How do you moderate?

[TripleF]

money.






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[PeteSB75]

I just buy what I like. For NCs, I have a half-dozen or so smokes that always seem to go first, regardless of what is in my humi. So I smoke those until I finish the box. Then I buy more. For CCs, it's a different story, gotta buy to age, and I've not really gotten into that so much. I seem to buy, smoke NCs until the CCs are ready, smoke the CCs, then buy more, only to find I need to age again... I need a better system and more storage.

[Ashcan Bill]

It took a couple of years but my cabinet is full now. From here on out, my rule is if I can't get a new box into the cabinet, I won't buy it. Basically one out, one in.

It's a rule I'll keep for a number of reasons.

• I have enough in there to keep on smoking a long time even if I never bought another box. The need is diminished.
  
• I have enough duplicates of favorites that I can let some of them mature for years. An initial goal met.
  
• What I have stashed I like - no mistakes or buyer regrets. I'll actually smoke and enjoy what I have.
  
• And as I slowly replace what I smoke, I can upgrade fairly inexpensively if I choose since I'll be buying one box at a time instead of multiple boxes.

Through the end of last year I had multiple orders coming in monthly. In December I hit critical mass and ran out of room. I just placed my first order for '09 - a single box to replace a single box. So far, so good.

I have way too many cigars, yet I can't stop buying more.

Originally Posted by gnukfu

Once all my containers are full of cigars I stop buying them.

Problem is I consider my house a container

[karmaz00]

im just buying...buying....cause i heard cigars are on the endangered species list

[ucla695]

My buying is moderated by the amount of room I have in my humis. Now that I’m at capacity and the moderator (my wife) doesn’t want to see another humi in the house, I’m holding steady.

[bobarian]

Not a big fan of moderation. I try to limit things to max capacity, but if I find something I want at a good price it just gives me an excuse to give some smokes away.

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by Seanohue

By not having money

[Kreth]

Originally Posted by karmaz00

im just buying...buying....cause i heard cigars are on the endangered species list

The whole "But honey, I need to buy them now before mean ol' President Obama taxes the cigar companies out of business" argument didn't work for me...

I have other interests that are more costly and more satisfying to me. I'd rather have only a few cigars that I really enjoy than a vast collection and use the money toward other things. Mainly right now though I don't have much to devote to this sort of thing anyway so my hobbies are on hold.

[shilala]

Originally Posted by SilverFox

Problem is I consider my house a container

That's my problem, too. I don't have to fly acquisitions past anyone, and that's a killer. Not too many women would allow a gigantic display humi in the dining room.
They probably wouldn't be cool with a stack of winadors in the living room, either.

[14holestogie]

I'm married to a failing moderator.

So what you are saying, then, is that if your collection grows without any signs of moderation or control, its is really your wife's fault. I like that angle. It maintains your ability to buy the cigars, while divorcing you of any responsibility or accountability. It seems you have turned your cigar purchasing process into a government program. Clever!

Not very well.

I buy car parts... cuts down on cigars.

[Da Klugs]

Originally Posted by N2Advnture

Stop buying cigars or containers

Moderation comes in only 2 forms:

1. Financial necessity or
2. Space constraints.

Since coolers are relatively cheap... see point # 1.

[drjammer]

Originally Posted by Seanohue

By not having money

+1

[Skywalker]

There is plenty of room left in my sock drawer!!!

Seriously, money is the biggest reason for cutting back on purchases, for me!!!

Originally Posted by Da Klugs

Moderation comes in only 2 forms:

1. Financial necessity or
2. Space constraints.

Since coolers are relatively cheap... see point # 1.

I'll go with this response as well.