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lightning9191
05-17-2009, 05:39 PM
Last summer was my first summer of mail order purchasing and received a box with some beetles in it. After that experience, I cut back on purchasing until the cooler weather. I think I'm going to place my last order before the hot weather gets here and then take a break until fall (think I can do it?). Who else stops purchasing in the summer?

G G
05-17-2009, 05:40 PM
I probably wont be for a while, but for different reasons.

Beagleone
05-17-2009, 05:58 PM
No, I will continue to buy, both online and in B&Ms. There are a few (very few) NCs that I am looking forward to purchasing. I do quarantine my online purchases, but I don't worry too much since everything gets put into my vinotemps at a nice 63 degree setting. BTW, if your purchases are coming from trusted sources, why worry?

alley00p
05-17-2009, 06:24 PM
I don't worry very much, mainly because I follow the "SilverFox" method of freezing anything that comes in before they get put into a humidor. That way, I can take advantage of any sales that come along. :tu


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flat6nut
05-17-2009, 07:07 PM
I only buy from B&Ms, never online. If I can not put my hands on what I am buying, then forget it.

hotreds
05-17-2009, 07:44 PM
I'm debating this as well. Nothing like sitting in a black metal mailbox in 100 degree weather for several hours to put a hurtin' on a stogie!

Chemyst
05-17-2009, 07:48 PM
I stop mail orders during the summer, but usually go
to b&m's for a handful of special sticks for vacation,
my b-day, holidays, etc.

Buying slows but doesn't stop, over the summer.

Chemyst :cool2:

ucla695
05-17-2009, 07:51 PM
I stock up during the cooler months and hold off on receiving any mail orders shipments during the summer months. I rarely go into B&Ms these days, but if I were to buy, it would be done locally. :)

jjirons69
05-17-2009, 09:33 PM
I seriously don't believe a couple of days of elevated temps is going to bring on a beetle problem. No stopping here.

sodomanaz
05-17-2009, 10:52 PM
I'm never in the US during the summer, so I generally stop my purchases around now. :) But ya, considering how warm the actual Post Office warehouse can be, plus the 3-5 day delivery time (not including Sunday), I'd be a bit on edge about buying online during the summer.

kydsid
05-18-2009, 09:19 AM
If I stopped for 'summer' temps I would only have three months a year to be able to buy anything. So I don't stop. I do switch to using my PO Box in the really hot summer months, over 100 average, for deliveries.

*Crosses fingers that new Vino doesn't let me down, along with PO A/C*

pnutbutrsangwich
05-18-2009, 09:22 AM
I'm going to use this as a good excuse not to buy this summer.

DPD6030
05-18-2009, 09:36 AM
Time of year doesn't dictate when I buy it is funding that does

mosesbotbol
05-18-2009, 09:38 AM
I cut back on purchases big time in the summer.

Noodles
05-18-2009, 10:11 AM
I usually plan on not buying anything every summer. Hopefully I do better this year on keeping that promise.

neoflex
05-18-2009, 06:21 PM
In the warmer months my online purchases slow way down. I usually will only buy something online in the summer months if I come across a smoking deal and I usually keep a separate humi to keep things out of the cabinet for at least 2 months to keep things quarantined.(I don't freeze although the idea is growing on me) I will buy from the B&M in the summer months the same as I would any other time of the year but again those purchases will go into quarantine since you don't always know when they may have had boxes shipped to them. I can promise that my smoking increases in the summer months though!:D:r

DMK
05-18-2009, 06:58 PM
I usually slow to a crawl over the summer months due to the drop in mules heading to the ISOM....

acruce
05-18-2009, 07:47 PM
I don't worry to much about it really. I order when I have extra cash. spring summer or fall.;)

Raralith
05-18-2009, 11:54 PM
Money > Space > Weather

Boss Hogg
05-19-2009, 12:45 AM
I buy... I try not to but, that's too many months to go without buying :r

groogs
05-19-2009, 01:37 PM
I don't stop buying during the summer. I freeze everything that comes in, so it is no big deal. I do notice that I smoke a lot less during the summer, because it is just too hot to relax with a smoke, so this is my time to stock up.:tu

csbrewfisher
05-19-2009, 02:31 PM
I'm going to use this as a good excuse not to buy this summer.

I agree! Seriously, I don't want anymore cigars, I can't store them.

ashmaster
05-19-2009, 04:56 PM
This summer will be slower than in the past, not because of bugs as I freeze everything, but finances are much tighter

karmaz00
05-19-2009, 07:24 PM
just start freezing all income purchases...you will be fine

krevo
05-20-2009, 01:24 AM
I smoke too much to ever put purchases on hold. Really, as long as there are sales, I'm buying.