One day decided to try a cigar googled and found cigar.com ordered a few cigars, saw there was a forum and joined. Its been downhill ever since. This is a great forum, great people. Glad i joined. I am also a member of one other forum. Its not like this but its not bad i dont post over there other then in the what you smoking today thread and the ISO (its where i find alot of harder to find cigars).
I just got lucky. I had purchased some cigars on line from another place. They sucked (guess who that was). I then found C.COM. I then found C.COM's Forums (because I was interested in learning more about the Hobby). I've been on Forums for things other than cigars. I immediately found this Forum to be special (the people on it). The rest is history.
I first posted back in may of 2012 after having a bad experince with a cigar. Everyone was super helpful of course, but I remember telling my buddy, "these guys are crazy, they send eachother cigars for nothing."
Being new to the forum thing i'd get on when I had questions, get right back off. didnt want to get mixed up in any of that bombing stuff. After about a year, I had 2 - 30 count humis and 1 - 70 count. I figured i was in it for the long haul. Took the plunge and posted my second "first post" about 3 months back. Sleeve Plz made sure I was properly introduced to the club. (not that MVW67 didnt try). I havent been off the forum for more then a week straight since then.
You guys are awesome and full of knowlege. Hopefully some day I will be helping little newblets like me.
I was researching cigars for my brothers birthday while laid up in bed with a bulging disc. I bought from a few different sites basically blindly or by some random review. When packages showed up, I remembered how fun it was smoking a cigar with my brother earlier. I decided to keep something for myself which didn't please the wife. She wanted to know how I'd feel if she just started smoking one day. I told her it would crack me up, didn't go over well. So, I googled "wives and cigar smoking" the thread came up from here about how does your significant other feel about cigars. I read the whole thing and some to her!! Fast forward to yesterday, my birthday. She says let's go check out the cigar shop downtown before dinner. I said heck yes, then I picked out about $70.00 worth of sticks and she said to enjoy them!! Holy Crappola...in less than a year! Love this place and the people!! Great friends forever!!
My first order came from Cigar.com and I have used online communities for quite a while since i am in technology.
i noticed that the site has a MB part of it and registered.
After registering i was welcomed and all my questions answered.......i felt welcome. (then the bombs started, but that's a whole other thing)
After starting here, i ventured out to a few other boards and i have to say that the same welcoming and helpful feeling that is here is not echoed in other places. To be honest i found a bunch of ass holes that really turned me off of their sites. I doubt that i will be posting there at all in the future.
so I will no longer have a wandering eye.....except for leaf and flame and that is more because their site design is just really awesome and has a real chance to be a cool place if they get quality people there that don't take themselves as seriously as the users do on other sites.
i was a member of this forum before this forum existed. i was a member of the old AmBack forum that cigar.com partnered with before this forum came to life.
when this one went live i was all over it.
one of the big reasons why i stay here is Alex. he has helped me learn about cigars and helped me find my way when i was a new guy to the scene. good ownership comes through. i am here for the good people, the good company, the good company (cigar.com) and of pure respect to Alex, the beard, Andy D, and all the good people involved.
Was shopping at CCOM, clicked on that little "Community" button at the bottom of the main page one time just to check it out ....
But then, after a couple minutes browsing, HOLY CRAP!!! These guys know so much!!! The world of cigars is so bigger than I imagined, better stick around and learn .... so lurked for quite a while, reading, soaking up the knowledge.
Then one of my first posts was an obscure question (or so I thought) but these guys came through with some great answers .... kept learning & reading.
Then got tricked into giving out my address, roped into the fun of bombs/trades/passes and the rest is history.
Beside the knowledge provided, the products obtained and discovered here, I have also become attached to the many members through their stories and real life situations.
It's like a real life soap opera, I never met any of you in person and yet I want to know what your all up to every day.
saw an advertisement in a local mag for this place.was there beginner package humidor 20 cigars and some other stuff for agreat price.i had just started getting interested in real cigars(smoked machine mades for a while)went to the web sight to order saw this section and figured i woulsd check it out.kinda just lurked for awhile read alot.was a little afraid to get involved at first,im normaly quiet and a bit on the shy side.i started asking alot of noob questions and was welcomed with open arms from the brotherhood.now i find myself checking daily just see whats goin on.brothers are freindly informative funny and a little wierd.but it works lol
For me CCOM forums are kind of like a small town - everyone is polite and respectful. I read a lot more than I post but 9 out of 10 questions I have are already answered lol. It's just a joy to be around a great group of guys.
I was on a straight razor forum (been doing it about 2 years) and have always wanted to get into cigars so I went to the cigar sub forum. Found raisindot who told me about this place and its never been the same.
I stay because of you people! I have never, NEVER seen such an amazing group of people in my life. People that are so giving; advice, acceptance, and otherwise, as I've found here. I still think you have no idea how incredible you guys are! This sense of brotherhood and generosity just doesn't exist in cyberspace. Great, now I'm getting all verklpemt again!
Because of the brotherhood here, I don't know how other forums are, but this place and it's members care about one another and pick each other up when they are down . I don't care how other forums are, this is the place to be. Home
Copy and Paste the getting into cigars and lurked reading portion of the threads that are all common. I read more and am slowly building my collection, but reading review here and trying a couple a week from my B&M. But even before I joined (not too long ago... like within the last week) I could see and feel the sense of coummunity.
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Being new to the forum thing i'd get on when I had questions, get right back off. didnt want to get mixed up in any of that bombing stuff. After about a year, I had 2 - 30 count humis and 1 - 70 count. I figured i was in it for the long haul. Took the plunge and posted my second "first post" about 3 months back. Sleeve Plz made sure I was properly introduced to the club. (not that MVW67 didnt try). I havent been off the forum for more then a week straight since then.
You guys are awesome and full of knowlege. Hopefully some day I will be helping little newblets like me.
when this one went live i was all over it.
one of the big reasons why i stay here is Alex. he has helped me learn about cigars and helped me find my way when i was a new guy to the scene. good ownership comes through.
i am here for the good people, the good company, the good company (cigar.com) and of pure respect to Alex, the beard, Andy D, and all the good people involved.
But then, after a couple minutes browsing, HOLY CRAP!!! These guys know so much!!! The world of cigars is so bigger than I imagined, better stick around and learn .... so lurked for quite a while, reading, soaking up the knowledge.
Then one of my first posts was an obscure question (or so I thought) but these guys came through with some great answers .... kept learning & reading.
Then got tricked into giving out my address, roped into the fun of bombs/trades/passes and the rest is history.
It's like a real life soap opera, I never met any of you in person and yet I want to know what your all up to every day.