A Question of Etiquette

[RevSmoke]

OK, someone gifts you some cigars. Some of them you wanted, some of them are new and you look forward to trying them.

Some of them are... well, they just are. It isn't that they are bad cigars, it is just that you only smoke a couple cigars a week, and some of them aren't what you'd really like to smoke.

Is it acceptable to re-gift them away?

[Tripp]

I might be offended if they were cigars the person had never tried, but if they're cigars that you already know you don't like, theres no point in keeping them just to remind yourself why you don't like them already.

[Mr B]

Totally acceptable. Why not let someone else enjoy what you have already tried. Especially if they have not tried it yet or they actually enjoy them alot. My

[wolfandwhisky]

no harm in re-gifting. I agree with Tripp in that I would have a hard time not at least trying a cigar once - but I don't think it is a breach of etiquette. If someone sends you a cigar, like in contest winnings, and you know you'd rather not smoke it, better to send it to someone who would want to.

And if you can find someone that actually "wants" the cigar, even better. bomb away!

[The Poet]

As for me, I don't feel comfortable giving away cigars somebody gave me, especially if they are ones I don't want to smoke myself. From your question, I surmise you tend to feel the same. But there are exceptions. For instance, a few years ago I was working with a college kid who wanted some smokes for his buddies to mooch. So I gave him a bagful of dogrockets, while making sure he knew that was exactly what they were. He was fine with that, and thus so was I.

[spectrrr]

I often have the same problem - I only smoke so many per week, and sometimes I get sticks I know I will never smoke (not my thing). In those cases, I usually hang on to em for a few months (just to see if per chance I will smoke it), then it will most likely be given to the troops so they can enjoy it.

(unless they're REALLY terrible sticks, then I put them in the "you normally smoke white owls and want to grab one from me" pile )

[ucubed]

If I've had the cigar before and I know someone else is going to enjoy them much more than me, then I don't mind. If I have a good idea that I'm not going to enjoy it, but never have smoked it, I'll still keep it to smoke it later. There is no point for you to not enjoy a cigar that you've already had where you know someone who will appreciate it and enjoy it more than yourself. BUT NEVER re-sell them that's just wrong...

[G G]

I try not to regift them (sure I have by accident before I started labeling them) but I absolutely have no problem what so ever with someone regifting the cigars I give to them. The way I see it, I gave them to you so it is up to you to do whatever you see fit to do with them. Some BOTL is going to enjoy them no matter what so it doesn't offend me in any way.

[sikk50]

I've never really been comfortable regifting, that's not to say I haven't, just that I don't feel comfortable with it. Bc of that I haven't in a long time, I just put them in the bottom forget about them and maybe pull them out at a time I know I won't have time to smoke a whole cigar and want to smoke something that I wouldn't feel bad laying down half smoked should need be.

[spectrrr]

Originally Posted by sikk50

......I know I won't have time to smoke a whole cigar and want to smoke something that I wouldn't feel bad laying down half smoked should need be.

mm yeah, that part! forgot to mention that. Stick's I wouldn't normally smoke often get put into that category - then I get to try the stick AND not feel bad if I have to lay it down early.

[Adriftpanda]

Cigars are cigars, meant to be shared and enjoyed with friends and family. If I can make someones day by handing them a cigar, then why not? I don't expect to smoke all my cigars, so why not share a few here and there.

But on the other hand, I do see why one would be offended... but like I said, I don't mind it in least bit.

[RevSmoke]

These are not "bad" cigars. They are cigars that are not my taste. In fact, I have found myself giving aways super-premiums because they just didn't do anything for me and I KNEW they's make someone else's day.

Yes, I am asking because I am a bit uncomfortable with re-gifting.

[Bax]

Any cigars that come my way that I know I'll never smoke promply head to troop support. Not too many people I know will get ticked to know they're smokes went to brighten a soldiers day.

[Volt]

I asked the same question way back when at CS. A few of teh responses I got were

1. Pass to the troops. As noted most will not ever be mad at that.
2. Pass to a frind/BOTL that will enjoy it. Most do not want a stick just wasted.

Anything I send is always up to the recipient to do with as they please. I'd much rather they pass it on than it take up humi space or know that it got smoked out of some obligation.

[Emjaysmash]

I used to do this, but in my situation, I need all the cigars I can get. In fact I'd say 80% of my entire cigar collection has been gifted to me. It is really by the generousity of this forum that I have continued to enjoy this hobby for so long. To honor that, I will never regift a cigar given to me unless another BOTL is in need. That's when my cigars can be regifted, but my gifted cigars will never go out in any maws pifs or bombs.

[madwilliamflint]

Meh. They exist to be enjoyed. If someone's gonna enjoy them that much more than you, I say go for it. (with the "first taste" caveat.)

[mosesbotbol]

I would not "re-gift" them, but I would give them to a guest to smoke at my house.

I don't have too many people gifting me cigars, because I'm basically an @sshole. But on the occasions that I've had somebody hand me sticks, and there are some included that aren't what I'd smoke...I just tell them on the spot. I thank them for their generosity, and suggest that they hold onto whatever sticks I know I won't smoke.
If it's a bomb...then it's a different story. I have a hard time parting with something that was given to me. So if there are sticks included in a bomb that aren't what I prefer...they'll go into my 100 count desktop humi for safe keeping...until the day I'm open minded enough to try something different, or somebody visiting chooses it out of that humi.

Sending them to the troops is the best use of cigars you know you won't smoke, in my opinion.

I have handed out cigars that were gifted to me but I have always tried to share where it came from.
Like for instance I got a couple of mild cigars that gifted to me that I have already tried and I knew Bill (my neighbor who is on here somewhere) liked the milder stuff so I passed them on to him.

I am very grateful for everything I have gotten from everyone here from knowledge to cigars, I hope I never upset anyone in doing that.
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[Emjaysmash]

Originally Posted by Emjaysmash

I used to do this, but in my situation, I need all the cigars I can get. In fact I'd say 80% of my entire cigar collection has been gifted to me. It is really by the generousity of this forum that I have continued to enjoy this hobby for so long. To honor that, I will never regift a cigar given to me unless another BOTL is in need. That's when my cigars can be regifted, but my gifted cigars will never go out in any maws pifs or bombs.

So I just looked into my humis and crunched the real numbers.

167 total
42 bought
125 gifted

about 75% of my cigars have been gifted.