Its Liga Privada event time woot woot!!!

[AdamJoshua]

So being a newb to this whole thing, if you go to an event why would you bring sticks, wouldn't there be awesome deals and freebies there so you buy cigars to smoke there and bring home, pass some of the economy onto the B&M that's hosting the event?

Honest question, like I said I've never been to an event, just a lot of herfing.

[FUEL]

Originally Posted by AdamJoshua

So being a newb to this whole thing, if you go to an event why would you bring sticks, wouldn't there be awesome deals and freebies there so you buy cigars to smoke there and bring home, pass some of the economy onto the B&M that's hosting the event?

Honest question, like I said I've never been to an event, just a lot of herfing.

Yes there are awesome deals. We've picked up a box of Dirty Rats, Feral Pigs, UF-13s, two cofins of A's, two free hats, two free T's and two Flying Pig cutters. Haven't rolled the dice yet nor the raffle. Why bring sticks? It's a community that is interested in all sorts of cigars and one person might like Ligas but not love them. They are here for the event and decide to pick up a box due to the deal. Guys go around and talk with each other about the sticks they have that I might want more than Ligas. A guy had 3 God of Fires which are hard to come by here and I can get UF- 13's anytime which he would rather have vs. The God of Fire hence we made a trade.

The boxes are cheaper but you have to buy 20 total sticks to get the A coffins so the host is losing no money at all as the Unicos are provided by Drew Estate then the B&Ms make a ton of cash on the policy you have to reach 20 for the As so that's selling 8 No9s or T52s that they would not have otherwise. 8 sticks times 60 people is 480 cigars that normally would not have been sold.

Guys also have been swapping things like HTF Tats for HTF Viaje, the Daisy Cutter I believe. So maybe other guys around the country don't do it but we do in the Twin Cities events and as well as at B&Ms on any given day.

[cmitch]

Originally Posted by FUEL

Yes there are awesome deals. We've picked up a box of Dirty Rats, Feral Pigs, UF-13s, two cofins of A's, two free hats, two free T's and two Flying Pig cutters. Haven't rolled the dice yet nor the raffle. Why bring sticks? It's a community that is interested in all sorts of cigars and one person might like Ligas but not love them. They are here for the event and decide to pick up a box due to the deal. Guys go around and talk with each other about the sticks they have that I might want more than Ligas. A guy had 3 God of Fires which are hard to come by here and I can get UF- 13's anytime which he would rather have vs. The God of Fire hence we made a trade.

The boxes are cheaper but you have to buy 20 total sticks to get the A coffins so the host is losing no money at all as the Unicos are provided by Drew Estate then the B&Ms make a ton of cash on the policy you have to reach 20 for the As so that's selling 8 No9s or T52s that they would not have otherwise. 8 sticks times 60 people is 480 cigars that normally would not have been sold.

Guys also have been swapping things like HTF Tats for HTF Viaje, the Daisy Cutter I believe. So maybe other guys around the country don't do it but we do in the Twin Cities events and as well as at B&Ms on any given day.

I've been to two Liga Privada events, the last with Jonathan Drew in May and never seen a Dirty Rat or a FFP.

[FUEL]

Originally Posted by cmitch

I've been to two Liga Privada events, the last with Jonathan Drew in May and never seen a Dirty Rat or a FFP.

They had 35 boxes each of FFP'S Dirty Rats and UF13s & unlimited T52s, No9s, Papas Fritas and Undercrown.

[TJarv]

Originally Posted by FUEL

They had 35 boxes each of FFP'S Dirty Rats and UF13s & unlimited T52s, No9s, Papas Fritas and Undercrown.

You lucky bastid

[FUEL]

Originally Posted by TJarv

You lucky bastid

Well let's just say there was a reason why your package did not ship today ;-)

BTW, what t-shirt size are you?

[TJarv]

Originally Posted by FUEL

Well let's just say there was a reason why your package did not ship today ;-)

BTW, what t-shirt size are you?

I'm an XL

I wonder how many custom rolled cigars will fit in one box? Hmmmmm

[cmitch]

Originally Posted by FUEL

They had 35 boxes each of FFP'S Dirty Rats and UF13s & unlimited T52s, No9s, Papas Fritas and Undercrown.

I just do not understand that. They never brought the first box of any FFP's and Dirty Rats to Vitolas nor Cigars and More. I drove over 2 hours both times. Nada. Zilch. Did manage to get 2 boxes of Liga A's though.

[FUEL]

Originally Posted by cmitch

I just do not understand that. They never brought the first box of any FFP's and Dirty Rats to Vitolas nor Cigars and More. I drove over 2 hours both times. Nada. Zilch.

This was the first Liga Privada event in MN and TobaccoGrove is the only authorized Liga seller in the state. The next closest authorized Liga seller is either 7 hours away in Madison, WI or Chicago. So between MN, WI, ND, SD, IA, NE, MT with the exception on WI (TobaccoGrove sells 5 times the volume of Drew Estate that the Madison, WI does according to Faiben) and being TobaccoGrove has been with DE since it opened it's was "mandatory we get here this year" per Fabien so it was a huge event. There was a group of guys that drove in from Fargo, ND and a group from Sioux Falls, SD if that says anything. Faiben is the National Sales Vice President of Drew Estate and there is a reason he is nicknamed "Dirty Dice" hence the 35 boxes of Dirty Rats.

I took quit a few pics and will upload and post tomorrow along with a rundown of how the event flowed as it was a well thoughtout plan and flowed like a bad a$$ and the raffle prizes were quite nice as was his "Dirty Dice" game. Between my best friend and I we won 22 Undercrown Corona Viva!s, two additional Undercrown cutters and a black Unicos No9 hat.