Can anyone help me sort this measly selection?

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by TheFool

I'm just getting into cigars, had a wonderful afternoon smoking an Ashton Cabinet with my brother and his flatmate for my birthday which got me interested in the hobby and culturing myself. Anyways, unfortunately the town I live in has no real cigar shop, just a restaurant and a bar that have some cigars as an afterthought. I figured I'd do some research on what I could get my hands on easily so I sent out an email asking for their selection and I have a friend of a friend working on a list from the other place. Just got the email back, and I don't know enough about cigars to sort this list. I tried looking up a couple reviews, but the names here are to vague for me to even be close to being sure I'm reading about the right thing.
Below is a copy of the email:

Here are the Cigars that we offer. If you are looking for something specific we can certainly order them for you.
-Punch $6.99
-Arturo Fuente $2.49
-Macanudo $6.99
-Tatiana Large Flavored $6.99
-Partagas $6.99
-Sumatra Special $0.99
-Tatiana Small $0.99

If I get something specific I'm sure I'll order it myself, but I was hoping I could start out a little locally, get an idea for what I like and dislike and branch out from there. Is there anything here? Any ideas, reviews, tips etc would be greatly appreciated - much thanks.

Punch, Fuente, Macanudo, Partagas all make LOTS of different cigars...tough to make a call with just a marca name, and not the specific cigars identified.

[Pat1075]

Originally Posted by icehog3

Punch, Fuente, Macanudo, Partagas all make LOTS of different cigars...tough to make a call with just a marca name, and not the specific cigars identified.

right but most likely they are just going to have the standard line the partagas red band the mac cafe and probably a punch with an EMS wrapper

[OLS]

Originally Posted by icehog3

Punch, Fuente, Macanudo, Partagas all make LOTS of different cigars...tough to make a call with just a marca name, and not the specific cigars identified.

I would agree with Tom here, if this is all the info they can give, they either
do not know what they are doing or do not have the time to deal with this kind of inquiry, either of which
would fail my test. Strapp on your guugle helmet and search for cigar reviews and read some stuff.
Then find an internet vendor that sells what you want, price shop and then order.

Originally Posted by OLS

I would agree with Tom here, if this is all the info they can give, they either
do not know what they are doing or do not have the time to deal with this kind of inquiry, either of which
would fail my test. Strapp on your guugle helmet and search for cigar reviews and read some stuff.
Then find an internet vendor that sells what you want, price shop and then order.

They really just sell them as an afterthought. It's a restaurant / bar with a little liquor store and in the liquor store thay have a little humidor with 4 or 5 cigars, it's unfortunate but my town just doesn't have a real smoke shop. I guess there really isn't much of a market for it here.

[Bill86]

Originally Posted by TheFool

They really just sell them as an afterthought. It's a restaurant / bar with a little liquor store and in the liquor store thay have a little humidor with 4 or 5 cigars, it's unfortunate but my town just doesn't have a real smoke shop. I guess there really isn't much of a market for it here.

Looks like the Internet is your friend here. I see those smaller places that sell cigars and I don't trust them one bit. My bet is they'll smoke horribly and they don't pay any attention to taking care of them properly.

Originally Posted by Bill86

Looks like the Internet is your friend here. I see those smaller places that sell cigars and I don't trust them one bit. My bet is they'll smoke horribly and they don't pay any attention to taking care of them properly.

That's my guess too, that they just aren't taking proper care of them. I'll probably use the Internet until I move, by this time next year (if i end up where I think I will) I'll be in a town with a great smoke shop. I'm really looking forward to spending some time in there just talking to the people there and trying new things