Steve: I think I just stepped in something...no inference needed.

Not much for flavored cigars but picked up a real "bargain" on cbid with those Chatillys Vanilla.... first one tasted like 20 year old grass clippings stored in a dry, dusty garage... and that was with a me sucking so hard my eyeballs caved in! Was so out of breath I couldn't call for help and without any smoke from this dog turd it didn't even look like I was smoking... just having a heart attack. Ended up giving the rest away to some fools at work who mooch everything left out... ha, ha, ha!

Tamayo Y Pareto maduro churchills. I learned from these that a good cigar improves with age and a bad cigar just gets older. The wrapper was a weird purple color like crepe paper left over from a party. I tried to smoke them and the best thing I can say about them is: They burned.

I know I'm going to get a lot of disagreement on this, but here goes: I have never smoked a Punch that I enjoyed and every Te-Amo I have ever had tasted like lawn cuttings

RPD--no one can disagree if you don't like something, as far as te-amos, i think they are sold at your local 7-11.

Te-Amo's are consist in flavor, they consistantly taste like dirt. Just a super earthy flavor.

Don

I bought a box of the Aristoff numbered maduros on clearance, thank God I didn't buy those when they sold for premium prices, I gave 15 away last week at bowling league. I also think Bering's are the world's most boring smoke, and Excalibur the most harsh and grassy. Oh yes, I breathed a huge sigh of relief when I finished the box of Mayans I bought on clearance here a few years back. My personal favorite clearance cigar here was the Carlos Torano, except for their Grand Nica's I never smoked a cigar of theirs that I didn't truly enjoy, I say that before winning a box of their St. George here last week.

Sad that Gurks didn't even make this list......

Yes, but back then, they where actually made by Gurkha. The ones that gave the brand a bad name are the recent Chinese rolled ones sporting a "purchased" label.

Gran Habano Azteca Fuerte torpedo and Ortsac Toro corojo which came with dog tags, which could have been a forewarning.

True Dat.

I wonder if Trish would pull out the ban stick if someone created a licensed brand thread. The list would be quite long, however, the way people bid around here I doubt sales would be affected.