I mentioned a particular cigar, not a website of a competitor. I do not understand why the post was pulled. Perhaps because it was not a CAO cigar, or Fuente?

The brand of cigars you were mentioning are specific to a competitor's website. In fact, their name is the same as the competitor. That's why the thread was pulled.

Actually, not specific to the website. I picked up a couple bundles in the actual brick and mortar store. That is just plain nonsense.

How about those Bengals?

Funny how they'd pull a post like that but yet leave up Rick's insane pictures. People jumping off of the WTC, flag draped coffins with Bob Newhart, and finally some guy with an accordion!

Hypocrisy is showing around here when it comes to monitoring the boards!

Hey Doc, While it may be in bad taste...me thinks you may be forgetting why we live in this country to begin with!!

Cbid pulled one of my posts once, and satanic Newhart is a classic. I fully support Cbid's right to pull or allow up whatever they dang well please. It's their board, if you don't like it go design a website of your own! So long as they keep offering a bidding venue that allows me to save a few bucks over retail; remember, that's the objevtive here, low cigar prices, not saving the free world.

Ok....

and btw, that's exactly what you get nowadays...a few bucks OVER retail. It isn't like it was 2 years ago when I joined here. Back then you could actually get good deals here. Now, with all of the bidding wars, it has become about winning rather than saving.

I wouldn't know about that - I've saved (and spent!) plenty here. I've only been here a few months, but there are still quite a few incredible deals to be had. There are overbidders who seem obsessed with just winning, but they can't overbid on everything. $2-$3 per stick is far below retail where I live, but that's what I typically spend on quality sticks on C-bid. I know of no other place that offers such great deals AND such terrific customer service. Keep up the great work!

Bill

Naaa, that's not how the system works. With auto-bid you can place your maximum bid and walk away. If you win it hallelujah! If not wait for your beloveds to come around again. Suckers bidding like fools can never induce you to do likewise, only you yourself can cause that. I get deals here ranging from 25-75% discount off retail frequently. Heck, it'd be cool to buy everything like this: houses, cars, insurance...must be tough for Cbid to make a buck though, no wonder SteverR smokes so much...stress man, stress.

Tarheel-

Posting competitor information is not subjective at all. Whether it's their website or their store, that particular company is direct competition...always was, always will be.

DMV -

There are quite a few of us who monitor the boards and approve pictures. Quite a few pictures don't get approved because they've been posted before or don't have a picture attached. Make sure that your picture wasn't in one of those categories and try again.

It wasn't. I still have it in my outbox. You stated you were going to post it, but yet a couple of weeks later you allowed it under someone else.

I guess if you want to post anti-American, anti-religion, anti-US soldiers you can post whatever you want. Disagree vocally and you get banned from here. When something rubs "you" the wrong way you're pretty fast on the job, but when others have an issue with something nothing gets done. That's hypocrisy pure and simple.

This isn't about a Constitutional right either. I'm aware that opposing viewpoints have a right to say what they want but when they conflict with the "reasonable" or with "good judgement" guidelines that this board has established then I'd like to see them enforced. I know some people that lost their "priviliages" for far less than what Rick has left in the Picture Post forum.

So...if it's ok for those types of photos where do we "draw the line" of "reasonable" and "good judgement"? I for one would like some outlines.

dmv: not much to do?

talk about cigars here. if you don't agree with a post, ignore it. non-reactions are oftentimes more powerful than instigating a bickering match.

What are you going to do? Insult me again?

Quick, someone supply some 'rules' for this man before he collapses into a confused, dysfunctional heap!

my god, that's hilarious!

No, I'm not. And, if I ever insulted you as a person, I apologize. Regardless, this is a forum for CIGARS. Yes, I got sucked into a political post myself, but I apologized and won't let it happen again. There are hundreds of political/religious message boards where you can debate those two things together or separately.

Sounds like a personal feud between the company and CI. So...I'll pose my CIGAR BRAND (not competing website) question in another way.

If you can't comprehend why these two are linked then take your own advice.