How do you budget in your smokes?

[Branzig]

My buying habits are so random that it would be impossible to budget. I'll go from buying cigars every week for a month or 2...then not buy a cigar for a year.

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[WNYTONY]

Not really a budget, i basically just buy when i have the extra cash. Also always buy cigars on sale/discount. Can't remember the last time i paid full price for a box or 5pk.


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What he said ^^^^^^

[Upstatemax]

My buying is VERY random. Right now, I have purchased more than I have smoked the last few months...

Just been so busy and sick that I have not had a lot of quality smoking time. I hope to kick that trend SOON!

Usually I pick up a sticker two from a local B&M every once in a while, but I mostly buy online if I find a good deal on something I like or want to try.

I also have too many expensive hobbies, so I get quite a bit of flak if I start shopping for cigars too much.

Opps...

[Lostmason]

Budget??!! That would require me to have an income level I could count on.Maybe once a year
I can splurge online and even then it's only around 30-40 bucks including shipping. It's a good
thing I like pipes so much,cheaper and (for me) lasts longer.When I sit back with a cigar it's
a special treat,usually after a particularly hard day.A year ago the Brothers and Sister Kayla
took mercy on me and bombed the crap outa me,I still get threatning notes from my mailman,
if it wasn't for them I would be down to just pipes and probably smoking sawgrass at that.
BTW kids,I'm still working on that.Thank You !!

[tjhemp]

I don't budget although I probably should. My purchasing has dwindled a lot as of recently primarily due to no more space to store them. I'm not sure as of now where I'm gonna put the last two boxes I purchased. My income varies quite a bit so when the good months come I will splurge a little more. For the last year or so I only buy if I can get a good deal.

[Old Smokey]

Even though I discovered I enjoyed cigars many years ago, I was raising 3 kids and couldn't afford cigars. Once the kids were grown I focused on getting debt free and cigars wouldn't have helped achieve that goal. Now that the kids are raised and we are debt free I felt comfortable splurging and enjoy a fine cigar once in a while. Over the last 4 years I have accumulated a nice little selection and rarely buy cigars. Only when I find something I know I will enjoy and I don't feel guilty for buying them.

I will also share that all of this took me a lifetime doing retail grocery store work and never making more than $15 an hour. It all has worked out, but damn, there were times it really sucked. Oh, and my wife always worked too.

[Cool Breeze]

I'm pretty sporadic in my purchases as well. I do not budget for it at all.
When we have extra cash, I'll spend a little on smokes. Other than that, when I go to the B&M I usually buy one to smoke there and one to take home.

Pipe tobacco is so much cheaper, I usually have plenty of it on hand, so I can have a smoke whenever the mood strikes me.
Cigars are kept at 1 to 2 per week.

[Brimy]

Budget you say? What's that?!
Buying has been down over the past year since I've been lucky & won a couple of contest here (thanks my fellow bums)!! Then you have the crazies bombing you. And I did quite a bit of buying over the prior 2 years. Then there s the space issue.
I'll buy something I think is a good deal or something I really want to try. Plus Secret Santa has put me at an extreme "surlus"! Between what I've been given and what I bought to pair my AS gifts.

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