Are you a collector or are you a smoker? - Page 2

kelmac07 · 03-22-2011, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by pektel

How well do Maduros age?

Seriously though. Honest question.

Some better than others Peter. Great example...the Cain Maduros have lost their "bite" in only a year and the Oliva Blue Oles have aged wonderfully in the 5-6 years they have been sitting. All depends on the stick.

icehog3 · 03-22-2011, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Da Klugs

Initially you explore... buying things to try.
You find things you like and buy more.
If this trend continues long enough... buying more than you smoke;
You have become a collector.

I collect them to have the opportunity to smoke them over my forseable life/smoking career.

Quoted because Dave said it better than I ever could.

And good luck with that 2160 New Years celebration, Dave.

pektel · 03-22-2011, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by kelmac07

Some better than others Peter. Great example...the Cain Maduros have lost their "bite" in only a year and the Oliva Blue Oles have aged wonderfully in the 5-6 years they have been sitting. All depends on the stick.

That's what I was wondering about. If they mellow out too much over time.

Thanks for the info.

68TriShield · 03-22-2011, 12:44 PM

Not a collector at all.

qsalinas · 03-22-2011, 12:50 PM

As a noob I am smoking everything I can get my hands on. I figure that I have plenty of time to start collecting so for now they all go up in smoke.
All except for the BHK 52's I have.

jledou · 03-22-2011, 12:54 PM

I collect cigars to smoke? yeah I might get ahead in the next lifetime...not that I have that many on hand right now, let's just saying I am still losing the material balance war.

Bill86 · 03-22-2011, 12:56 PM

IMO I am definitely a smoker. Nothing is off limits in my humidor. I have probably ~400 or so cigars and the only reason I wouldn't smoke them is if they needed some rest. I do often set aside maybe my best 5'er and only smoke them for special occasions if I cannot afford more of them. But that would be about it. Or maybe ration out cigars I won't be able to get again. But they all get smoked.

dvickery · 03-22-2011, 12:58 PM

well...insomuch as i have more cigars than i will ever smoke...a collector.

i have no special cigars tho...usually i just pick a "new" box from my oldest cigars...a smoker

same as klugs...just did it a bit slower. all i have ever done(and continue to do)is buy a few more boxes per year than i smoke. slowly but surely this adds up.

derrek

Da Klugs · 03-22-2011, 01:08 PM

There are extremes as well. Within any group of people there are obsessive compulsives who represent a small percentage of the group. Within the same overall group there are people who have extreme incomes.

There is a small overlap of these two subgroups whos combination of the aforementioned conditions create shifts in the market availability, pricing and the types of cars preferred cigar vendors drive.

Ashcan Bill · 03-22-2011, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Da Klugs

I collect them to have the opportunity to smoke them over my forseable life/smoking career.

Pretty much what Dave said. I buy 'em to smoke 'em, but in some cases I lay them down for a bit of a nap.

By the time the game is done, I plan to leave an empty humidor behind.

guitar4001 · 03-22-2011, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by audio1der

My worst-case scenario would involve laying on the road after being hit by a bus, wondering what any number of my 'special' smokes would have been like. Plus, who will get them if I die? My son? What would he and his buddies do with boxes of ERDM Slenderellas, aside from treat them like cigarettes? I smoke them all, at every opporunity.

I never thought of it like that before...good point!

tsolomon · 03-22-2011, 01:24 PM

I buy them to smoke and my favorites get smoked first.

Devanmc · 03-22-2011, 01:27 PM

seeing as over the past 6months did half a cooler plus 4 trays of singles. Im a collector but with college around the corner, im soon to be a smoker.

Bax · 03-22-2011, 01:34 PM

I really enjoy the aspect of collecting but not to the point I wouldn't toast a single cigar that I have

03-22-2011, 01:40 PM

While it takes me some time since this cigar smoking thing has been pissing off the female unit more and more lately, I still think of myself as a smoker.

Average Joe · 03-22-2011, 01:50 PM

Smoker.

The only ones that don't get smoked are the ones I buy to try and don't like. Those go to people who bum cigars

shilala · 03-22-2011, 01:51 PM

I haven't smoked much at all since last summer. Hopefully that'll change as the weather gets better, because I love my cigars.
I'm definately not a collector, but I'd admit to being a gatherer.
I do "keep" some cigars, but only so much as "I'm not going to smoke them, but I'll find someone who likes them".
I don't have nearly as many cigars as I used to, and I'd like to have lots less. I try to keep a box of each of the cigars I like, and I keep a bunch of stuff other people like so I can give them away.
I guess that'd put me in a low-level smoker/distributor/pusher class.
I do still enjoy keeping my eye out for really good deals, and I have a lot of fun finding unfindable stuff, so that "collector" part of me still exists.

smelly4tay · 03-22-2011, 02:00 PM

85% collector when I started in 03. Part of the collector in me was to see how well they would age. 100% smoker now (except 1 cigar). Part of the obsessive researcher in me satifies the craving to buy that next LE.....

pektel · 03-22-2011, 02:02 PM

What's the one cigar?

smelly4tay · 03-22-2011, 02:18 PM

Taboada Salamone 03 gifted to me at my first herf ever by Turnberry, who i don't see on any boards anymore. Just couldn't bring myself to smoke it, and have smoked enough Taboada stuff since to make that my precious unicorn.

Party Pyramid 2000 EL the day my son was born was the cigar that changed it all. So tightly rolled that it got clipped and poked/clipped then pitched for a simple Royal Salute SG which was delicious. EL's and HTF's are cool, but there's always that chance they won't perform.

03-22-2011, 12:44 PM	#24
68TriShield Got Torque? Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Dave Location: Maryland Posts: 7,194 Trading: (40)	Re: Are you a collector or are you a smoker? Not a collector at all.

03-22-2011, 12:50 PM	#25
qsalinas Like a-some-BoooooooDeee Join Date: Feb 2011 First Name: Enrique Location: Houston,TX Posts: 104 Trading: (1)	Re: Are you a collector or are you a smoker? As a noob I am smoking everything I can get my hands on. I figure that I have plenty of time to start collecting so for now they all go up in smoke. All except for the BHK 52's I have. __________________ You never stand taller in success than when you bend down to help someone else achieve theirs...

03-22-2011, 12:54 PM	#26
jledou Have My Own Room Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Jay Location: Kansas Posts: 2,234 Trading: (27)	Re: Are you a collector or are you a smoker? I collect cigars to smoke? yeah I might get ahead in the next lifetime...not that I have that many on hand right now, let's just saying I am still losing the material balance war.

03-22-2011, 12:56 PM	#27
Bill86 Snob Join Date: Jul 2010 First Name: Bill Posts: 6,704 Trading: (67)	Re: Are you a collector or are you a smoker? IMO I am definitely a smoker. Nothing is off limits in my humidor. I have probably ~400 or so cigars and the only reason I wouldn't smoke them is if they needed some rest. I do often set aside maybe my best 5'er and only smoke them for special occasions if I cannot afford more of them. But that would be about it. Or maybe ration out cigars I won't be able to get again. But they all get smoked.

03-22-2011, 12:58 PM	#28
dvickery Team of 1 Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: derrek Location: edson , alberta , canada Posts: 685 Trading: (0)	Re: Are you a collector or are you a smoker? well...insomuch as i have more cigars than i will ever smoke...a collector. i have no special cigars tho...usually i just pick a "new" box from my oldest cigars...a smoker same as klugs...just did it a bit slower. all i have ever done(and continue to do)is buy a few more boxes per year than i smoke. slowly but surely this adds up. derrek __________________ i hope i someday become the man my dog thinks i am

03-22-2011, 01:08 PM	#29
Da Klugs Juan of 11 Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Dave Location: Right here Posts: 4,222 Trading: (8)	Re: Are you a collector or are you a smoker? There are extremes as well. Within any group of people there are obsessive compulsives who represent a small percentage of the group. Within the same overall group there are people who have extreme incomes. There is a small overlap of these two subgroups whos combination of the aforementioned conditions create shifts in the market availability, pricing and the types of cars preferred cigar vendors drive. __________________ Communities Not Commodities. Punctuation challenged, but trying. Proud winner of phase 1 of the Weight loss contest

03-22-2011, 01:24 PM	#32
tsolomon Have My Own Room Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Tom Location: The Villages, FL Posts: 1,247 Trading: (31)	Re: Are you a collector or are you a smoker? I buy them to smoke and my favorites get smoked first.

03-22-2011, 01:27 PM	#33
Devanmc Have My Own Room Join Date: Sep 2010 First Name: Devan Location: The Zoo Posts: 1,971 Trading: (40)	Re: Are you a collector or are you a smoker? seeing as over the past 6months did half a cooler plus 4 trays of singles. Im a collector but with college around the corner, im soon to be a smoker. __________________ I spent a lot of my money on booze, cigars, birds and fast cars, the rest I just squandered. -George Best

03-22-2011, 01:34 PM	#34
Bax C A P S...CAPS CAPS CAPS! Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Tim Location: Ringgold,GA Posts: 2,173 Trading: (70)	Re: Are you a collector or are you a smoker? I really enjoy the aspect of collecting but not to the point I wouldn't toast a single cigar that I have __________________ I'm the most interesting man in the world... but only if you find stupid stuff really interesting.

03-22-2011, 01:40 PM	#35
bigdankcloud Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Are you a collector or are you a smoker? While it takes me some time since this cigar smoking thing has been pissing off the female unit more and more lately, I still think of myself as a smoker.

03-22-2011, 01:50 PM	#36
Average Joe Livin' the dream! Join Date: Feb 2011 First Name: Name Location: Over Yonder Posts: 183 Trading: (10)	Re: Are you a collector or are you a smoker? Smoker. The only ones that don't get smoked are the ones I buy to try and don't like. Those go to people who bum cigars

03-22-2011, 01:51 PM	#37
shilala Dear Lord, Thank You. Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Scott Posts: 13,721 Trading: (252)	Re: Are you a collector or are you a smoker? I haven't smoked much at all since last summer. Hopefully that'll change as the weather gets better, because I love my cigars. I'm definately not a collector, but I'd admit to being a gatherer. I do "keep" some cigars, but only so much as "I'm not going to smoke them, but I'll find someone who likes them". I don't have nearly as many cigars as I used to, and I'd like to have lots less. I try to keep a box of each of the cigars I like, and I keep a bunch of stuff other people like so I can give them away. I guess that'd put me in a low-level smoker/distributor/pusher class. I do still enjoy keeping my eye out for really good deals, and I have a lot of fun finding unfindable stuff, so that "collector" part of me still exists. __________________

03-22-2011, 02:00 PM	#38
smelly4tay S.H.I.T Greenhorn Join Date: Mar 2011 First Name: Dave Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 162 Trading: (0)	Re: Are you a collector or are you a smoker? 85% collector when I started in 03. Part of the collector in me was to see how well they would age. 100% smoker now (except 1 cigar). Part of the obsessive researcher in me satifies the craving to buy that next LE.....

03-22-2011, 02:02 PM	#39
pektel I'm nuts for the place Join Date: Jul 2010 First Name: Peter Location: Grand Rapids, MN Posts: 4,320 Trading: (28)	Re: Are you a collector or are you a smoker? What's the one cigar? __________________ The problem is not the problem. The problem is your ATTITUDE about the problem.

03-22-2011, 02:18 PM	#40
smelly4tay S.H.I.T Greenhorn Join Date: Mar 2011 First Name: Dave Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 162 Trading: (0)	Re: Are you a collector or are you a smoker? Taboada Salamone 03 gifted to me at my first herf ever by Turnberry, who i don't see on any boards anymore. Just couldn't bring myself to smoke it, and have smoked enough Taboada stuff since to make that my precious unicorn. Party Pyramid 2000 EL the day my son was born was the cigar that changed it all. So tightly rolled that it got clipped and poked/clipped then pitched for a simple Royal Salute SG which was delicious. EL's and HTF's are cool, but there's always that chance they won't perform.