Do you really know cigar moochers?

[Sticky B]

I don't have any cigar friends because....
Nobody loves me....
Everybody hates me.....
I'm going to the garden to eat worms....
Yesterday I ate two smooth ones and one wooly one.....

Looks like we can be friends! But you gotta share that wooly worm with me

[bluenoser]

"Hey, buddy... YOU, yeah, you! You're pretty smart. You're good looking, you have great taste, women everywhere are falling over themselves to kneel before you. We know you like cigars. We also know that you're soooooo insanely popular that there are literally thousands of lesser beta-males trying to hang out with you, and you're so damn generous that you give each and every one of them a cigar even though they're dirt and they don't deserve a sniff of your superior tobacco. What else do we know about you? You can spot an awesome value at a mile away because YOU'RE awesome! Yeah, that's right: YOU ARE AWESOME! So we have this great package all ready to go for you. It's filled with a bunch of crap you can give to the masses, and they'll be thankful for every inch - of which you have many, no doubt - and that in turn will make you thankful because the primo shelf in your humidor has gone untouched. That's the name of the game, buckaroo. You stock your humidor with handmade treasures and still appease the peasants with a cigar, even though it's total dogshit. They won't know... Anything coming from you is gold, buddy. GOLD!"

I haven't had anyone attempt a mooching since getting into this hobby. That said all of my friends live about 5000km away and I only smoke at home. We don't have any friends around here to visit and the wife don't like anything to do with smoking so unless the kids start tryin to mooch I should be safe.

[AK47]

Like some others..I have a friend who's into cigars for whom I give the best..and it's paid off, he just made his first tupperdor and bought some of his own sticks from me. I have a few others who don't really care at all what I give them, they just smoke for the company. Those get the $3-4 buck smokes, which are still decent and all sticks I smoke myself.

[Bruck]

Brothers-in-law and nephews. See them on the holidays. I wouldn't call them moochers per se, but I do generally provide the cigars at holiday gatherings and no, I don't exactly break out fistfuls of Padron 1926s.

[Ropey]

Thanks for the replies. I don't have an "open humidor policy" but I give friends decent stuff. For noobs I've found that I can't go wrong with RyJ 1875s and Avos. Solid construction plus dependable pleasant flavors. For people who know more about cigars it might be something I know they like or something perhaps a little obscure that they've never tried.

I'm not gonna drop an Opus X on em but neither will I give them some Cuban sandwich junk.

[Cool Breeze]

I'm not gonna drop an Opus X on em but neither will I give them some Cuban sandwich junk.

That sums it up well.
It's not like I keep a box of Swishers in the drawer for when company comes over. Heck, if I don't enjoy it it's not in the humidor to begin with.

[herman]

Space is limited so I don't even keep but a couple yard gars. I usually share mid range stuff and enjoy sharing. That is until they stump it out after the first 3rd. That happens a lot. I don't know if it's because I pass out smokes that are too strong or they just don't like them. Breaks my heart.

[Tobias Lutz]

I know someone will think I'm full of it for saying this, but anything in my humidor is an option for a guest to my home. I keep the coffins and tubes from my kid's birth years in separate storage, but if you're in my home you will get your choice. That said, I tend to not be very good friends with many selfish or inconsiderate people, so it's not a huge deal.

[Sticky B]

I know someone will think I'm full of it for saying this, but anything in my humidor is an option for a guest to my home. I keep the coffins and tubes from my kid's birth years in separate storage, but if you're in my home you will get your choice. That said, I tend to not be very good friends with many selfish or inconsiderate people, so it's not a huge deal.

Yeah you're full of it Tobias. Generosity, that is!

[Chad Vegas]

I kinda do. I have a couple of local herfing buddies, and they have a... friend. If I go to one of their houses and bring a couple cigars, this guy gets the "where's mine?" look. I have shared a couple with him. One day he was having a crappy day (heard that from one of my friends). I took a stick to him, just cause. He later tells me, "I didn't like it, it wasn't very good." For me anyway, that ended his freebies. I tend to sell a stick here or there at box price to them, and the other 2? I still throw in a gift stick on occasion.

Well played! People have to know that your generosity has limits. A handout is good once or twice, but after that they have to get their act together & purchase their own cigars. I usually will only invite someone once & if they dont step up their game & start buying their own shit I wont promote their dependence on me.