C-Bid Habits

Just won a box of RP sun grown pc's for $49...I need to go to CBID ANONYMOUS

[Dood]

About the only time I bid is when they have the private "email only" auctions. I've got some pretty good deals.

[Neuromancer]

Ah, the devil's site...just used it last week...

[bobarian]

Dont bid too often, but this week I did pick up a 20pk of Padilla Achilles for $22. Patience is the key.

Cant remember the last time I used C-bid. although I'll look around it atleast once a month usually, nothing against C-bid great prices and service, its just as my stash of cigars has grown I'm trying to smoke more and buy less, I've just been picking up singles at a few local B/M latley.

[rizzle]

I've got a couple of bids pending right now but I definitely use CB differently than I used to. I'm pretty much looking for something specific now and patiently place some bids and see how it goes. I'm still a noob though so I do use it to try out thngs on occasion as well. I just don't go and place bids all across the board like I used to. Got stuck with too many things I didn't really enjoy.

I haven't placed a bid in about two months. When I do, I bid and walk away. If I win great, if I don't, that's ok to. I find the msrp and bid slightly under and that's that. I'm not going to get caught up in a bidding war for over priced sticks.

Coupla weeks for me. That evil farking place is great as long as you check prices somewhere else before bidding or increasing your bid. It's too easy to gt caught up in a bid war and lose money!

Before I bid I do a lot of research. I use the comparison shopper on cigarcylopedia.com and CHIMP. I make sure never to bid more than below average sale price on CHIMP and make sure I can't get it cheaper retail. Then I constantly check my bid history to see if I'm still winning...probably a little OCD along with not wanting to work I put a stop to all my spending on cigars after all my shipments recently came in but then I checked cbid Wed and saw they had RP sun grown pcs. I've been wanting a box for awhile and got them pretty cheap. I'm now going to go to cbid and delete my cc info so I can't shop at work anymore

[neoflex]

I stop in when I know I am looking for something specific and I stick to that and pretty much ignore all the other auctions. I do this when I know I want something and I figure I will try and score a deal first. If it fails I will just go my usual route of picking up a box.
The problem with C-Bid is often times when it's first discovered by a smoker or a newer smoker is directed to it you get on these bidding tears where your bidding on anything and everything and eventually you find out half of what you won is not to your liking and your stuck with an excess of smokes that you know you will never smoke. Now your stuck taking up precious humidor space until you either sell off what you bought or give it away. I know when I first found C-Bid I had a ton of smokes that I got really cheap but at the same time I wasn't sure if I would like them all. I would say about 50% of it ended up being buried for months until I got rid of them and the higher end stuff on C-Bid tends to get ridiculous where you can more often than not just go to CI and get it cheaper without the hassle of an auction.

[Bubba - NJ]

Always do your research before you bid on cbid .