Inventory

[Horseshoe]

Does anyone else get overwhelmed with taking inventory? It seems like I do so much trading/passing etc that my inventory is way off. I need to pull everything out and do a full inventory. I have so many sticks that I don't know exactly what they are to take a legit inventory. In my virtual hunidor I have several sticks labeled as a generic blend. I am bad at this!

Anyone else have this problem, or is it just me?

[Lostmason]

Does anyone else get overwhelmed with taking inventory? It seems like I do so much trading/passing etc that my inventory is way off. I need to pull everything out and do a full inventory. I have so many sticks that I don't know exactly what they are to take a legit inventory. In my virtual hunidor I have several sticks labeled as a generic blend. I am bad at this!

Anyone else have this problem, or is it just me?

Just you,,it's that OCD thingy .:devilish::devilish:

[Nature]

Nope. I gave up keeping up a while ago. Haven't entered my new acquisitions in months nor have I removed sticks as I've smoked them or passed 'em out.
My "inventory" is probably only about 50% accurate.

I'd rather spend my time doing other things; like smoking! :stogie:

[WNYTONY]

I use a spreadsheet and manage to keep it fairly accurate.
Put in new as they come in and just deduct when I pull out to smoke.
That way I can keep track of who gave me what and give some credit when burning them
Even log the price I got them at for future reference
It's not that tough Brent - oh wait, I've seen the amount of cigars you are buying :eek: and I understand now

[Dijit]

I use a spreadsheet and manage to keep it fairly accurate.
Put in new as they come in and just deduct when I pull out to smoke.
That way I can keep track of who gave me what and give some credit when burning them
Even log the price I got them at for future reference
It's not that tough Brent - oh wait, I've seen the amount of cigars you are buying :eek: and I understand now

I had this problem for a long time until I started my spread sheet 6 years ago. Now I see I need to add more information like you have such as who its from, who I bombed it to, and how much I paid.
Never paid attention till a few weeks ago when updating the spread sheet in 6 years I have tried or brought in almost 500 different sticks and smoked at least one of every one of those. HOLY CRAP Ive been doing this for 30 years, wonder how many I have really tried in that time?

[six10]

I'm all for being organized but For NC's I just look them up on CI before or while smoking them if I'm not familiar with them. Way easier this way. All that info is out there anyway. Its a lot of work jotting it all down. If a special cigar survives a while I usually make a tiny cedar placecard with the year purchased on it and set it by it, and done.

[HIM]

Gave up on keeping track a long time ago. Now I just try rotate the bottom to the top once or twice a year so stuff doesn't stay buried away.

[Demuths1770]

KISS keep it simple......stupid enjoy smoking and dont get lost in inventory. i have never tried to keep inventory just try to lable them with the date i got it

[OtismyMan]

^^^^^^What he said :cool:

[Schatzman]

I have to inventory them for work. For my own personal use I just put them away and am able to remember when I got them and from where. I think I have over 2k sticks now give or take.

[AlanS]

Just you,,it's that OCD thingy .:devilish::devilish:

OCD is that short for Optional Clothing Department! Lol

[Engineer99]

I have a friend who has a vinyl record collection numbering upwards of 20,000. I once asked him how many Rolling Stones records he has and in about 0.7 seconds he replied "86".

I for one, am not that obsessive with keeping inventory, be it mentally, digitally, or hard copy. Maybe if I had a reason besides for the heck of it, like to make sure no one's getting into my stash, I'd some sort of database system, but for now, it's just footloose and fancy free.

[Lynn]

smoke em so fast never had this problem

[OnePyroTec]

I never did inventory on any of my personal cigars, I only found it useful while selling tobacco to keep records. Otherwise, when I empty a box, I know that box is empty. :stogie:

[Lynn]

I never did inventory on any of my personal cigars, I only found it useful while selling tobacco to keep records. Otherwise, when I empty a box, I know that box is empty. :stogie:

just love that shirt

[Horseshoe]

OCD is that short for Optional Clothing Department! Lol

Now that is funny right there!!!

[RenoH414]

I don't really have enough right now to worry about inventorying them but have been giving thoughts on how I would do it. It seems to me that maybe it is gonna be more time and work than necessary. Maybe I'll just spend that extra time enjoying a good smoke :stogie:

Reno

[Horseshoe]

I have a tupperdor, tool box, wine cooler and wood humidor. My inventory is more of what is where. I hate digging through all my stuff to find the one I am looking for. I am still trying to consolidate to make it easier. The problem is, I keep getting more sticks in the mail.... I promise(fingers crossed) that I am done buying for a while.


I did liquidate one Tupperdor though. Now I need to liquidate another.

[Zeede]

My total inventory is 19 cigars, so no, I do not have this problem :)

[jp1979]

I only keep inventory on full box purchases (what, how much, where) and until there are 5 or less in the box. Then they get deleted from the spreadsheet and tossed in with the singles.

[Lostmason]

I have to inventory them for work. For my own personal use I just put them away and am able to remember when I got them and from where. I think I have over 2k sticks now give or take.

I wanna be your neighbor,,,,,:stogie:

[Cool Breeze]

Wish I had that problem but my stick count is very low.
When I bought that sampler from you a couple weeks ago, my stick count more than doubled.

I've been focusing more on pipe tobacco lately so my cigars have been neglected.

[jhedrick83]

I keep inventory of my purchases. I just like to keep track of how old what I am smoking is, it's just a simple stick count, date of purchase, (box code if applicable) and purchase price. I don't worry too much with trying to track trades or bombs.

[HTML5 Gordon]

What is this "inventory" thing, and what does it have to do with cigars?

I definitely don't inventory my sticks - I have way too many now to even try. I also don't date them when I put them to sleep. All of that would make smoking cigars too much like work for me, and I already work hard enough. :)

[Jordan23]

Keeping up with inventory is easy for me. Get some boxes in, fill out some fields in Google sheets, and I'm done.

It was a pain at first....because I waited until I had a lot of cigars to do it.

[Old Smokey]

I keep mine as organized as I can, but not inventoried. Just don't see enough of a benefit to exert that much energy and time.

[Gunther7912]

No real inventory here. I do keep my cigars in 3 different tupperdors, one for everyday cigars, one for rare or special cigars, and one for foreign cigars :behindsofa: wild guess which one that is....

A picture from a few weeks ago

http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y419/gunther7912/Mobile%20Uploads/57845CA8-8797-4709-B680-BDD9F229C5A3_zpsc6y1ez88.jpg (http://s1273.photobucket.com/user/gunther7912/media/Mobile%20Uploads/57845CA8-8797-4709-B680-BDD9F229C5A3_zpsc6y1ez88.jpg.html)

BFM keeps the regular smokes on lockdown :)

[Trackmyer]

I use a spreadsheet and manage to keep it fairly accurate.
Put in new as they come in and just deduct when I pull out to smoke.

You may soon need to be update that spreadsheet.....

Just sayin

[Sigaar]

I don't keep inventory, though I have a pretty good bead on what I have. I do want to keep track of age on my CC's, so will probably start using bands to keep track of those singles, fivers, etc.

[WNYTONY]

You may soon need to be update that spreadsheet.....

Just sayin

I update as needed Track. It goes up and it goes down - whichever the case may be...........

[HabanoMan]

Stopped keeping inventory when the numbers reached a few thousand. That was a few years ago.
Would hate to even attempt it now. :crazy:

[Hardheaded]

Just a mental list for now. Having less than 50 sticks at any time keeps that pretty easy. Sooner or later though I will end up with a lot more sticks and a need for better tracking of dates.

[Jaybird]

I keep inventory at the store. But at home..NAHHHHH! Smoke em if you got em!

Cheers
Jay

[liquidicem]

I used to try to keep up. Even when I used an app on my phone I would fall behind. So I gave it up. It takes alot of stress out of a hobby that is supposed to be relaxing.

[droy1958]

I 'mentally' try to keep up, but it's basically 'Grabbit', Stabbit' and smoke it'....

[Habana Mike]

I keep a spreadsheet of my orders so I know what I got, how many, when I got them, how much I paid (or traded) and from whom

Not good about keeping it updated so I know how many I've bought but not how many I have left :confused:

[Tobias Lutz]

I keep it all up here :)

http://th05.deviantart.net/fs40/200H/i/2009/049/f/e/It__s_all_up_HERE_by_openedgreeneyes.jpg

I even gave up on my pipe cellar tracking when I hit around 130 pounds.

[Horseshoe]

I keep it all up here :)

http://th05.deviantart.net/fs40/200H/i/2009/049/f/e/It__s_all_up_HERE_by_openedgreeneyes.jpg

I even gave up on my pipe cellar tracking when I hit around 130 pounds.

130lbs of pipe tobacco is beyond crazy to me. I would never be able to choose what I want to have. I have a hard time picking a cigar with 40-50 options.

[Rocket Scientologist]

I use the "My Humidor" app for Android. Initial setup took some time, but maintaining is really easy.

[Zeede]

I'll have to check out that app, thanks!

[lvfcrook1503]

Just saw this and I'm a bit OCD. For my NCs I use the humidor app at cigargeeks. For my ccs I use the one at a cuban only site just because it's more user friendly IMO. It took a while to get them set up because I waited until I had over 700 sticks lol. I do it for 2 reasons:

1) Keep track of the age on my ccs that I don't have boxes for
2) If I try a stick and it's not in my wheelhouse, I can quickly check to see if I have any more from that brand or line and just get rid of them in trades, sales, w/e.
Horseshoe if you decide to start an inventory, I'd suggest waiting a day or so just to make your life easier. :devilish::devilish::excitement:

[theHammer56]

My total inventory is 19 cigars, so no, I do not have this problem :)

Your problem is of a much WORSE type! Yikes!

[Demuths1770]

Just saw this and I'm a bit OCD. For my NCs I use the humidor app at cigargeeks. For my ccs I use the one at a cuban only site just because it's more user friendly IMO. It took a while to get them set up because I waited until I had over 700 sticks lol. I do it for 2 reasons:

1) Keep track of the age on my ccs that I don't have boxes for
2) If I try a stick and it's not in my wheelhouse, I can quickly check to see if I have any more from that brand or line and just get rid of them in trades, sales, w/e.
Horseshoe if you decide to start an inventory, I'd suggest waiting a day or so just to make your life easier. :devilish::devilish::excitement:

holy shit boy you are at 700 sticks..... god i dont wanna count mine now. im probably pushing 300ish now

[Sweet Cigars]

My total inventory is 19 cigars, so no, I do not have this problem :)

Don't feel so bad, I currently have about 11 cigars with 19 coming in on Saturday. I took about 3 years off of smoking so I had to start from scratch a couple of months ago. I can see though I am going to outgrow my little 30 count humi really quick.

[Demuths1770]

Don't feel so bad, I currently have about 11 cigars with 19 coming in on Saturday. I took about 3 years off of smoking so I had to start from scratch a couple of months ago. I can see though I am going to outgrow my little 30 count humi really quick.

always go bigger than you think you will need and than go even bigger than that lol

[lvfcrook1503]

holy shit boy you are at 700 sticks..... god i dont wanna count mine now. im probably pushing 300ish now

Oh did you need more help building your inventory??? I can accommodate that =D

[Hardheaded]

holy shit boy you are at 700 sticks..... god i dont wanna count mine now. im probably pushing 300ish now

Thats all? I would have guessed far more than that from you.

I'm only around 30, and it's small enough no fancy tracking is needed. Definitely need to start before I start buying large quantities though. I'm not waiting till 300 to start tracking everything.

[Demuths1770]

Thats all? I would have guessed far more than that from you.

I'm only around 30, and it's small enough no fancy tracking is needed. Definitely need to start before I start buying large quantities though. I'm not waiting till 300 to start tracking everything.

300 is a guess and probably low i was close to 200 going into winter bought a bunch over the winter was bombed by jimmy and didnt smoke many and attented a several events so its hard to say

[Lynn]

128 from this site in 2mos..an more in the mail right now..should be 200 by mos end

[StogieNinja]

I don't keep a running inventory. Too much work.

I have a small enough stash that I know generally what I have, and that's enough for me.

I have my own system for noting dates/box codes on cigar bands when they arrive (micron pigment pen), but besides that I don't worry about it.

[theHammer56]

I do keep a running inventory. In the past, I never understood stamp collectors and how collecting little pieces of printed paper could turn into a passion. Now I realize I have much the same passion, but only with cigars. BUT - I get to smoke my passion. Philatelists, not so much.

So I guess that's why I enjoy tracking the details about my cigars vs. just owning them...

[Ilroy]

right now I just have a note on my phone with the info and whether I liked it and want more, liked it but too pricey, or didn't like it. I'm only at around 75, so pretty easy to track this way.

[Demuths1770]

Oh did you need more help building your inventory??? I can accommodate that =D

btw your the worst enabler in the world lmao

[Wolfpack Smokes]

I tried a virtual humidor, but it became so time consuming that I quit. I quite enjoy the "when did I get that" feeling that not keeping inventory provides.

:stogie:

[Lynn]

I maybe might have a 75ct shipin past your place..I could let it stop so you could put some in it and then let them pick it up and send it to me Inventory solved..you happy me haaappyy

[Big Bull]

I gave up trying to keep up with trying to keep inventories when I moved into my cabinet. That and having a part time job with the full time jobe got to be way tooo much. Just smoek and enjoy. Every once in a while you'll hear me say "Damn I forgot I had that"....lol

[DrBob]

I use a spreadsheet and manage to keep it fairly accurate.
Put in new as they come in and just deduct when I pull out to smoke.
That way I can keep track of who gave me what and give some credit when burning them
Even log the price I got them at for future reference
It's not that tough Brent - oh wait, I've seen the amount of cigars you are buying :eek: and I understand now

same here, spreadsheet and track purchase date, size, number, source, strength, tasting notes and an informal 1-10 ranking scale. I keep the zeros at the bottom, so I know what I like when i see them on sale.

[Lynn]

Does anyone else get overwhelmed with taking inventory? It seems like I do so much trading/passing etc that my inventory is way off. I need to pull everything out and do a full inventory. I have so many sticks that I don't know exactly what they are to take a legit inventory. In my virtual hunidor I have several sticks labeled as a generic blend. I am bad at this!

Anyone else have this problem, or is it just me?


I maybe might have a 75ct shipin past your place..I could let it stop so you could put some in it and then let them pick it up and send it to me Inventory solved..you happy me haaappyy ..dint hear what you said about the stop over..

[Ropey]

I remember, when I used to ride a bike fairly frequently, I installed a little odometer on the bike. After each ride I would total my mileage and time in a spreadsheet. Then sometimes I'd forget to do it and freak out a little. Soon my hobby became more about accounting than riding. Finally I got sick of it and pulled the odometer off the bike and was able to go back to enjoying the experience of the ride itself rather than the record of that ride.