Advice for selling cigars

[oaklandnjb]

Hi folks. My dad, a cigar smoker for 60-70 years, recently passed away and my mom is interested in selling about a dozen boxes of Don Diego cigars he had.

So far, I haven't had much luck figuring out how to legally sell them. The boxes are all sealed, so I'm sure someone would be interested in them. There are 4 boxes of Lonsdales and 7 boxes of Petite Corona (25 count each).

We'd be interested in selling them below retail obviously, so it'd be a good deal. Thoughts?

Thanks in advance.

[dwoodward]

Welcome to the forums. Have the cigars been kept properly? How were they stored?

This would be the biggest question around these forums. If they haven't been properly stored, sealed or not, nobody would really want them. Craigslist would be your answer in that case, if you had no morals of course.

[oaklandnjb]

Dad never had a humidor, so unfortunately they have been sitting on a bookshelf, but the packages are all (obviously) sealed. The tobacconist said that the humidity around here is about 50% (no hard winter here in California means no extra dry, heated homes) so they should be fine if we put the boxes in a closed tupperware container along with a damp sponge for just a little bit to "revive" them.

[icehog3]

It will take a lot longer than "a little bit", if at all, to revive cigars that have spent years on bookshelves.

[oaklandnjb]

Oh, they haven't been there for years. Just a few months.

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by oaklandnjb

Oh, they haven't been there for years. Just a few months.

That's good news. Maybe the tobacconist you spoke to would be wiiling to purchase them at a discount and revive them for his inventory?

Send me a few and I'll check them out for you.

[oaklandnjb]

Originally Posted by icehog3

That's good news. Maybe the tobacconist you spoke to would be wiiling to purchase them at a discount and revive them for his inventory?

Yeah, just a few months. Dad had been smoking cigars for 60-70 years -- not from these specific boxes.

The tobacconist wasn't interested, unfortunately.

I totally understand the uncertainty of buying from an unknown source, so I suppose if someone is interested, I might suggest buying one box and if the person is satisfied with the quality, they could buy the others. I'm not going to open a box, though, to send out samples. They have been sealed for your protection. :-)

[dwoodward]

Originally Posted by oaklandnjb

Yeah, just a few months. Dad had been smoking cigars for 60-70 years -- not from these specific boxes.

The tobacconist wasn't interested, unfortunately.

I totally understand the uncertainty of buying from an unknown source, so I suppose if someone is interested, I might suggest buying one box and if the person is satisfied with the quality, they could buy the others. I'm not going to open a box, though, to send out samples. They have been sealed for your protection. :-)

The source isn't the problem, the problem is that they haven't been kept properly. Honesty is a good thing on your part, however, you won't find anyone interested in paying for dry cigars around here.

[AdamJoshua]

You'd have to open one box regardless just to see if they were dust or even eaten away by critters, the fact that you won't open a box just to check them and you would want someone to buy one is... odd.

I'm not saying to send out samples, I'm saying so YOU can check the box and see what you are selling, but doesn't seem you really care what you are selling someone... just my

[icehog3]

FYI, just a clarification of the rules here at Cigar Asylum. It takes a modest combination of time and participation to earn access to our "Want to Sell" Forums...you don't even have the privildge to sell cigars to our members here yet.

[oaklandnjb]

Originally Posted by icehog3

FYI, just a clarification of the rules here at Cigar Asylum. It takes a modest combination of time and participation to earn access to our "Want to Sell" Forums...you don't even have the privildge to sell cigars to our members here yet.

Understood. I really was looking for advice on what I should do to try to sell the cigars. Wasn't really posting for sale. Thanks.

[bobarian]

In reference to your original post, there are no restrictions on private sales of cigars. As long as sold to someone over the age of 18 there are no limitations or legalities to consider. Retail price on your boxes is around $75-90 a box. But often cigars are discounted 25% or more by online retailers.

[oaklandnjb]

Originally Posted by AdamJoshua

You'd have to open one box regardless just to see if they were dust or even eaten away by critters, the fact that you won't open a box just to check them and you would want someone to buy one is... odd.

I'm not saying to send out samples, I'm saying so YOU can check the box and see what you are selling, but doesn't seem you really care what you are selling someone... just my

I guess I hadn't really thought about that. I know Dad was a cigar enthusiast for decades, and I know that the boxes were purchased within six months, so I presumed the cigars were smokable (if properly rehumidified). I certainly know no critters got to the boxes (or they would have had to have been amazingly talented to have replaced the plastic packaging so exact).

As I said, I really was just looking for information. Not trying to foist crud on anyone -- I have to assume the cigars are of decent quality.

Thanks.

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by oaklandnjb

I have to assume the cigars are of decent quality.

Thanks.

As your buyer will have to assume, if you don't open the boxes for inspection....and therein lies the problem.

[Bax]

Originally Posted by oaklandnjb

I guess I hadn't really thought about that. I know Dad was a cigar enthusiast for decades, and I know that the boxes were purchased within six months, so I presumed the cigars were smokable (if properly rehumidified). I certainly know no critters got to the boxes (or they would have had to have been amazingly talented to have replaced the plastic packaging so exact).

As I said, I really was just looking for information. Not trying to foist crud on anyone -- I have to assume the cigars are of decent quality.

Thanks.

I think the critters (beetles) that most would be worried about would already be in the box. If a box of cigars is left above 70 degrees for a length of time tobacco beetles can hatch in the cigars and turn cigars to dust rather quickly. Unlikely but still possible.

[Subvet642]

When I first started smoking cigars, it was Don Diego that I loved. They're a very mild cigar, not too different from a Macanudo. Why not smoke them yourself? Introduce yourself and hang around; you might find a cool new hobby and a bunch of new friends.

[bdgile]

Originally Posted by Subvet642

Why not smoke them yourself? Introduce yourself and hang around; you might find a cool new hobby and a bunch of new friends.

X2

[mosesbotbol]

Welcome and sorry to read about your father's passing.

I bet someone here would buy for 20 cents on the dollar based on lowest average price. Generally, revived cigars are not never like ones that have always been properly stored. That being said, at attractive prices, many are willing to take that risk.

[pnoon]

Originally Posted by mosesbotbol

Welcome and sorry to read about your father's passing.

I bet someone here would buy for 20 cents on the dollar based on lowest average price. Generally, revived cigars are not never like ones that have always been properly stored. That being said, at attractive prices, many are willing to take that risk.

Please don't encourage him (or anyone else for that matter) to circumvent our rules.

Tom has already pointed this out.

Originally Posted by icehog3

FYI, just a clarification of the rules here at Cigar Asylum. It takes a modest combination of time and participation to earn access to our "Want to Sell" Forums...you don't even have the privildge to sell cigars to our members here yet.