^ LMAO...OK, let me deflate it first...

I'm guessing tracking number, with the sequence of the digits described by the "!@#$", which coincidentially coincide with a 10 digit number, 1-0.

Wait a sec:

"!" = 33 / 0x21

"=" = 61 / 0x3d

"" = 64 / 0x40

"#" = 35 / 0x23

"-" = 45 / 0x2d

"$" = 36 / 0x24

In decimal:

336164354536

or (in hex):

213D40232424

This is WAY over my head..................

Zito is having a really long, slow, bad day. He is cursing in slow-motion.

Or maybe there is a bunch of lots he is bidding on and wants to distract all of you guys trying to figure out a code that is actually just nonsense so that he can snag some good deals... ? LOL

Whatever he's up to, I'm sure it's a good one.

-JT

Here's the latest sequence

!+@#-$?>;

"!" = 33 / 0x21 UC

"+" = 43 / 0x2b LC

"@" = 64 / 0x40 UC

"#" = 35 / 0x23 UC

"-" = 45 / 0x2d LC

"$" = 36 / 0x24 UC

"?" = 63 / 0x3f UC

">" = 62 / 0x3e UC

";" = 59 / 0x3b LC

In decimal:

33 43 64 35 45 36 63 62 59

or (in hex):

21 2b 40 23 24 24 3F 3E 3B

An interesting pattern emerges, not sure wheather it's coincidental or not. The characters like "!" are part of the upper-shift keys on the keyboard, whereas characters like ";" are part of the lower set. The pattern of 1, 2, 3 appears seperated by a lowercase character.

He's up to it again!!

The bastid has left clues all over the place. Including a final set a few minutes ago.

WT.

Whoever solves this enigma wrapped inside a mystery, gets my vote for Professor CBID.

it may get a little easier at 10pm.

or not

Thats past my bed time, besides I will probably have drank to much to make heads or tails of it.

To much drinkin will stop ya from thinkin. LOL

WT.

HMMMMM a shipping code from the USPS people.....?

Codes for a present hit???????

"Whoever solves this enigma wrapped inside a mystery, gets my vote for Professor CBID."

I guess you can call me Prof. CBid, LOL. I solved the puzzle last night in a few minutes. The puzzle was posted here:

http://www.cigarbid.com/auction/forum/forum.cfm?action=list&forumID=6&messageDisplay=0000000123739 

All of the posts in the various threads were setting up a list of equivalent characters to code or decode a message (for example 25=z). Basically, he gave us his alphabet in numeric and symbolic characters in all of those posts and then left a coded message in the final contest post and asked for us to decode the message to identify a cigar.

The decoded message was an internet address to a CBid auction lot for a Camacho Liberty 2007 11/18.

Regards,

-JT