Hey smakie nice to meet you. Great intro glad you are posting on a forum sponsored by cbid and accusing them of running up prices

dharbolt wrote:

Some years back, when I was a fresh graduate of the D.P. Newell School of Online Cigar Buying, I would routinely, at least for a day or two, or more, have the high bid on 100+ lots, and that was just HERE.
Granted they were lowballls, but it might look funny for a while.
This guy is not the only reseller here btw, there are several, and there will likely be more, depending on what happens with legislation, the sell-offs that will start next year, etc.

All the auction houses have been accused of shill bidders at one time or another................it's just the nature of the beast.

KingoftheCove wrote:

I just wonder who on Earth is buying all those lighters that BK wins?

bassman45 wrote:

I just wonder who on Earth is buying all those lighters that BK wins?

bassman45 wrote:

mwuahahahahaha

gummy jones wrote:

Freebies... gives them out when you buy 5 or more cigars... it's called enticement...

The funny thing about the state Tobacco board, when they come in and search your shop, they look at receipts for everything you have that contains Tobacco...

But they dont care about lighters, ashtrays, things like that... and this is the cheapest place to stock up alot of times.... cheaper than wholesale...

Some shop owners buy actual cigars on here and slowly "refill" their shop stock with them to evade taxes at the state level... kind of a pain in the butt to save a few bucks, but some items - like acids- you can save a few bucks per stick....

opelmanta1900 wrote:

Uh Gummy,wouldn't it be cheaper for you to purchase directly from Cbid?:-k

bassman45 wrote:

yea but bk gives me a pretty good deal so i can have money leftover for other sinister plans

gummy jones wrote:

Understood,however a lot of these lighters are in the $40-$60 range. That would make quite a nice freebie.......

bassman45 wrote:

BK doesn't bid too often on the higher end ones, and when he does, it's a lowballish bid.
Pretty sure he's an eBay reseller.

KingoftheCove wrote:

You see what happened? While on this thread MM just outbid me on 2 5ers of Nortenos

[ram27bat]

bassman45 wrote: