Cbid - Anyone else have a problem?

[theHammer56]

Not sure what y'all are smokin' - but I find Ave Maria, Brick House, C.A.O., KY Fire Cured, H. Upmann, Joya de Nicaragua, La Perla Habana, Nat Sherman, PDR, Rocky Patel, Romeo y Julieta, Toraño & Oliva's pretty nice smokes! Average price tag less than $2.50...

[UncleFesterESQ]

Not sure what y'all are smokin' - but I find Ave Maria, Brick House, C.A.O., KY Fire Cured, H. Upmann, Joya de Nicaragua, La Perla Habana, Nat Sherman, PDR, Rocky Patel, Romeo y Julieta, Toraño & Oliva's pretty nice smokes! Average price tag less than $2.50...

[Hardheaded]

Not sure what y'all are smokin' - but I find Ave Maria, Brick House, C.A.O., KY Fire Cured, H. Upmann, Joya de Nicaragua, La Perla Habana, Nat Sherman, PDR, Rocky Patel, Romeo y Julieta, Toraño & Oliva's pretty nice smokes! Average price tag less than $2.50...

Yeah, a good chunk of those are on my cbid list, along with some others. It's never a 170 stick shipment though. Thats almost a years worth of sticks as often as I smoke.

[StogieNinja]

Not sure what y'all are smokin' - but I find Ave Maria, Brick House, C.A.O., KY Fire Cured, H. Upmann, Joya de Nicaragua, La Perla Habana, Nat Sherman, PDR, Rocky Patel, Romeo y Julieta, Toraño & Oliva's pretty nice smokes! Average price tag less than $2.50...

I don't enjoy most of those. I'm not saying they're bad, but if I double the price (average $5) I can smoke cigars I like three times as much. So I smoke less often, but higher end. It works for me. I can understand folks who feel differently, of course. In many ways, I wish I felt differently myself!

Yeah, a good chunk of those are on my cbid list, along with some others. It's never a 170 stick shipment though. Thats almost a years worth of sticks as often as I smoke.

Yeah, I smoke around 120 cigars a year, maybe less.


I will say FreeFall has been my friend, I've gotten decent deals on stuff I do smoke from time to time. But overall, it's usually faster and easier, and often cheaper for the stuff I like to smoke, for me to head over to @MrSmallBatch and get my stuff there, or sometimes to Monster. With the free shipping and coupon codes, those two are hard to beat for what I smoke.

[theHammer56]

I will say FreeFall has been my friend, I've gotten decent deals on stuff I do smoke from time to time. But overall, it's usually faster and easier, and often cheaper for the stuff I like to smoke, for me to head over to @MrSmallBatch and get my stuff there, or sometimes to Monster. With the free shipping and coupon codes, those two are hard to beat for what I smoke.

So what brands & shapes do you like?

[StogieNinja]

So what brands & shapes do you like?

Well, many of them are Cubans, so those I get elsewhere, obviously:
H Upmann Half Coronas
Boli CJs
RASCC
SCdlH El Principe


Some of my favorites are NCs though:
Caldwell Gibraltar
Liga Privada Papas Fritas
Nica Rustica
Crowned Heads Four Kicks
DPG Blue
(There are others I'm forgetting...)

These are a few of mine in that price range. I know the latter two are inexpensive on cbid as well, but for just a couple it's easier to snag on the monster than to try and coordinate winning bids, etc.

[Mr Jones]

Well, many of them are Cubans, so those I get elsewhere, obviously:
H Upmann Half Coronas
Boli CJs
RASCC
SCdlH El Principe

How does a list like this not include party short lol?

[StogieNinja]

How does a list like this not include party short lol?

They're really not my favorite. I liked some I had back in 2011, but since then I haven't enjoyed many. A couple here and there, but they seem harsher and less consistent to me. Might just be luck of the draw, but the BCJ and HUHC have been amazing, so I've kinda dropped the Party Short from my list for now.

Perhaps I should revisit, and I might sometime in the future, but right now, the BCJ and HUHC have my heart. The SCDLH El Principe i havent bought in several years, still smoking through a few I bought in '12, so I have no idea if recent production on those is any good either, but the RASCC has been very good, especially MUR '13s.

[Demuths1770]

Not sure what y'all are smokin' - but I find Ave Maria, Brick House, C.A.O., KY Fire Cured, H. Upmann, Joya de Nicaragua, La Perla Habana, Nat Sherman, PDR, Rocky Patel, Romeo y Julieta, Toraño & Oliva's pretty nice smokes! Average price tag less than $2.50...

thats a good every day selections but as little as i smoke a week i treat myself Drew Estate Ligas, Tatuaje, Viva Repbulica, Caldwell. I do like Oliva and Joya and they are always in rotations as well but who am i joking im not picky i love trying new things and smoking anything i enjoy reguardless of price or brand lol