I've never bought a box

[floydp]

Originally Posted by RGD.

When you say to yourself that you need 20 of something then it's time to buy a box - otherwise - carry on like you are.


Ron

You'll still end up with stuff in your humidor that leaves you scratching your head a year from now. First box I bought wasn't even a box, some nic bundles about 10 or so years ago, stored them in tupperware containers.

[acruce]

If you are not sure of a cigar that you really like ,keep buying 5ver's untill you find one that you know you really like. I bought my first box about 6 months in to my hobby. If I were you I would put back $20.00 here and there when you have about $150.00 or so saved up buy a box of high end cigars.With a nice box of Monte's or Tats among others out there you won't go wrong.

[Genetic Defect]

Originally Posted by Tenor CS

Here's a question to you more experienced guys:

How long were you smoking before you bought a complete box?

I've been smoking for about 15 months, and fallen pretty hard down the slope. I've bought humidors, all kinds of lighters, cutters and other toys.

I've bought plenty of fivers and samplers off of C-bid or other vendors when the price is right for me.

Part of it, for me, is the variety. I have yet to find a cigar that I said to myself, "I need 20 of these." I'm still inexperienced enough to not really know what I like yet.

So, those of you who have been down the path, how does one evolve to the point of buying boxes?

go to the dark side

my very first purchases were boxes. 2 from the Dominican.

Buy lots of samplers.....You will find cigars that will stand out and that you really enjoy. For me, my first box was a Oliva g maduro. It was one that i really enjoyed to smoke and was always consitant for me.

[groogs]

I bout boxes after I had only been smoking a few months. I didn't regret any of my first purchases, because I stuck with quality smokes (Padron64, Ashton Maduros) but if you are thinking about buying bargain smokes, you will probably regret it in the next few years.

I've been sampling different brands and sizes for about 6 months, and although I'm going to buy a box of RyJ PC's in the new year once I have some money, I think I'll always keep trying others out...the grass is always greeners on the other side!

[Bubba - NJ]

Keep on smoking until you have your WoW moment , and then I think you'll know what to do .

[ConMan]

I smoked for a number of years before I bought a box of cigars or a humidor. That was before I found the internet boards. After that, I was cooked.

[Silound]

I started down the box slope hard. Everything I really liked, I'd buy a box of because it was cheaper per stick, and I like them. I'd smoke a few, maybe half the box, and get bored and move on to something new I tried and like. I've got well over 50+ partial boxes and a few dozen full boxes at this point, and I still go on the occasional rampage when the prices are good.

The only benefit I say to this is that I have random sticks and boxes with several years age on them, because I'd push something to the back/bottom of my storage and forget about it in favor of the new stuff. Eventually I run across real gems in my collection, like HdM Excalibur No. 2's that are 5 years old and are in nearly brown cello. Sometimes I run into things like Oliva G Maduros that I just don't smoke much of anymore, and end up trading or giving those away.

[TomHagen]

I have been smoking cigars consistantly for over 3 years and have yet to buy a full box for myself. For my bday last week I bought some of those CC specials, split with some friends, and a box of BOLI RC's for myself... but alas my wife suggested I split it up too....

I did and will probably just buy a variety of other smokes.

I just love the variety, even though it costs more. Buying a box is an investment for me, and I love about 5-10 smokes sooo much, plus new things I want to try, I cannot get around to investing in one box of one smoke.

I usually do box splits almost once a month on CC's, Tats, DPG or Padrons, 3-4 ways on a few boxes, helps keep the cost down and variety high.

So alas I have never bought a box for my personal stash...

[gettysburgfreak]

My path was not as typical as most as once I got hooked I didnt go crazy buying every cigar I could find in an effort to try it. I went from smoking cheap crap to quality NCs to cubans relatively quick. I looked for quality NC's, buy a few singles at a time, never off CI or Cbid. About a month after I started cigars my dad was on business overseas and stopped into a LCDH and got me a Siglo II and a Coronas Major. After having tried a fairly wide range of NC's I have focused my efforts on Cubans as I like the flavor profiles more. I had a small humi from thompsons that lasted for a few years, moved on to a small cooler, as I still only had singles and then on to a 100 count humi and finally to a vino where I currently have two boxes, the rest being singles.

[macpappy]

I've found a few that I enjoy on a routine basis and that I am not ashamed to share. I will buy a box of these once a year and some go in my humidor and the remaining ones and the box go in a coolerador. The premium, special occasion, cigars (Illusione 888 for example) I buy three to five at a time and put one or two in the humidor and the rest in the cooler.

It works for me.

[TripleF]

Jacob - It was just about 2 years before I bought my first box of cigars. And I bought them at the Ybor Cigar Festival. Yep, right there at the 2008 EYH!!! It was a box of RP Sun Growns Toro.


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[floydpink]

when I saw how nice my favorite cigars looked all lined up in a row,like little soldiers, , I knew I was a box buyer.

Also, the empty boxes come in very handy for storing nuts and bolts and fishing stuff.

[rrplasencia]

you'll just know, it's like finding the right girl but the box won't talk back

[loki]

2+ years before I bought my first box....then I got 4

[RichardW]

I was smoking cigars for several years before buying my first box. It's a slippery slope

[bigloo]

I have bought a box once. Like many here, I like a lot of variety. I glady give up a little cost to have this variety. Of course if space/cost was no issue, I would have variety and boxes.

[bobarian]

Although I have been smoking for a few years on an off. I never bought a box and didnt even have a humi. Soon after I started back regularly about 18 months ago I found CS. Bought my first box of NC's within weeks(Punch Rare Corojos). Within 6 months I had my first Vinotemp, then I discovered the Dark Side. The rest is history.