View Full Version : Monte Cristo Social Club
dinoa2
03-22-2015, 01:24 AM
I think there was a thread on the fish forum about this so I will just continue it here. Monte Cristo has a web site for their social club. You joined and got a free punch. You can look at their news and share info about smokes etc. Well I joined and because I didnt use my name as it shows on a credit card, they didnt verify my age and I didnt get the punch. Well months go by and I get the social club card in the mail but no punch. I browse the club web site anyway and about Christmas I get the letter saying my punch is on the way. Months go by and no punch and then today, I get it.
It is a beautiful key shaped thing gold colored with the montecristo symbol all over and the symbol encased in lucite or something at the head in a circle. I look at it and say ok, now what. I have never had or used a punch before. Finally I twist the head and the punch comes out the end of the key!. Now I am in business. lol
I have never used a punch cutter before , so today was finally a nice warm day here so I go out for a smoke and decide to use it. It worked great and the draw on my smoke ( a Oliva V) was great. Guess I never knew what I was missing by not using a punch cutter.
So if you signed up and didnt get the punch yet, just keep waiting and it will show up sooner or later. Thats my story and I am sticking with it.
Dijit
03-22-2015, 05:32 AM
I have been a member there for years and find some of the articles helpful and my punch still sits on my desk. What can I say I am a xikar fool and use the one on my lighter.
Browns7213
03-22-2015, 07:46 AM
Glad you finally got your punch! I am a huge punch fan.
jhedrick83
03-22-2015, 07:53 AM
It's a pretty nice punch too!
Dijit
03-22-2015, 09:16 AM
It's a pretty nice punch too!
It is pretty nice even though it weighs about 12 lbs
OtismyMan
03-22-2015, 09:48 AM
How about a pic ? :D would luv to see what it looks like.
Herf N Turf
03-22-2015, 10:02 AM
Pics, or it never happened ;)
BryGuySC
03-22-2015, 10:46 AM
I just recently got mine too, months after signing up. Maybe they ran out of stock for a while.
BryGuySC
03-22-2015, 04:31 PM
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o163/bcsssj/Cigar%20Stuff/_20150322_170416_zpswndtazwz.jpg (http://s120.photobucket.com/user/bcsssj/media/Cigar%20Stuff/_20150322_170416_zpswndtazwz.jpg.html)
Ropey
03-22-2015, 05:34 PM
Signed up yesterday, will see how long it takes. Looks like a great punch to put on my keychain, will fit right in. Just kidding eeheheeehehee
dinoa2
03-22-2015, 07:00 PM
Don, thanks to Bryan, there is a pic. its a beauty
madmark
03-22-2015, 07:33 PM
I signed up months ago and still haven't received anything..
dinoa2
03-22-2015, 07:40 PM
it took probably over 4 months before I got their social club card and then another 4 months before the punch showed up
BryGuySC
03-22-2015, 07:43 PM
I signed up months ago and still haven't received anything..
Hang in there, Mark. Actually, just forget about it completely, and then it may show up when you least expect it. :)
madmark
03-22-2015, 07:45 PM
Hang in there, Mark. Actually, just forget about it completely, and then it may show up when you least expect it. :)
I totally did until I seen this thread.. It looks cool...
bluenoser
03-22-2015, 07:47 PM
Nice punch, Tried to sign up but no go for us northerners
Herf N Turf
03-23-2015, 05:58 AM
Wow, Bry', that is cool lookin'
Rocket Scientologist
03-23-2015, 09:26 AM
I got mine over the weekend too. Not sure what I'm going to do with it though because of the size.
BryGuySC
03-23-2015, 10:11 AM
Yeah. It is pretty huge and heavy. Definitely a "desk punch."
TreySC
03-23-2015, 10:24 AM
Just signed up, now we wait
TCBSmokes
03-23-2015, 10:27 PM
dinoa2, thanks for starting this thread as I also wanted to share my experience with the members here.
I just received mine on Saturday and must admit, as I opened the package with a bit of glee (I am now a card-carrying member of their esteemed club, after all!) in the kitchen in front of my wife, I suddenly felt I was caught somewhere between the Leg Lamp and Little Orphan Annie Decoder Ring scenes, (both from A Christmas Story, in case you didn't know).
But with that aside, I was pleasantly surprised to find that the key is mostly if not all metal and quite heavy, too. How the punch works is you twist the key and out it comes to do its job. Cooler thing is when I was finished and twisted it back in place it also kicked out the plug of tobacco I had just clipped off the cigar and had until then been still lodged inside. Nice feature, I thought.
Now, as nice as it is, am I going to carry it around as a key fob? It has a ring for that, after all. Certainly not. But it is a nice little desk item that works quite well and which turned out to be better than I really was expecting.
Oh yeah, and I'd say delivery time was about 6-8 weeks from when I first signed up on the site.
Here is a link to the pic of it I posted Sunday on the "what did you smoke today?" thread after having thrown a welcoming party upon its arrival. (the cigars were not included but acquired previously on cbid).
http://www.cigarbum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1384&d=1427042693
Upstatemax
03-23-2015, 10:53 PM
Just got mine in today!
Opened it in the kitchen having no idea what it was. My wife was there and rolled her eyes asking how much I spent on it...
This time I could proudly exclaim, NOTHING! It was free!
Naturally she could not believe that, so it moved to "okay, how much did you spend to get it for free?".
I started to laugh and told her it actually was free, spent nothing!
I think for the first time, in a long time, my wife almost moved to tears of pride...
OtismyMan
03-23-2015, 11:33 PM
Just signed up, now we wait
Ditto...:encouragement:
TCBSmokes
03-24-2015, 10:11 AM
Just got mine in today!
Opened it in the kitchen having no idea what it was. My wife was there and rolled her eyes asking how much I spent on it...
This time I could proudly exclaim, NOTHING! It was free!
Naturally she could not believe that, so it moved to "okay, how much did you spend to get it for free?".
I started to laugh and told her it actually was free, spent nothing!
I think for the first time, in a long time, my wife almost moved to tears of pride...
lol. Very good.
Lostmason
03-24-2015, 08:47 PM
Mine came today,my wife opened the package because I was driving.Now if I can get it away from her,she wants to use on the Christmas tree next year.
TCBSmokes
03-24-2015, 09:15 PM
Mine came today,my wife opened the package because I was driving.Now if I can get it away from her,she wants to use on the Christmas tree next year.
lol. There's a use. You'll need a strong tree. :)
AuTechCoM
03-24-2015, 09:58 PM
Well crap. I signed up last year and waited months and all I got was a cheap and flimsy business card holder. I was so bummed out about it at first but then I remembered that I generally don't care for punches in the first place. But it was still a let down after seeing everyone with their nice Monte punches
Rocket Scientologist
03-25-2015, 09:17 AM
Mine came today,my wife opened the package because I was driving.Now if I can get it away from her,she wants to use on the Christmas tree next year.
Not a bad idea. It'd make a better ornament than some of my other ones, like my Anakin Skywalker figure from Episode I...so stupid. (I was only 14 when that movie came out, so cut me some slack)
AuTechCoM
03-25-2015, 05:02 PM
Not a bad idea. It'd make a better ornament than some of my other ones, like my Anakin Skywalker figure from Episode I...so stupid. (I was only 14 when that movie came out, so cut me some slack)
As long as it isn't Jar Jar Binks you are fine
Redneck_toy
03-25-2015, 05:20 PM
Got my punch in the other day. Signed up around Christmas. It's nice, but awfully heavy.
Lostmason
03-25-2015, 07:59 PM
As long as it isn't Jar Jar Binks you are fine
I had a resin Jar Jar that road on my dash for years,,,my grandson stole it.
Brent Strande
03-25-2015, 08:14 PM
I got mine this week too. My wife and I were clueless as to what may be inside as I'd forgot that I had signed up!
It's a beautiful punch and I'll keep it in the ashtray drawer of my Ramon Bueso Genesis the Project ashtray
RenoH414
03-25-2015, 08:27 PM
I signed up today. Now the wait begins.
Reno
madmark
03-27-2015, 09:29 PM
Mine came today.. Its really cool...
TreySC
04-14-2015, 01:22 PM
Signed up on 3/23 and got mine in today
an I thought this was like the Cheyanee Social Club an we's was going to look at girls.
UncleFesterESQ
04-14-2015, 03:35 PM
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll27/UncleFesterESQ/Waiting-Game_zpswiiqsjls.jpg (http://s284.photobucket.com/user/UncleFesterESQ/media/Waiting-Game_zpswiiqsjls.jpg.html)
JollyRogers
04-14-2015, 05:52 PM
Got mine in yesterday, totally forgot I had signed up so it was a nice little surprise! Really has some heft to it, pretty great for a freebie!!
StogieNinja
04-14-2015, 06:08 PM
I thought it was going to be a key-sized, like a key you'd put on a keychain. Turns out it's Kanye-chain-pendant sized. The thing is monstrous!
OtismyMan
04-14-2015, 11:04 PM
Arrived today...signed up on 3/24
http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah138/jobu007/punch_zpsmxhgtvex.jpg (http://s1379.photobucket.com/user/jobu007/media/punch_zpsmxhgtvex.jpg.html)
Ropey
04-15-2015, 02:31 AM
Hey has anybody ever been to one of their shindigs? There is one coming to a city near me, it's 35 bucks for members and 45 bucks for non members. Just curious if it's worth the time and money, I'd probably be bringing some broad with me cause I hate going places stag.
Mine yesterday. Little bulky to throw on an everyday keychain, but nice to put with the lighters and cutters in the drawer by the humi.
FYI, bigger diameter punch than, for example, the one that comes on the Bugatti B-1001 lighter.
Sticky B
04-15-2015, 12:31 PM
WTH, I signed up way back over a year ago, and all I got was a lousy business card holder. Now I hear they're giving away the key punches again!
:banghead:
04EDGE40
04-15-2015, 12:43 PM
WTH, I signed up way back over a year ago, and all I got was a lousy business card holder. Now I hear they're giving away the key punches again!
:banghead:
Ha me too. What a piece of junk. Who uses those? I thought that cutter was cool, but that business card holder went right in the trash. Nice gesture anyway I suppose.
Tobias Lutz
04-15-2015, 12:46 PM
I have the key punch- it is one of my favorite punches. I like the diameter and how sharp it is.
Brent Strande
04-15-2015, 08:12 PM
WTH, I signed up way back over a year ago, and all I got was a lousy business card holder. Now I hear they're giving away the key punches again!
:banghead:
Ha me too. What a piece of junk. Who uses those? I thought that cutter was cool, but that business card holder went right in the trash. Nice gesture anyway I suppose.
Business card holders are nice for saving cigar bands!
fiddlegrin
04-15-2015, 09:01 PM
........... Just curious if it's worth the time and money, I'd probably be bringing some broad with me cause I hate going places stag.
Hey, it'll be good to get the both of ya's out of your caves__! lol
Upstatemax
04-15-2015, 09:05 PM
WTH, I signed up way back over a year ago, and all I got was a lousy business card holder. Now I hear they're giving away the key punches again!
:banghead:
That sucks!
I love my punch from them. It's my goto cigar tool now...
Can you sign up again? different email addy and throw in a family members physical address? Just let them know that punch is YOURS! lol.
c.ortiz108
04-15-2015, 09:16 PM
yeah, I got the lame-o business card holder too. I thought the same thing _ I'm going to sign up again!
Ropey
04-15-2015, 11:10 PM
My key punch came in today, about a month after signup.
Anybody notice they spelled social as "SOCAL" at the top of one side of the key? ;)
And the cutter itself is duller than whang-leather.. gonna have to touch it up.
RenoH414
04-16-2015, 08:55 PM
Signed up the 25th of March and it came today.
Reno
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/zz17/RenoH414/Cigars/4618B8EC-AB5E-4A6F-BDBE-5CF296927CA1_zpspfmwdzir.jpg (http://s809.photobucket.com/user/RenoH414/media/Cigars/4618B8EC-AB5E-4A6F-BDBE-5CF296927CA1_zpspfmwdzir.jpg.html)
UncleFesterESQ
05-07-2015, 07:48 PM
Wow.... Signed up April 14 and here today!
Zeede
05-16-2015, 06:07 AM
Anyone know if it is a standard 9mm punch?
RenoH414
05-16-2015, 12:11 PM
Anyone know if it is a standard 9mm punch?
It is smaller than my Xikar 9mm so I would guess it's 7mm but I didn't measure it.
Reno
Zeede
05-16-2015, 02:26 PM
Thanks Reno! I feel compelled to buy and smoke one of their cigars before I sign up for a nice looking free punch like that. Good that it's smaller though. It'd be kind of pointless to have two punches the same diameter.
RenoH414
05-16-2015, 04:38 PM
Thanks Reno! I feel compelled to buy and smoke one of their cigars before I sign up for a nice looking free punch like that. Good that it's smaller though. It'd be kind of pointless to have two punches the same diameter.
Mine sits on my desk. It's a heavy and well made piece but a little much to carry in the front pocket. I have used it a few times and it does work well. You may as well sign up and then get you a smoke. I feel as though it's worth having.
Reno
Ropey
05-18-2015, 01:54 AM
You could punch your first Montecristo with a Montecristo punch [emoji3]
Laynard
06-16-2015, 05:31 PM
Took a while, but got my gift today!
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i281/Laynard/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-06/F11B7F80-0906-41AC-BF85-62F0A3BB87B6.jpg (http://s75.photobucket.com/user/Laynard/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-06/F11B7F80-0906-41AC-BF85-62F0A3BB87B6.jpg.html)
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i281/Laynard/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-06/A8E79FEF-B823-489E-9B3F-451316E46804.jpg (http://s75.photobucket.com/user/Laynard/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-06/A8E79FEF-B823-489E-9B3F-451316E46804.jpg.html)
Zeede
06-16-2015, 07:24 PM
I signed up a week or two ago.
Social Club where's the girls..I know this place saw the movie where's the girls an the bar got any smokes?????
dinoa2
06-17-2015, 11:18 AM
sorry there Harvey, its not quite that kind of club, wish it was lol
Upstatemax
06-17-2015, 06:51 PM
You could punch your first Montecristo with a Montecristo punch [emoji3]
I did!
Then I had to break out my old cutter 'cause the draw was too tight...
lol
9:45 pm june 17 2015 just signed up...bring on the girls
Zeede
07-06-2015, 12:43 PM
I signed up June 10th and received it on July 3rd.
allusred
07-06-2015, 04:49 PM
Yeah. It is pretty huge and heavy. Definitely a "desk punch."
Doesn't work, any time I've a desk get punched, they just continue being unresponsive, like a plank of wood.
Best bet is to put some distance between self and desk, light up and enjoy a cigar.
july 6 2015 in my hands..bring on the girls..
Lostmason
07-06-2015, 07:57 PM
July 7th,,,Harvey's lithium arrives,,find out the "girls" are all "Made In China" with lead based makeup...
Dreadedtrash
07-07-2015, 02:18 PM
Joined today although I dont think that all of my info went through for the punch. We shall see.
rodwha
07-18-2015, 03:37 PM
Signed up today.
Dreadedtrash
07-31-2015, 05:37 PM
Got my punch in the mail today. I am cerian that you could beat someone to death with it