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Old 02-17-2009, 10:57 AM   #21
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Old 02-17-2009, 10:57 AM   #22
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Default Re: How do you moderate?

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.
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Old 02-17-2009, 11:07 AM   #23
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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.
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Old 02-17-2009, 11:09 AM   #24
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I have way too many cigars, yet I can't stop buying more.
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Old 02-17-2009, 11:10 AM   #25
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Once all my containers are full of cigars I stop buying them.
Problem is I consider my house a container
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Old 02-17-2009, 11:20 AM   #26
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Default Re: How do you moderate?

im just buying...buying....cause i heard cigars are on the endangered species list
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Old 02-17-2009, 11:39 AM   #27
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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.
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Old 02-17-2009, 11:42 AM   #28
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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.
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Old 02-17-2009, 11:43 AM   #29
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Old 02-17-2009, 11:44 AM   #30
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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...
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Old 02-17-2009, 11:47 AM   #31
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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.
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Old 02-17-2009, 11:47 AM   #32
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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.
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Old 02-17-2009, 11:48 AM   #33
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I'm married to a failing moderator.
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Old 02-17-2009, 12:21 PM   #34
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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!
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Old 02-17-2009, 12:23 PM   #35
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Not very well.
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Old 02-17-2009, 01:19 PM   #36
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I buy car parts... cuts down on cigars.
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Old 02-17-2009, 01:35 PM   #37
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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.

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Old 02-17-2009, 02:42 PM   #39
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There is plenty of room left in my sock drawer!!!

Seriously, money is the biggest reason for cutting back on purchases, for me!!!
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Old 02-17-2009, 02:50 PM   #40
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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.
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