How do you afford it?
- Thread starter Schramalam77
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Whatever you do don't try to keep up with the Joneses - you'll never be happy if you do. In life there will always be someone who is bigger, faster, stronger, smarter or has more cigars than you.
Always keep some cash in reserve for when a badass deal pops up.
Smoke less than you buy even if its only by a couple sticks a month.
Always keep some cash in reserve for when a badass deal pops up.
Smoke less than you buy even if its only by a couple sticks a month.
I just troll on BOTL for sticks and get some that way.
Or was that @ChuckMejia
My suggestion is to buy good cigars cheap, not cheap cigars just because they are cheap. I usually buy a bunch at a time and get very good prices but often hear people say "well, I can only spend $___" I get that, everyone can only spend $___ but that ____ is different for everyone.
As you get going here, you will find people in the same boat and you guys should get together and buy in bulk and split it up to make it more feasible to build up a collection.
Or was that @ChuckMejia
My suggestion is to buy good cigars cheap, not cheap cigars just because they are cheap. I usually buy a bunch at a time and get very good prices but often hear people say "well, I can only spend $___" I get that, everyone can only spend $___ but that ____ is different for everyone.
As you get going here, you will find people in the same boat and you guys should get together and buy in bulk and split it up to make it more feasible to build up a collection.
MyFathersKeeper
nicK
One little tip about signing up for the retailer's deals, use a stand-alone email address. I get so many it overwhelmed even my secondary inbox, so I created a new Gmail address just for cigars.
And one caveat to the credit card usage is if you pay your balance off monthly. I've done this solely for the rewards/points, but I always pay my balance in full each month. Any savings on the front-end will be offset by the interest, and the hobby isn't worth going into debt for. Cigars are a luxury item, & they're to be enjoyed with your disposable income, not money you don't have.
There's always going to be someone in every hobby that has more of, or nicer versions of, whatever you're into. Enjoy it anyways. Cigars aren't worth fretting over, they're for relaxing.
Cheers!
And one caveat to the credit card usage is if you pay your balance off monthly. I've done this solely for the rewards/points, but I always pay my balance in full each month. Any savings on the front-end will be offset by the interest, and the hobby isn't worth going into debt for. Cigars are a luxury item, & they're to be enjoyed with your disposable income, not money you don't have.
There's always going to be someone in every hobby that has more of, or nicer versions of, whatever you're into. Enjoy it anyways. Cigars aren't worth fretting over, they're for relaxing.
Cheers!
ChuckMejia
The General
How's the golf?I just troll on BOTL for sticks and get some that way.
Or was that @ChuckMejia
My suggestion is to buy good cigars cheap, not cheap cigars just because they are cheap. I usually buy a bunch at a time and get very good prices but often hear people say "well, I can only spend $___" I get that, everyone can only spend $___ but that ____ is different for everyone.
As you get going here, you will find people in the same boat and you guys should get together and buy in bulk and split it up to make it more feasible to build up a collection.
Depends on your budget. My wife and I are on a pretty tight budget (I'm working on my 3rd and 4th degree...) but we do budget 'fun money' for each of us to spend each month on stuff we want. I just use that pretty much solely on cigars and spend wisely. I also use any and all birthday/Christmas money on cigars as well.
AlohaStyle
BoM Sept '12 & Aug '13
Don't worry bro, in a couple years you'll have plenty of cigars that you won't smoke and wonder why the hell you bought them in the first place.
Moral of the story, be careful reading the descriptions on some of the retailer sites that pump the crazy/cheap samplers to get you all excited about buying crap cigars. Buying cheap cigars are fine, just don't buy a ton wanting to build up a collection because before you know it, they will just be collecting dust and you'll wonder wtf??
Moral of the story, be careful reading the descriptions on some of the retailer sites that pump the crazy/cheap samplers to get you all excited about buying crap cigars. Buying cheap cigars are fine, just don't buy a ton wanting to build up a collection because before you know it, they will just be collecting dust and you'll wonder wtf??
Smoqman
BoM Aug. 2014
Steal money from your wife or girlfriend and then get some side action where she'll give you money for the booty call. Then invest that in whatever Spenny does and boom! Out come the smokes.
Thanks for all the info guys. I'm not looking to spend all my money and over do it. I am more just curious about everyone's rotation, how long they took to build it up, where they get it, etc. It's gonna be fun. Luckily my wife will smoke cigars with me so it's a good excuse to buy 5pack.
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ChuckMejia
The General
Rude Bro
ChuckMejia
The General
Hardly
ChuckMejia
The General
Old people bro... Big prob
