Well I will throw my .02 in on a few of the recent discussions: 1) Never tried any 262 stogies and they might be good (or not). But I hate expensive cigars...too many GREAT stogies out there for $5 or less. 2) I hate the policies of our sitting president and his bull**** liberal buddies in Washington. They are spending too much money and acting like it's no big deal to propose a new budget that adds more than 1 Trillion to our nations debt. 3) I think Newt Gingrich would be 500% better than Obama. 4) I hate America losing her competitive edge on the world stage and it is awesome to hear Donald Trump talk abour how we as a country should be focussing our efforts and spending on taking care of our interests instead of being the policemen of the world. If anyone has the cajones to disagree with me I will gladly immediately challenge you to a beer and stogie!!
I can't disagree with anything you mentioned above.
You weren't in on the original spat and I'm not getting into this with you. I've already created over a page of crappy drama with one 262 rep, I don't feel like debating with a second 262 rep.
I'm not a rep for anyone, but I did get a free 262 cigar at IPCPR last year to review. Never the less, you've made my point.
No threat was made. He said what he'd like to do, not what he was planning to do. A married man can say he wants to screw his babysitter, but that doesn't make him an adulterer, or even a sex offender is she's not of age.
Well I will throw my .02 in on a few of the recent discussions: 1) Never tried any 262 stogies and they might be good (or not). But I hate expensive cigars...too many GREAT stogies out there for $5 or less. 2) I hate the policies of our sitting president and his bull**** liberal buddies in Washington. They are spending too much money and acting like it's no big deal to propose a new budget that adds more than 1 Trillion to our nations debt. 3) I think Newt Gingrich would be 500% better than Obama. 4) I hate America losing her competitive edge on the world stage and it is awesome to hear Donald Trump talk abour how we as a country should be focussing our efforts and spending on taking care of our interests instead of being the policemen of the world. If anyone has the cajones to disagree with me I will gladly immediately challenge you to a beer and stogie!!
I can't disagree with anything you mentioned above.
xmarco - I replied to the other forum that has been used to attack 262, so I suppose I'll reply here as well. First off, this is the cigar community you're bashing. One that we all love and one that is being legislated left and right w/ taxes and smoking privileges. This kind of rant is cannibalistic and boggles my mind. So you don't like the social approach to the underground, so you don't like the $8 price tag, so the Twitter contests ask questions that you may not know the answer to...so what.
These guys are trying to get a foot in the door and we should at the very least respect that, since it's obvious you have no desire to support it. Respect is the least we owe our BOTL's.
I've smoked the 262 cigars and thoroughly enjoyed them. I've also smoked cigars half the price that I liked better....and I've smoked cigars double the price that I liked less. That's how it is. Pricing is incredibly complicated for a smaller company - with taxes, dues to the blender, distribution in smaller quantities, etc. If $8 is too much to spend to support a company trying to break in, then that's totally you're call, obviously. But even though speech is free, it still can damage the community. And it damages the livelihood of the company - why mess with that bro? Sometimes it is best to just keep your negativity to yourself.
I hate that grown men on this site have been acting like 13 year old girls this week. I've had nothing but good dealings with each of them, but man something must be in the water.
I am sorry if I ruffled anyone's feathers today. I am passionate about the cigars I love and 262 Cigars. I really enjoy supporting boutique brands who are trying to make it in this market. The guys behind 262 Cigars have become good friends & are practically family to me. This wasn't the first time xmacro posted about his dislike for 262 on the forums & I felt his opinion was without merit & decided to say something. Probably should have been a PM. I respect everyone's opinion even if I don't agree. With that said I see no logic in an opinion on something someone has never tried or is seriouly misinformed about - cigar wise. The point is I consider you all friends & want to keep it that way. I am drinking filtered water now. Xmacro check your pm so we can make this right.
I am sorry if I ruffled anyone's feathers today. I am passionate about the cigars I love and 262 Cigars. I really enjoy supporting boutique brands who are trying to make it in this market. The guys behind 262 Cigars have become good friends & are practically family to me. This wasn't the first time xmacro posted about his dislike for 262 on the forums & I felt his opinion was without merit & decided to say something. Probably should have been a PM. I respect everyone's opinion even if I don't agree. With that said I see no logic in an opinion on something someone has never tried or is seriouly misinformed about - cigar wise. The point is I consider you all friends & want to keep it that way. I am drinking filtered water now. Xmacro check your pm so we can make this right.
Send the guy some sticks, let him schmoke.....Being as you truly believe in the brand and I believe you are a rep? I would make it my mission to ensure I provided him full opportunity to try the brand and make him a believer...Just a thought...
For the record on the 262's I would like to try them myself but the pricing is a bit rich for me. If I like the stogies and know what they are about then I am more apt to pay a higher price. Yes I do know it all goes towards our friends in the leaf business. I also know they may not have the pricing power of the larger cigar producers. But business is business and a buck is a buck so perhaps an attractively priced sampler might just hit the spot for us who want to try them out. Just a thought.
Figuring out how to support 6 on half of a soldiers pay because some jack @ss politicians wanted to wait till the last minute to fix their budget (I don't give a *** who's fault it is, quit pointing fingers and fix it!!!)
Just noticed a little spat about the 262's. Not trying to siir up again, and not saying anything about Snake....but I too do not like the 262. The cigars are overpriced for the flavor and the whoile thing seems gimmicky. I love boutique brands, but when its Twitter, contests, and it feels like an easter egg hunt for cigar smokers....just gimme a Fuente.
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