Have You Ever Made A Significant Cigar Purchase Without First Trying?

Diamondog

Have you ever made a significant cigar purchase without first having tried one of what you were buying? Definately not advised but I just pulled the trigger on something I have never tried (box of 12) YIKES....I just couldn't help myself........lol

lilwing88

I just did that with the MOW Special Edition Figurado. Bought 10, but at an insane price...... Less than $5 per stick. Couldn't pass it up.

rwheelwright

Yeah, a box of Gurkha Grand Age, a box of Gurkha Warlord, the box of Tatuaje Red and Black, God of Fire. Nothing else comes to mind though.

Russ55

Mine was also MoW special edition. However, I'd tried the regular line as well as the Ruination line quite a bit first, so it wasn't a complete coin toss.

stephen_hannibal

Matt Marvel

Yeah, especially when I was really new to the hobby. There's still a lot I haven't tried though. I've bought quite a bit from CCOM in terms of daily deals on stuff that I'm not familiar with. That said, I don't guess you can call those significant purchases, since the deals were so great.

cabinetmaker

The only thing that comes to mind is RP I-press, They were not too bad. If I really like something, I'll buy multiple boxes of them. An example: A. Fernandez signatures - Went through 5 boxes of them, plus each box came with an 8 cigar flight sampler, lol.... Gurkha Microbatch S-2, 4 boxes...

xmacro

I'm planning to when the MOW Virtue hits Ccom

Hugemoose

The first box I ever bought was a box of Oliva Series G maduro. When I bought that box I had never tried the cigar. It is still one of my favorites and I only have one left from the box. That was almost a year ago next month. Needless to say, I can't bring myself to smoke it! It was a little odd to throw $100 bucks and something you never tried before, but from what I read it was right up my alley. And it was!

dennisking

lilwing88:

I just did that with the MOW Special Edition Figurado. Bought 10, but at an insane price...... Less than $5 per stick. Couldn't pass it up.

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j0z3r

xmacro:

I'm planning to when the MOW Virtue hits Ccom

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Sandman1am

j0z3r:

xmacro:

I'm planning to when the MOW Virtue hits Ccom

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If the sampler & all that is as good as Alex has been saying count me in.

fla-gypsy

I sure have, most of the time it has worked out well.

sightunseen

I have yet to purchase a full box. It's been samplers and 5-packs for me. Commitment issues? Quite possibly.

lilwing88

dennisking:

lilwing88:

I just did that with the MOW Special Edition Figurado. Bought 10, but at an insane price...... Less than $5 per stick. Couldn't pass it up.

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KCW

The Cank

Just bought an Ashton ESG never tried it. and I got a box of Olivia V maduros before I had ever tried them

illinoisgolf99

I too have yet to purchase a full box but I have bought a lot of samplers and DD's based on what I read here in the forums and taking into account my personal tastes.. I don't have a big enough humi to be buying boxes just yet but when I get my coolidor underway I will probably have to splurge and buy a few

YankeeMan

I bought a box of Victor Sinclair 10th Anniversario cigars without ever having tried one. I had smoked their Connecticut Yankee (surprise, surprise) and I like it, so I pulled the trigger on the box because of the price at the time.

minibeezy

jekow

just ordered the best of 2009 complete sampler after seeing how awesome and tasty the COTM cigars looked.  I haven't even tried any of cotm's yet, since I'm going to let them rest a while, same with the sampler when it shows up.  I'll just smoke the cigar.com house blend purple corona for a while... it's not a bad cigar (bought a box), again without trying first...compared to other cigars of a similar price, it's a good one.

I guess I like to live dangerously.

So I have no idea what experience I'm going to get from any of them, lol. 

phobicsquirrel

I bought a box of 06 dc god of fires before trying them. I never regretted it, but I have yet to have smoked all of them. I did buy another box of them though.

The Cank

cooch36

i bought two boxes of Don Lucas two differant lines after sampling one cigar from one of the lines and I just purchased ten Sol cubano artisan salomon w/o trying hoping for the best. I know everyones taste is diff. but the reviews here really help.

Duder2

Early on I went for 4 5-packs of Diesels when they went on the DD before trying them. It turns out I really like'em, so that worked out. I bought a box (10 count) of Oliveros LTD before trying them, loved'em, then bought 2 more. I haven't spent any big money yet, but I'm sure there will be a day when it will happen. So far it has been working out well in almost every case.

zoom6zoom

Yeah, several times at least. It's usually worked out fine. On the other hand.... anyone want some Bucanero Reds?

taddow

I do this often (especially if it's a brand that I've had good experience with in the past. It's been hit and miss but the good thing is that u cam usually trade off sticks that u don't like to others that are interested in trying them.

Fourtotheflush

Yes on boxes of Diesel, AJ Signature, initial order of Decades. Other than that it is pretty much try 1 or 2 if I like them I buy more.

phobicsquirrel

docbp87

As new as I am to this hobby, I have a feeling that there will be a lot of "blind buys" in my near future, especially with the great daily deals here...

Duder2

docbp87:

As new as I am to this hobby, I have a feeling that there will be a lot of "blind buys" in my near future, especially with the great daily deals here...

I'd recommend getting familiar with the reviews section, they have been a great source for me to make the call to blind buy or not on the DD's. It has worked out well in pretty much every case.