Cigar Budget?
scarlin
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So after spending nearly $1700 on cigars and accessories this month I have decided that my "only buy rare or limited premium cigars" approach has failed..So I am putting in place a strict $100 a month rule for myself. Who else out there has a cigar budget? What is is? ...I'm disappointed at myself..
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I do get my balls back when I go ride my Harley though.
Well, sir, that, I have been told, depends on what your definition of is is.
Have not set a budget, but I should. I probably blow seventy five to a hundred. I could do a real good job at fifty a month or an excellent job at a hundred. For one thing, couple guys have given me boxes of real good sticks in return for motorcycle wrenching favors. That helps the budget big time. In the second place, I really enjoy my buck a stick Factory Throwouts. Got to hit them now and again. Burn a mazo every two months or so. Right now, I'm working my way through a 24 stick sampler of c.com house blends that only set me back like forty bucks on sale. Couple good ones in there so far, and they don't cost much a box if you find the kind you like (so far, purple or cameroon). Then every week I drop by the B&M and score a couple five or six buck sticks to try. Sometimes I hit the two buck bin and hunt round for a good looking wrapper. So the plan would go like so: Say I hit a one buck Throwout every other night, then alternate a house blend or a six buck experiment the other nights. Skip a night now & then cause something else is going on. Maybe I'm burning two dozen a month at an average two bucks. Fifty is good. Then I have to buy a mazo to pass round the campfire when I go motorcycle camping.
I think it really helps the budget to be a noob, because you have no idea what to avoid, and you don't need more than a mild bargain to enjoy. Night before last, for instance, I burned a Carlos Torano Casa Torano robusto I scored for four bucks... and loved it for a while. Smelled to me exactly like my grandpa used to smoke. Then the last third turned soggy and hot, and I ditched it. I didn't mind because I was just experimenting. I had a good hour. When I know more what I like and what I need to avoid, I'll probably have to spend more.
Sorry. Gotta go now. A smelly turd shaped stick in the garage is calling my name.... all this talking got me thinking...
I try and get deals online or new things at the B&M.
i dont ever buy humidors.
i wont.
if what i have is full, then i shouldnt be buying cigars. if i have room, then its ok to buy them.
the other half of that is that i have a wishlist. this is what i truly want to buy. i will not buy off the sprint unless it is on that list. i will not buy anything that is not on that list. i put a ton of thought into the list. as room becomes available, i work my way down the list. its is difficult to make it onto the list, but it is easy to remove things from it.
right now my list is as follows:
willing to buy at MSRP (mainly because they almost never go on sale):
box LFD airbendeer chisel
Davidoff Gran Cru no.2 x2
LFD Cameroon Cabinet no.1 x5
Punch Gran Puro Pinco Bonito x5
Humo Jaguar corona gorda x2
Avo Domaine no.50 Box
Davidoff Maduro Toro x5.
Davidoff 2000 x2.
Cigar.com american label corona one of each size.
from sprint:
ANY LFD
5 Vegas AAA
Camacho Corojo (any size)
ISOM:
Romeo Y Julieta - Exhibicion No.3
PSD4
punch -punch
I don't set rules. If I do, I will only break the rules.
You have the coolest toys!!! ROFL!
It is philosophical math. You just remind me a joke:
Q: What is the difference between a mathematician and a philosopher? A: The mathematician only needs paper, pencil, and a trash bin for his work - the philosopher can do without the trash bin...
Today at work...I had to gobble jokes from my boss for a hour and half when I was asking him for some serious input. Please try to imgine a hour and half he was telling me jokes one after another when I was really worried about the issue. Do you understand my situation? The guy who never laugh or joke.
Here is little more information. I was asking him about a budget justification memo. The deadline is tomorrow morning. His answer was "my philosophical math say - yes justified". I remind him this is a serious report going back to the regional budget office and yes can't be a justification. We need detail. He closed his door and kept me there a hour and half and told me jokes after jokes. I left his office confused. The man who never laugh, joke or drop a ball. This is really a weird world. My head is full of jokes and I am still confused.
For instance, I've recently smoked a little room in the humi, so today I bit on the A.J. corona daily deal because I love those. To take advantage of the free shipping, I added a couple sticks I've been wanting to try -- Punch Gran Puro, Fonseca 120th Anny and the OSA Sol. If I hadn't had room, I wouldn't have bit.
I also picked up several Anejo's when they were available at the beginning of the year. I won't touch one until next year. Sometime between now and then I'll pick up another order of higher end sticks to age for a year or so. Still trying to decide what that will be.
I now buy, pretty much exclusively from ccom, sprint, sister, and sister auction site.
I have done extensive pricing research.......
When there is a CRAZY deal on smokes I like - I buy, regardless of "budget"......
I get very good deals.......
the market forces basically has me doing most of my buying from Oct thru Mar.........my buying slows considerably in spring/summer.....there's too much activity driving up prices.........
I have the same going on.... Bur she did just say "Lets buy you some cigars"