Hello b/sotl...

I have been a little busy and not checking the bids/forums until recently but I have noticed an increased tendency for people to overbid. I understand this keeps this fine site up and running and also allows for sweetheart deals sometimes on lesser known favorites. What irks me is that I have to get more creative (which requires time/brain power) in my bidding and the timing of my bidding so someone doesn't blow up the price at the last minute or way to early. Just a little rant from someone that CBid has turned into a cigar lunatic.

I have noticed these a lot as well.

Imho it seems to happen more on weeks when there are specials. That seems to draw in people who may not bid normally, since of course everyoone saves on shipping if they use the weekly shipping option by bidding the same week as the specials.

Also, you are less likely to see overbidding when there are more five packs, samplers, or boxes in a lot since one or two overbidders won't mess it up for everyone.

And if you plan on bidding on PAMs, fuggedaboudit! 😉

Here ya go eleltea ...

... yet another one of your 'all-time' favorite 'overbidder' threads ...

... I know that you just can't seem to get enough of 'em ... LOL!

Look at the 5 pack of short stories!!

I can walk into a brick and mortar shop and buy five singles off the shelf for less than that. :/

WaldoAR15 --- not if you live in Washington State (126% tobacco tax) or California (67% tobacco tax) ... that, on top of the state sales tax, and the 'brick and mortar' overhead.

Heck they can be $8.50 to $10, before state taxes at my locals ...

67%? Dang, no wonder Cbid seems so low.

126% tax, Yikes!

Eh, I bought a few S/S singles last week for 5.60, IIRC

Slim is correct. Short stories are going for between $8.95 and $13 in Vancouver, WA.

Although, in Portland, I have seen them mostly at $8 per. One store in a small town had some for $4.95 per, but unfortunatley, they didn't last long at that price.

On CI, the CAO flavour sampler is $19.95, while it is at $19 on cbid right now. So what do you do? Not bid on it. Simple.

Be selective, watch what you bid on and do some research. If folks want to overbid, not much any of us can do about it, but wait for the right auction.

Last week, I got 4 nice auctions, plus one that I wasn't sure of, but turned out nice too, for less than $45. I was picky and bid on ones that I thought I would like. I have bid on ones that ended up being ones I didn't care for, but over time, you learn what you like and don't like. You also learn to be more selective. That isn't saying you still won't get an occaisional auction that the cigars aren't your cup of tea, but at the right price, why not? Use them for trading stock if you don't like them.

I used to bid on alot of auctions every week and hit all the ones that looked like cheap deals. Now, I usually only bid on ones that suit me.

Just my opinion. : )

look around a bit, another online house has boxes of S/S for $108 and $5 to ship

I just received a box of them friday.

Some states really hurt ya on sin taxes & sales tax

You just don't know how happy I am. Got off work early tonight and sat down at the computer hoping to find a good overbidding thread, and bingo! I also noticed I had won a 5-pack of Kelner 2nds for $4. I have never tried one and have been curious to find out if Kelner could produce a plugged cigar with no flavor, so now I will find out. Unfortunately, I feel I have been hosed again by the overbidding fools who pushed my bid over the $2 I was hoping to pay.

ah, el ... I can only imagine the anticipated joy of a flavorless 80¢ plugged cigar ...

Never tried those particular smokes and would like to know if it turned out that way or if you were surprised ...

The only thing better than an "overbidding" fool is an "overposting" fool. Here's a thought, eleltea. How about keeping the snide replies for something you find more worthy of your time than my silly little overbidding post. Either that our you and slimbologna could just post back and forth how you two know everything and just wait for less than educated posts like mine. Better yet, how about just lightening up and stop taking yourselves so seriously. This is a site to post about minutae like overbidding and not a place to try to become masters of our own little universe... whew... now I feel better. Don't you?

There's an old saying which states that it's better to be thought a fool than to open ones mouth and remove all doubt ...

overbidding fools?, overposting fools?

Eh, who cares? If overposting bothers you Cheech, consider how many threads have already been devoted to beating this dead horse, and you might hesitate to accuse eleltea of "overposting". You might find that to be a case of the pot calling the kettle black!

Steve:

One of my favorite expressions which I do a good job of remembering in the "real world".

Of course then I have to compensate on the Internet... 🙂

My excuse is that here you don't violate one of my father's pearls of wisdom:

"You aren't learning when you are talking."

Ahhhhh Cheech ...

... it must make you feel like one of the crowd, to post a thread that has been posted here, in one form or another ... thousands of times.

Why people feel compelled to 'beat this dead horse', over and over again, is beyond my comprehension ... as people have, and always will ... overbid. It's been going on since these auctions first started.

And ... I guess, there will always be those who will still be baffled and amazed by it.

... now go get Chong, fire up that bong ... and go see if Dave's home.

People overbid?!

News to me.

Barry

(Dave's not here!)

Im going to get slapped for this but.....

......think how great the world would be if cbid had seperate auctions for those of us who dont have to pay high taxes. Then i wouldnt have to get a box of whatever for just $15 under what i could have got them on CI. minus the shipping $11.....

Please dont hurt me.

(hey man it's me!)

jeezy peezy!

Jeff

You betcha. Just look at today's fools who have pushed

1964-PAM- 5-pack to $123.00. These can easily be had in most markets for about $18.00 a piece without shipping.

I just roll my eyes and say : "Sucker"

I agree, I can find a 5-pack of 26's for less than $123 and they are better than the 64's IMHO.