CigarFest

2 hours- 5-7AM my wife on the phone and I'm on the computer- lots of times I was on the site- but nothing in the cart- CI really muffed this one up- now that I see the amount of tickets they're selling, I really don't think I want to go- too many people pushing and shoving!

[sjnovakovich]

Originally Posted by Jtbjrcop

2 hours- 5-7AM my wife on the phone and I'm on the computer- lots of times I was on the site- but nothing in the cart- CI really muffed this one up- now that I see the amount of tickets they're selling, I really don't think I want to go- too many people pushing and shoving!

Yeah... when I saw that one botl's post about only one buffet line last year it I was taken aback. C'mon. All those people and one line?!? I'll be really interested in finding out what the "premium" cigars are and also what they're unloading from they're unsellable inventory.

[JohnE1000]

For people who went to previous cigarFest.

What was your experience?
Are the giveaway items worth it or bunch of crabs?
Can you find good deal on cigars, or all advertisements?

Thanks,

Originally Posted by JohnE1000

For people who went to previous cigarFest.

What was your experience?
Are the giveaway items worth it or bunch of crabs?
Can you find good deal on cigars, or all advertisements?

Thanks,

The cigars you get (40-50) are mixed. People like Rocky Patel and Don Pepin Garcia give out some great cigars. Others, not so much. The spirits and micro-brews samples are really good. There are some pretty good prices on samplers/boxes at the fest.

Originally Posted by sjnovakovich

Yeah... when I saw that one botl's post about only one buffet line last year it I was taken aback. C'mon. All those people and one line?!? I'll be really interested in finding out what the "premium" cigars are and also what they're unloading from they're unsellable inventory.

I bought the Cigar Nut tickets two years ago (the last year it wasn't an auction for those tickets). The buffet was ok. The only good thing about the Cigar Nut tickets is that you are in first.

[Shadow]

Originally Posted by silentjon

I bought the Cigar Nut tickets two years ago (the last year it wasn't an auction for those tickets). The buffet was ok. The only good thing about the Cigar Nut tickets is that you are in first.

And a so-so breakfast buffet.

They had the same problem last year with the tickets and the site acting up. I had tickets in my cart and went to pay for them, and poof the server went down and I lost my cart. By the time I got back to ordering tickets, they were gone. Was able to get tickets on the auction.

As soon as I saw they were doing the same thing this year with the sales and adding 500 more people I decided not to even mess with it.

[sjnovakovich]

Originally Posted by Shadow

And a so-so breakfast buffet.

They had the same problem last year with the tickets and the site acting up. I had tickets in my cart and went to pay for them, and poof the server went down and I lost my cart. By the time I got back to ordering tickets, they were gone. Was able to get tickets on the auction.

As soon as I saw they were doing the same thing this year with the sales and adding 500 more people I decided not to even mess with it.

The fact that this happened last year really leads me to think that they don't know what they're doing, and don't really care about customer satisfaction. If they did, they would certainly have made sure that the customer did not have a carp experience two years in a row.