TC order surprise

[droy1958]

Ordered from Thompson cigars a few months ago, did a sampler and a single AF cigar. Woke up this morning checked my email and to my surprise I have an order confirmation for a box of AF's I never ordered and they withdrew money from my account I never authorized. Have to wait until they open until I can call them. Anyone else have this issue with then?

Wow....how do you spell chickensh!t?.....Never mind, I figured it out.....

[Cigarer]

How is that chicken shit?

[wabashcr]

I think he's talking about Thompson's tactics, which I agree to be chickenshit.

[Cool Breeze]

I visited their website a lot when I was first starting out with cigars. Luckily I got on the forums before I started ordering online and was quickly warned away from them.

From what I've heard, extra hidden charges are the norm, not the exception. I'll never order from them no matter what kind of deal they've got going.

[theHammer56]

Y'all make me sound as if I'm the only guy around here that does business - and will continue to do business - with Thompson Cigar. Sure, I recognize their tactics for what they are, but a 'no thanks' and we're square. I've received automated monthly shipments in the past (that I failed to call up and cancel or postpone) and the first two times they paid the return postage; the time or two beyond that the shipping was in my lap (which I consider fair).

I spent 30 years in sales. Sales and marketing is their game. Are there better alternatives? Sure! But I recognize the gems in amongst the gravel and make my selections accordingly. I just try and cherry-pick their better offers.

[Lynn]

Like a 10 nub sampler.

[ace_labrone]

I ordered from them when I was first starting out. Saw an add in a mag about some sampler when you sign up for the 250 club. I thought it would be a good deal, so I signed up and had to remember to tell them NOT to send my monthly allotment, every month by a certain date. Before I went to Afghanistan I asked them to not send me anything until I got back to the states. Imagine my surprise when a shipment showed up in Afghanistan when I didn't even give them my address. But I called to tell them I didn't want it and didn't order it, they said I needed to let them know by a certain date and I didn't do that, so I had to send it back. Well, I took the order to the USPS and was told I had to use UPS, TC told me I had to use the USPS. Needless to say it was a fiasco. I cancelled everything and told them not to send me anything ever again. I still get the occasional catalog. Not sure how they do it, but they do.

[Skeat5353]

Regardless of what they can do, they are a vendor that any cigar bum veteran knows that they should stay away from as there are so many other better options.

Not according to Lynn. Jesus, if we all listened to Lynn, we'd all get screwed by Thompson. Thanks, Lynn, for looking out for the members here. Now tell us where we can buy some good crack. BTW, if you follow Lynn's advice, you'll end up buying cigars from Thompson and getting locked into some bullshit sampler promotion you didn't want or agree to. They'll whack your credit card without your approval. When you call them to complain, they'll tell you your an idiot and you should've read the fine print. Thompson Cigar Co. is nothing but a sinister marketing scam. Please be warned.

Very nice of you, Lynn, to send people into this trap. Have you nothing better to do than spew a bunch of BS in every thread you participate in? Are you some kind of sadistic creep that gets off on making people's lives that much harder? You claim to be a Marine. But my uncle was a Marine. He did three tours in Nam. He and 500 other Marines were guarding a US outpost near the Cambodian border. They were ambushed by 3000 Vietcong. Only 80 Marines survived. But they held the fort. I know my uncle well. He is a man of honor. He would never stoop so low as to join a cigar forum and purposely deceive people with a bunch of rotten nonsense. So why don't you tell us who you really are. And cease with masquerade. No Marine I ever met would carry on the way you do. You are sworn to protect people, not deceive them.

[Emperor Zurg]

Not according to Lynn. Jesus, if we all listened to Lynn, we'd all get screwed by Thompson. Thanks, Lynn, for looking out for the members here. Now tell us where we can buy some good crack. BTW, if you follow Lynn's advice, you'll end up buying cigars from Thompson and getting locked into some bullshit sampler promotion you didn't want or agree to. They'll whack your credit card without your approval. When you call them to complain, they'll tell you your an idiot and you should've read the fine print. Thompson Cigar Co. is nothing but a sinister marketing scam. Please be warned.

Like I said earlier in this thread, I order from them somewhat regularly. I have a friend who likes their house blends. I've given him a few better sticks to try but he likes what he likes so what can I say. I've never given them a credit card number, nor would I. I pay with paipal and immediately cancel the recurring payment it sets up. I told the salesman not to call me anymore and I haven't been called since. Yes, I think they cause more hassle than they should so most of the time I shop elsewhere. That being said, they are not the pariah some are trying to make them out to be. But again, they've never had my credit card number nor will they. Too much high pressure sales gimmickry to ever trust them with that.

[wabashcr]

Not according to Lynn.

Are you familiar with the ignore user feature? I'd highly recommend it so you don't have to see anymore of his posts. He doesn't bother me the way he seems to bother you, but if he did, I'd ignore him. Just click on his profile and you'll see the option to ignore.