I've always been the support local when you can kind of guy and I really enjoy hanging out at the local B&M and lighting one up, but I'm starting to spend way more time on CB and getting things for way cheaper than anywhere else. While this may not be new to anyone else, being new myself it's hard to wrap my head around.

With that said, I then start to wonder about the cigars themselves. Are they even really worth the cheap ass price I'm getting on CB. Is CB's stock old stock, or unsold inventory? Factory rejects? Or are the cigars I get here the same as I would get anywhere else?

Then I say to myself..."Self, who cares, light that **** and move on"

Pancakes or waffles ?

Do you like long walks on the beach ?

Daisy Mae or Ellie Mae ?

Do you like camping by the river ?

Cello on or cello off ?

Ginger or MaryAnn ?

David Lee or Sammy ?

Warner Oland or Sidney Toler ?

Have you been in a Turkish prison ?

Do you like gladiator movies ?

dogs or cats ?

Men or women ?

Wad or fold ?

Sit or squat ?

Do sad movies make you cry ?

Butter or margarine ?

My old S&M place would never allow us to smoke. That's pretty cool they have a smoking lounge. [whip]

Sadist & Masochist?

Now that’s a rough trade...

Bingo!

It's always good to meet up with a CBid BOTL at a smoking lounge for a herf, and the price for the privilege is to pay full freight plus for 2 or more smokes...

Same problem here in Illinois. Went to order some of the Tatuaje ME's from a place last week when they went live. $500 in cigars, $250 addtional Illiniois tobacco tax was being applied! 🤐

Nope. Canceled that order. CelticBomber, who had given me the heads up, was in "you canceled them!" mode. I wasn't paying that. Got some on order today from a different shop online, no extra tax. =p~

[-x It is getting ridiculous.

I didn't discover cbid until I'd been smoking cigars for 3+ years. That's knowledge.

Some folks only smoke one of two cigars a week. There's not much motivation there to save a couple bucks per cigar. You don't need a humidor if you're a very one-hour smoker. It's easier to just stop at the B&M and get what you need.

This said, there are still folks who buy boxes at B&Ms. Could be ignorence or could be that money's no object...again, knowledge of motivation.

In retrospect I feel pretty guilty about the hard time I gave to the Jamaican shopkeep trying to haggle over that first cigar, a (allegedly) CC Montecristo. $12 just sounded ludicrous to a longterm cigarette smoker at the time.

Random side note: Does there seem to be rash of random noob threads that post and then disappear? Kinda like a forum ninja

The “Buy! Buy! Buy!” philosophy is the very fabric of Pudding Mittens’ “Buy now, save later” corollary. Of course Mrs. Beach and PM are correct. 🇨🇮

The “Here today, gone tomorrow” nOObs syndrome is nothing new and after awhile you’ll get used to it. The worst is when they “score big” on a PIB or vet trade and then disappear.