted:
Joined: 06-17-2016
Posts: 970
Tax man will be coming as it appears the government & courts are beginning to curtail the free internet bit by bit.
Just imagine when your state sin and sales tax gets placed on every order.... If you are a good bidder, it will be less then what you would pay in state but not quite the same bargian. I am not a big fan of the new puritans of the religious left but they have arrived and have the governments work to do.....True Believers.
Pudding Mittens Offline
#74 Posted:
Joined: 08-15-2016
Posts: 1,291
Stephensg wrote:
My local cigar shop will sell a box for $150, but I can find the exact same thing here for $50. [...] Again, why are cigars so affordable here compared to local places, or even other websites? This place is a heck of a lot cheaper than even other websites like *** .

Business 101 stuff. If you're gigantic and have huge sales volume, factory-direct buying and maximum volume discounts (like the company that owns CigarBid), you can charge the cheapest prices and still do nicely for yourself. If you're medium-sized with more modest sales volume, possible middleman buying and medium volume discounts (like other cigar-selling websites), you have to charge more to do nicely for yourself. If you're tiny with tiny sales volume, middleman buying and no volume discounts (like single-location brick-and-mortar cigar shops), you have to charge an arm and a leg to do nicely for yourself.

You can say "yes, but CigarBid has much higher expenses than a single-location brick-and-mortar cigar shop!" and you're quite correct, however their gargantuan sales volume and various economy-of-scale advantages mean that even with much higher expenses, they can still charge far less and do well.

Another way to look at it: consider acquisition cost of each cigar and expenses (not including buying the cigars) attributable to each cigar sold. For example, using some arbitrary made-up numbers:

LargeCorp Inc: Expenses (not including buying the cigars) are $750,000 a month, and they sell 2,500,000 cigars a month. Expenses attributable to each cigar is $0.30. Average acquisition cost of each cigar: $1.00 due to buying factory-direct and maximum volume discounts.

Uncle Billy-Bob's Corner Cigar Shop: Expenses (not including buying the cigars) are $15,000 a month, and they sell 5,000 cigars a month. Expenses attributable to each cigar is $3.00. Average acquisition cost of each cigar: $2.50 due to middlemen and no volume discounts.

LargeCorp Inc. has to charge $1.30 per cigar before they make a penny in profit. Billy Bob has to charge $5.50 per cigar before they make a penny in profit. Guess who can sell the same cigars much cheaper?
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engletl Offline
#75 Posted:
Joined: 12-26-2000
Posts: 26,493
TrishS@CigarBid wrote:
You, sir, are an AZZHAT. I say that with both affection and frustration. But no banning....for that you should be grateful.

Sincerely,
Grandma

Good thing he didn't mention the unobtanium membership...

Membership has its privileges

Herfing
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