LE's: Smoke 'em or Save 'em.?

[Nature]

I find myself frequently passing over some of the Limited Edition or LE's in my collection. I especially do this if it is only one or two in my stock; which I tend to do anyway with the last of any cigar I like in my collection whether it be aged or a no longer produced specimen. Why do I do this? Why do I have these cigars? Are they there to look at? Not hardly; I am the only one to see them. Is it because I'm afraid I may like it, and know there aren't many more out there to be had? This may explain some of it. I have to convince myself that they are there to be smoked and enjoyed; not to be put on display like in a museum. What good does it do down the road to be able to say "I have a such and such" if I'm never going to smoke it? This is exactly the reason I have a love-hate relationship with these LEs. What is it exactly that makes these so special? Often times it is nothing more than the band/packaging/presentation; all tools of marketing. One of the things I have learned is that for every special cigar released, there will be another to take its place. Are you a collector? Or a smoker? I would prefer to be the later.

What are your thoughts on LE's? What LE's do you have that you cannot bring yourself to take fire to? Have you ever burned a cigar you later regretted?

[AlanS]

I'll send you some Mark! Next week.

[Nature]

I'll send you some Mark! Next week.

NNOOOO!!! Too tough to decide to light them!

[WNYTONY]

Smoke em Mark - no reason to save them. I can't say I've smoked one to regret it later, unless you count that one Acid or Gurkha lol

[allusred]

While I've only had a few Limited Edition cigars. They have been granted a bit more time in the humidor than their more pedestrian kin.
However after looking at them a few times before moving on to smoke something else.
Remind myself that if I don't smoke them soon they're destined to wind up in the landfill.
The only LE smokes I have now are four Talavera E.E. 2015 Coronas.
And not at all certain they should really qualify as Limited.

[Kidvegas]

I say smoke'em. I have a few Small production relatively expensive gars in my stash that im resting due to tight pack and thick wrappers, but when im ready they are going down.





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[Tombstone]

Burn em. The cigar industry had been overcrowded with limited edition this special edition that. A new prize cigar will come along to fill the void in your humidor.

[Old Smokey]

Mark, I can relate to your post. I really don't know why I tend to bypass the more limited stuff when picking out a cigar. I have slowed WAY down on buying cigars with the plan of just smoking and enjoying what I have and eventually I will have to smoke the ones I seem to find excuses to bypass.

Maybe for me it is from being raised having to be frugal. We never missed a meal growing up, but there was a lot of Bologna, hot dogs and beans involved. And I can remember my mom putting patches over patches on my jeans, that were hand me downs when I got them and the thought of getting a new bicycle for Christmas never happened. I didn't know any better and look at my childhood in a very positive light. It taught me that if I wanted something I had better be willing to work for it. This entitlement stuff that is so prevalent today is a real head shaker for me. Sorry for getting off track.

[TreySC]

I say smoke them! I'm all for aging cigars or saving one for a special occasion, but they will all get smoked eventually.

[jhedrick83]

The only ones I really chase are Fuentes and nothing is off limits when it's time to pick out a cigar. I do however tend to save the LEs for more special occasions. Birthdays, weddings, births, catching up with old friends, major life events, etc. I look at it the same way I would if I had a high end sports car. Why would I leave it in a garage for ever, that takes all the joy out of it. Sure, I wouldn't drive my Countach every day, and there would be places I wouldn't take it but I'd be damned if it just sits there.

I have burned cigars that I later regretted but the regret didn't stem from it being a LE!