Chain store rant

[duckmanco]

man, I'm gonna catch hell for this, but the low down evil truth, for me anyway

I hate 99% of B&M's.... there I said it. I hate being bothered, and for some reason most of the time I still get bothered after the initial "No thanks". The hovering over me in the humidor really turns me off too. The posturing I've seen and general know-it-all ness from from "cigar shop" guys is always good for a laugh, but I much prefer online shopping, and its not because of pricing either, its because I can browse in peace and try things most shops don't and won't ever have.

I'm not stating its a fact for everybody, but for me, by and large, I can't stand B&M's.



That said, Winston's Humidor in Richmond VA is the exception.

[T.G]

Originally Posted by duckmanco

man, I'm gonna catch hell for this, but the low down evil truth, for me anyway

I hate 99% of B&M's.... there I said it. I hate being bothered, and for some reason most of the time I still get bothered after the initial "No thanks". The hovering over me in the humidor really turns me off too. The posturing I've seen and general know-it-all ness from from "cigar shop" guys is always good for a laugh, but I much prefer online shopping, and its not because of pricing either, its because I can browse in peace and try things most shops don't and won't ever have.

I'm not stating its a fact for everybody, but for me, by and large, I can't stand B&M's.


That said, Winston's Humidor in Richmond VA is the exception.

I have similiar gripes about most B&M's too. There are only a few that I actually will go to willingly when not soley for the purpose of meeting up with a few friends for a cigar.

There are a few though that I won't even go into anymore because the staff or selection is so pathetic.

[KenyanSandBoa]

Originally Posted by T.G

I have similiar gripes about most B&M's too. There are only a few that I actually will go to willingly when not soley for the purpose of meeting up with a few friends for a cigar.

There are a few though that I won't even go into anymore because the staff or selection is so pathetic.

...there are a couple on my list of "places to avoid". One of them is out of the way for me anyway, but there is a very young guy that runs the place and is a bit "thugish" for me. It's a fairly new place that my parents told me about when I was visiting them a while ago. I went there with my father to check it out and this guy would NOT get the hint that we wanted to be left alone.

It seemed that no matter what cigar I was contemplating about he had some sort of story about how he's so awesome that he's the only one in the area who can get them. I was debating on telling him that I could get them online for about half the price, but I held my tongue.

Anyway...that's a place that I would go to to meet up and smoke outside on their patio, but I wouldn't be able to hang inside with the manager because my patience would wear thin pretty quickly.

[Ogre]

Originally Posted by duckmanco

man, I'm gonna catch hell for this, but the low down evil truth, for me anyway

I hate 99% of B&M's.... there I said it. I hate being bothered, and for some reason most of the time I still get bothered after the initial "No thanks". The hovering over me in the humidor really turns me off too. The posturing I've seen and general know-it-all ness from from "cigar shop" guys is always good for a laugh, but I much prefer online shopping, and its not because of pricing either, its because I can browse in peace and try things most shops don't and won't ever have.

I'm not stating its a fact for everybody, but for me, by and large, I can't stand B&M's.



That said, Winston's Humidor in Richmond VA is the exception.

I like the b&Ms for the atmosphere and the fact that if I know of a cigar I want to try I can do that without buying a 5er or ship a single. I will agree some B&Ms will hover over you and make you feel cramped. I have 2 that I go to on a regular basses and feel vary comfortable with the staff.