Have you ever..

South Shield · 04-03-2009, 08:42 PM

Walked in to a cigar shop that you have never been in before and tell the employee that you are new to cigars just to see what he/she will show you?

Its pretty fun.

I was told today that the Romeo y Julieta 1875 was the best cigar for the price (churchill for 14.99)

DrDubzz · 04-03-2009, 08:47 PM

I haven't ever done this. but I need to when I'm traveling next (the locals shops know me)

Nabinger16 · 04-03-2009, 08:52 PM

I never thought of that, I'll have to give it a try one of these days. Sounds like fun!

What a devious trouble maker!

smokin5 · 04-03-2009, 08:54 PM

OK, you just have a mean streak, dontcha?

troutbreath · 04-03-2009, 09:12 PM

Interesting . . . I travel a lot, but will have to find some new shops. They know me too well at the regular haunts.

GreekGodX · 04-03-2009, 09:14 PM

I would love to do this too but like everyone else my B&M's know me too. It's like going to starbucks and asking for a large.

gnukfu · 04-04-2009, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by GreekGodX

I would love to do this too but like everyone else my B&M's know me too. It's like going to starbucks and asking for a large.

What's wrong with asking for a large at Starbucks...other than the fact that one is way overpaying for a cup of coffee?

04-04-2009, 11:05 AM

I have done that a couple of times and it was hilarious...everytime they pushed the White Owls..

..just kidding. They really pushed the most expensive gars in the place...and half the time couldn't even tell you anything about them except the price.

big a · 04-04-2009, 11:24 AM

I have got a lot of good cigar recommendations on cigars, however the advice i have got for humidor care is terrible. Such as "You can use tap water in these Drymistat Crystal Tubes" Or "Just use bottled water there is no point in buying a gallon of distilled water." This happened at two different B&Ms too. And both times when i was going to leave other people in there smoking say don't listen to him, buy distilled water.

Mugen910 · 04-03-2009, 09:15 PM

i like to hear diff opinions on what they like or suggest at new shops.
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ZenSilk · 04-03-2009, 09:19 PM

haha I just dis that last night. Jeannie's was on the way home from the Airport, so i decided to take a gander. Asked him if he had any "Burley Tobacco" and he led me over and talked to me for 20 minutes and described the different forms of pipe tobacco and how they are made.

Then I saw a brand new shipment of Opus... couldn't keep my wallet in my pants. They havn't even raised they prices with SCHIP either.

JJG · 04-03-2009, 10:46 PM

I've done this before.

never had anybody try to sell me overpriced cigars though. Usually they recommend something pretty appropriate for an inexperienced smoker. I think the last couple times I was offered a Gispert and a Cusano.

not terrible cigars but not ones I would usually buy either.

04-03-2009, 11:00 PM

Now this is a great Idea I have got to try this out! When I move to a town that has a real B&M. Which will be very soon. In the town I live in now the best I have is a Smoke shop with a very small humidor kind of sad actually I never get to see a stick before I buy it except digitally oh well not for to much longer.
Josh

Homebrewer · 04-03-2009, 11:16 PM

I went to a place where I guy had to lead me into the humidor. He assumed I didn't know anything. He took me straight to the Gurkhas and started giving me the hard sell. He kept standing behind me like I was going to steal something. I never went back.

Skywalker · 04-03-2009, 11:42 PM

Travis!!!

Tikihut27 · 04-04-2009, 08:04 AM

I do this almost everytime I go to a new B&M.

I don't tell them I'm new, but when they ask what I'm looking for I say, "I like Churchills." And then I see what they do with that.

It is fun.

68TriShield · 04-04-2009, 08:34 AM

In my experience there have been a very small percentage of times,out of all my visits to any shop,that I was attended to by someone that had *our* passion for cigars.Which is sad.

JJG · 04-04-2009, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by 68TriShield

In my experience there have been a very small percentage of times,out of all my visits to any shop,that I was attended to by someone that had *our* passion for cigars.Which is sad.

what really makes me sad is when you walk in somewhere and they have the humidity up so high that all the smokes are covered in white fuzz. only seen that a few times but jeez, to see all those lovingly hand rolled cigars ruined by somebody's ignorance.

SmokinApe · 04-04-2009, 08:58 AM

I was just at the B&M and this dude was telling me that the Camacho Corojo was a puro because it was all corojo; wrapper, binder and filler...

He also told me the DPG My Father was the cubanest cigar made...

ucla695 · 04-04-2009, 11:27 AM

I haven't thought of doing this. However, I do like to ask what is smoking well and I've received some confounded looks because the employee doesn't really smoke cigars. Kinda sad.

04-03-2009, 08:42 PM	#1
South Shield Adjusting to the Life Join Date: Nov 2008 First Name: Travis Location: Martinez, CA Posts: 272 Trading: (0)	Have you ever.. Walked in to a cigar shop that you have never been in before and tell the employee that you are new to cigars just to see what he/she will show you? Its pretty fun. I was told today that the Romeo y Julieta 1875 was the best cigar for the price (churchill for 14.99)

04-03-2009, 08:47 PM	#2
DrDubzz Formerly RX2010 Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Tim Location: Virginia Posts: 2,201 Trading: (34)	Re: Have you ever.. I haven't ever done this. but I need to when I'm traveling next (the locals shops know me)

04-03-2009, 08:52 PM	#3
Nabinger16 Drowning Ex Gorilla Join Date: Mar 2009 First Name: Trent Location: Indiana Posts: 292 Trading: (8)	Re: Have you ever.. I never thought of that, I'll have to give it a try one of these days. Sounds like fun! What a devious trouble maker!

04-03-2009, 08:54 PM	#4
smokin5 Have My Own Room Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: On the Mountaintop - AZ Posts: 2,002 Trading: (69)	Re: Have you ever.. OK, you just have a mean streak, dontcha? __________________ Pobody's Nerfect.

04-03-2009, 09:12 PM	#5
troutbreath Feeling at Home Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Mike Location: The Dash, NC Posts: 706 Trading: (0)	Re: Have you ever.. Interesting . . . I travel a lot, but will have to find some new shops. They know me too well at the regular haunts.

04-03-2009, 09:14 PM	#6
GreekGodX Opa!! Join Date: Mar 2009 First Name: Christos Location: 7 Line Posts: 4,894 Trading: (82)	Re: Have you ever.. I would love to do this too but like everyone else my B&M's know me too. It's like going to starbucks and asking for a large. __________________ "If I give a businessman 10,000 francs, what is that to him, he is rich. But if I give him a Cohiba cigar, that is style."-Hotel Rwanda

04-04-2009, 11:05 AM	#8
Snake Eyes Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Have you ever.. I have done that a couple of times and it was hilarious...everytime they pushed the White Owls....just kidding. They really pushed the most expensive gars in the place...and half the time couldn't even tell you anything about them except the price.

04-04-2009, 11:24 AM	#9
big a Feeling at Home Join Date: Dec 2008 First Name: Andrew Location: Ohio Posts: 913 Trading: (42)	Re: Have you ever.. I have got a lot of good cigar recommendations on cigars, however the advice i have got for humidor care is terrible. Such as "You can use tap water in these Drymistat Crystal Tubes" Or "Just use bottled water there is no point in buying a gallon of distilled water." This happened at two different B&Ms too. And both times when i was going to leave other people in there smoking say don't listen to him, buy distilled water. __________________ "If heaven has no cigars, I shall not go there" -Mark Twain

04-03-2009, 09:15 PM	#10
Mugen910 I <3 Huy Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Location Location: First Name Posts: 8,387 Trading: (106)	Re: Have you ever.. i like to hear diff opinions on what they like or suggest at new shops. Posted via Mobile Device

04-03-2009, 09:19 PM	#11
ZenSilk Still Watching My Back Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 106 Trading: (8)	Re: Have you ever.. haha I just dis that last night. Jeannie's was on the way home from the Airport, so i decided to take a gander. Asked him if he had any "Burley Tobacco" and he led me over and talked to me for 20 minutes and described the different forms of pipe tobacco and how they are made. Then I saw a brand new shipment of Opus... couldn't keep my wallet in my pants. They havn't even raised they prices with SCHIP either.

04-03-2009, 10:46 PM	#12
JJG Have My Own Room Join Date: Jan 2009 First Name: Jeff Location: Houston Posts: 1,260 Trading: (4)	Re: Have you ever.. I've done this before. never had anybody try to sell me overpriced cigars though. Usually they recommend something pretty appropriate for an inexperienced smoker. I think the last couple times I was offered a Gispert and a Cusano. not terrible cigars but not ones I would usually buy either.

04-03-2009, 11:00 PM	#13
Stonewall Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Have you ever.. Now this is a great Idea I have got to try this out! When I move to a town that has a real B&M. Which will be very soon. In the town I live in now the best I have is a Smoke shop with a very small humidor kind of sad actually I never get to see a stick before I buy it except digitally oh well not for to much longer. Josh

04-03-2009, 11:16 PM	#14
Homebrewer Love'm Tatuaje Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 158 Trading: (9)	Re: Have you ever.. I went to a place where I guy had to lead me into the humidor. He assumed I didn't know anything. He took me straight to the Gurkhas and started giving me the hard sell. He kept standing behind me like I was going to steal something. I never went back.

04-03-2009, 11:42 PM	#15
Skywalker BABOTL Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Dice Location: Galaxy Far Far Away Posts: 10,168 Trading: (18)	Re: Have you ever.. Travis!!! __________________ Smoke what you like!!!

04-04-2009, 08:04 AM	#16
Tikihut27 Learned to Love the Bomb Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 818 Trading: (3)	Re: Have you ever.. I do this almost everytime I go to a new B&M. I don't tell them I'm new, but when they ask what I'm looking for I say, "I like Churchills." And then I see what they do with that. It is fun. __________________ I can no longer sit back and allow... the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.

04-04-2009, 08:34 AM	#17
68TriShield Got Torque? Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Dave Location: Maryland Posts: 7,194 Trading: (40)	Re: Have you ever.. In my experience there have been a very small percentage of times,out of all my visits to any shop,that I was attended to by someone that had our passion for cigars.Which is sad.

04-04-2009, 08:58 AM	#19
SmokinApe Have My Own Room Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Jeremy Posts: 1,267 Trading: (35)	Re: Have you ever.. I was just at the B&M and this dude was telling me that the Camacho Corojo was a puro because it was all corojo; wrapper, binder and filler... He also told me the DPG My Father was the cubanest cigar made...

04-04-2009, 11:27 AM	#20
ucla695 Neither here, nor there Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The Pool Posts: 3,696 Trading: (5)	Re: Have you ever.. I haven't thought of doing this. However, I do like to ask what is smoking well and I've received some confounded looks because the employee doesn't really smoke cigars. Kinda sad.