Puff.Com Just Plain Sucks!!

[papajohn67]

Ok Jon C. boy I said it!! Time to toss me too!! Please toss me!!

Why the anger directed your way. I visited the site today and checked out the Cigars For The Troops section. All I can say is R.I.P....dead as a door-nail. A couple of requests from troops, but zippo for these guys.

So I decide I'll PM them and give them an invite to CA who still gives a damn about the folks risking their butts everyday for the likes of you. I do my little PM invitation and what do I see while proof reading my message..."Cigar******". Who?

You sorry little peckerwood!!. Well just plain :fu!!!

Man what a let down. Club Stogie turns into "Puff.Com", aka screw the troops just don't let anyone clue the troops into the folks who can help them out.

As for our Mods, pull this and I'm going to hunt you down. :ss

Frigging venting my ass off!!

[SchizoFilly]

vent on brother

[jcarlton]

I seem to remember a promise from Jon that Troop support would be a priority on Puff. If that means that when things are slow on Puff that we can't direct folks to a place where it is moving better, then I hope I get banned as well.

John, thanks for all you do for the Troops!!!!!!

[68TriShield]

That is very sad and not really a surprise... :mad:

[massphatness]

I really don't like that guy.

[Cigary]

I seem to remember a promise from Jon that Troop support would be a priority on Puff. If that means that when things are slow on Puff that we can't direct folks to a place where it is moving better, then I hope I get banned as well.

John, thanks for all you do for the Troops!!!!!!

Unfortunately, Jon wants the support to go to the site first and everything else second.

[hotreds]

That's why I don't even bother to visit it anymore........

[shilala]

It'll catch up to him. :tu

[TanithT]

Spell it backward and tell them you're spelling it backward. We're at moc.mulysaragiC. Then we'll be easy to find and you won't trigger their lame filters.

[BlackDog]

Bookmark deleted. Shame, it was such a great place.

[Darrell]

Jon Caputo sucks ass and balls. Yeah, I said it. :D

[cherrybomb]

there is so much random bs on this page now, i can't even figure out how to start a thread

[cherrybomb]

Thank you for posting! Your post will not be visible until a moderator has approved it for posting. You will now be taken back to the forum. If you opted to post a poll, you will now be allowed to do so. bs man

[Waynegro1]

I find that going to that site is just not good for my heart. If I don't visit, I don't get palpatations. I thought I'd miss the old site, but since the 11 gave us the Asylum (almost a year ago), it's as if cs is still alive and well (but better). Life is way too short to let any Puffy Fish get to me.
I'm just sayin'
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[SmokinCozy]

The filters go through pm's? WOW

[kzm007]

I often take pleasure in opening accounts on Puff, being mean to him, and getting banned for the account.

Looks like JC thinks he's Jesus Christ, eh?

[SeanGAR]

Yes, it does suck, but it is still rude to say so.

[floydpink]

I couldn't get banned by unsubscribing from the newsletter by putting my first name as "f*** you" and my last name as Caputo, but finally managed to get banned by opening a new thread stating "Blaylock is a homo who examines Caputo's rectum with his 5 finger cigar bags", and was banned within 5 minutes.

Bunch of money hungry classless pretenders over there, although my final comments were a little lacking in the class department if I do admit so myself.

The last straw for me was Blaylock calling MCS "childish".

The day will come when I meet JC in person, as I spend a good amount of time in Ft Lauderdale and I look forward to that day a great deal.

[ChasDen]

The filters go through pm's? WOW


Yep :tu

I tried to post a link to something here via PM and it got the ****** treatment.

Haven't posted a thread there since except to wrap up sales obligations I had already open.

Chas

And by the way JC since you or your staff will be reading this it wasn't to send a link to the competition, it was to offer assistance to a user who you wont allow to PM. Another stupid change BTW. The paranoia is ridicules :(

[bvilchez]

I often take pleasure in opening accounts on Puff, being mean to him, and getting banned for the account.

Looks like JC thinks he's Jesus Christ, eh?

That's some funny shite!!!!!

[papajohn67]

I couldn't get banned by unsubscribing from the newsletter by putting my first name as "f*** you" and my last name as Caputo, but finally managed to get banned by opening a new thread stating "Blaylock is a homo who examines Caputo's rectum with his 5 finger cigar bags", and was banned within 5 minutes.

Bunch of money hungry classless pretenders over there, although my final comments were a little lacking in the class department if I do admit so myself.

The last straw for me was Blaylock calling MCS "childish".

The day will come when I meet JC in person, as I spend a good amount of time in Ft Lauderdale and I look forward to that day a great deal.

I was sort of thinking the same thing, i.e. perhaps someday at a cigar event our paths may cross. And most likely I will still come across as "rude".

[Darrell]

I got banned because I said that I did not sign up for a newsletter when I agreed to the Terms of Service (TOS).

He must still be mad at me for choosing to stay here and talk to my friends, rather than giving into his tyrannical rules for his moderators.

[hotreds]

Ya know, they might just like your title!:dance:

[loki]

if you don't like it there just don't go there. I don't like it there and I don't go, these 3 times a week threads are getting almost as bad as posting there. We've made our choice as to where to post so lets leave it at that

[jcarlton]

if you don't like it there just don't go there. I don't like it there and I don't go, these 3 times a week threads are getting almost as bad as posting there. We've made our choice as to where to post so lets leave it at that

Sometimes people just need to vent, that is allowed here when done appropriately. We had a great home that was pulled from under our feet and sometimes people need to say why they made the move. You bet that we can choose to just not visit and most of us don't, but we met good people there that we want to keep in contact with. Troop support is important to many of us and we still log onto Puff to see what is going on, on that front. As responsible citizens we would expect that Troop support would be more important than brand recognition.

[papajohn67]

if you don't like it there just don't go there. I don't like it there and I don't go, these 3 times a week threads are getting almost as bad as posting there. We've made our choice as to where to post so lets leave it at that

You have a point there and I've always kept my mouth shut about changes that took place last year. And again perhaps I should have chosen a different title for the post. That being said being blocked from sending a PM to some military guys looking for cigars leaves me steamed. Hey it's his rice bowl but I think what's in it stinks. I humped a ruck for 2 years in combat and my heart is with those guys who I could not get a message too. If they want to give someone the hook for posting garbage on their site so be it but to filter out the word "aslyum" elevates the word garbage to a new level.

[AD720]

Yep, total bummer, not a surprise though.

I'm a silver lining kind of guy, at least I try to be. We had a great place then and we have a great (dare I say even better?) place now.

[ChasDen]

Yep, total bummer, not a surprise though.

I'm a silver lining kind of guy, at least I try to be. We had a great place then and we have a great (dare I say even better?) place now.

I will say it for you !

BETTER !

Chas

[GrumpyOleTroll]

The problem with Troop Support on the other site is the loosing of those who made it thier priority to maintain it to a higher standard. Everyone has thier own reasons of leaving and finding a new home and I hate to see all the negitive across all the boards. We all have opinions and we all have our own feelings.

Papajohn has done some amazing things for the troops as has alot of others and I can see thier disgust,but you all have moved on to a new place and are still maintaing that standard. I have sent my own packages and trades to the troops of those I know. There is a differnt breed over there.

There are ways of showing people where you are around the filter as I have pmed those looking for thier friends before the merger.

Enjoy a smoke and be glad we have places like this.



Shawn

[stitch]

I say GIVE EM' HELL John!
And I'll second the point ... I too just stay away and keep my mouth shut.
He can play with his toys any way he likes, But this kind of crap is BS Big time!
Right after the the change I deleted my Avitar and just wrote "Stitch aint here no more" .... Fuggg Em'!
And John, If you get any of those address you let me know, Ya' hear. :tu

[Genetic Defect]

Spell it backward and tell them you're spelling it backward. We're at moc.mulysaragiC. Then we'll be easy to find and you won't trigger their lame filters.

you forgot the www :r





I had to put that there:o

[TomHagen]

Yep, total bummer, not a surprise though.

I'm a silver lining kind of guy, at least I try to be. We had a great place then and we have a great (dare I say even better?) place now.

I will say it for you !

BETTER !

Chas

:tpd:

You guys ain't stoopid though!
Puff is really just a HORRIBLE place. JC & Blaylock etc... :fu

[papajohn67]

Well they gave me the puffy boot, but their is more. Last evening "Blaylock" sent me a PM here asking me to read a PM he had sent my way on Puff. He expressed concern over the troop project or the lack of one on the Puff site. He asked me for ideas on how to get it back up. :dance: Well I'll dance with the devil himself "Jon C." if it means cigars heading the troops way.

The results? I tried to log on to Puff this morning and respond with a few suggestion for "Blaylock" but I was denied. Frankly it cracks me up. Seems they speak with forked tongue.

I'll end this now with an apology to anyone I may have offended with my tirade. But for "Jon C." I still say :fu

[Tenor CS]

He asked me for ideas on how to get it back up. :dance:

Viagra? Or Cialis, your choice.

[rizzle]

I go over there every now and then just to look and see if I can get some info on anything. No doubt, it is a different board now. And I'm not talking about all the ads and garbage, etc. It's almost like a cigar board with "training wheels" compared to this one. The tenor of Puff and Cigar Asylum could not be more different. There is knowledge here--almost everywhere you look. Over there you have to really look to find knowledge.

[BlackDog]

Too bad Top 25 Cigar is tied up with that mess. I used to go to that website a lot to get info on smokes I was curious about.

I wonder if he had it to do over, if the prior owner would still sell. Honestly this gripes me more than JC buying it and making it into his own idea of a successful website.

[stitch]

PM sent with an idea :D
Don't apolgize John ...

[Bubba - NJ]

Well with all the fuss here I figured I'd go see what all the hubbub was about . It's like I was never there to begin with . Did I get banned with out even knowing it ? Oh well , no sleep lost here . I will add that the site has really changed in appearance and become a barrage of advertising and quite hideous looking .

[Wolfgang]

Reason for being banned.

Thread title : Fuch Puff

Content : Where in the original TOS when this was a good and productive forumd did I agree to be eye raped with this bull Shi7?

Enjoy your collection of forums Greedy Bastard.

Mark

[Tenor CS]

It's almost like a cigar board with "training wheels" compared to this one. The tenor of Puff and Cigar Asylum could not be more different.

Hey rizzle, don't bring me up when you talk about that place. :r

Tenor only visits Cigar Asylum now.

PS I'm banned over there.

[Wolfgang]

HAHAHA I cant imagine you being banned Christian. You just seem so nice all the time what did you do?

[stitch]

Holy Cow ...I've got $250. in "Casino Cash" and a RG of 668! :dance:

[Wolfgang]

Rg at puff is as pointless as balls on a mule lol

[BagfullofPings]

Re: Jon

I remember when everybody said I was being a disruptive a$$hole. :r

Almost 10 months later, the same people who capped on me are saying what I did last October. :r

CLASSIC!!

Jason

[rizzle]

Hey rizzle, don't bring me up when you talk about that place. :r

Tenor only visits Cigar Asylum now.

PS I'm banned over there.
My bad Christian...how about...the tone of the board?
:tu

[darkninja67]

That is really sad.

My story today is that I am no longer a member of that community. No freaking idea why I got banned.

I participated in the Glock23 bomb and they knew I was from there. If it is because I am a member here, then that is pretty high schoolish of them.

These two forums remind me so much of some others I belong to.

Sorry CA, you are stuck with me.

[rizzle]

Re: Jon

I remember when everybody said I was being a disruptive a$$hole. :r

Almost 10 months later, the same people who capped on me are saying what I did last October. :r

CLASSIC!!

Jason
You're a veritable visionary.
:wo

[Wolfgang]

Yessir You're not allowed to be there if you are on here. Im sure Craputo has a spy of sorts in here scouting names.

[darkninja67]

Yessir You're not allowed to be there if you are on here. Im sure Craputo has a spy of sorts in here scouting names.

Yeah I noticed Glock23 was listed here but showed no posts, as well as Acesfull.

I am hoping G23 did not rat me out after I bombed him. :(

I was a mod at one break off forum (like CA) and the admins from the mother site used to watch what I posted. Eventually I was demodded since they held their officers to a higher level. lol

I got a custom title out of it at least.

[Wolfgang]

its very disheartening how segregating this has become.

CA or DIE!!!

[SmokinApe]

Let's not detract from this place by trash talking and name call the other place. All we are doing is stating the obvious, nothing revolutionary in this thread. Let puff quietly die it's inevitable death...

:2

[TXRebel]

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=99&pictureid=2430
Let's not detract from this place by trash talking and name call the other place. All we are doing is stating the obvious, nothing revolutionary in this thread. Let puff quietly die it's inevitable death...

:2

:tpd:

[Wolfgang]

There is a big difference between talking about a place and banning people for being associated with another forum.

But you are right Nothing is being accomplished in this thread aside from everyone voicing their dislike for Caputo.

[borndead1]

Let puff quietly die it's inevitable death...

I can already smell the rotting fish...:D

[Bax]

I haven't been banned yet, looks like I'll have to try harder!:D

[darkninja67]

It just sucks because there are a lot of stand up people there.

Anyway, time to get to smoking. :)

[HK3-]

Yes it does! :banger

[stitch]

My last comment here ... Then I'll STFU.
John has a right to be pissed and vent a little IMHO,
All he was trying to do was help some troops from over there, If they are having trouble keeping the program alive there Why shouldn't Brothers from another board be able to step up and help these folks out?
If the owners and Mod's over there consider themselve's and their cigar board to be more important than our troops ... Then it's a sad day.
And I gots news for them .... THEY AINT!
And with that ... I'm done.

[Wolfgang]

:tpd:

[shilala]

I visited puff when this thread began.
There were two places at the front page to log in, and I tried and failed twice.
I figured I hadn't done anything of had any reason to get banned, so I went to the top search bar, clicked on forums, and logged in there. That worked fine.
Although I no longer participate at puff, I've left a lot of pics and projects and things like that there. It's like my virtual notebook. I put a lot of time into a lot of those things, and use them for reference or to share with other brothers here.
There's a lot of happy things that went on there, too. I took time to revisit some bomb threads and troop packages, and smiled. :)

Point being, you may not be banned, John. You might just need to click on the forum link on the top bar and log in there (http://www.puff.com/forums/). It takes about an hour for the page to load because it's a spam bomb and whoever's coding it needs to find a new career, but it may get you in to talk to Blaylock.
ANYTHING that you can do for the troops is far more important than anything that's happened to that website.
Maybe Blaylock will see that as well, and direct those troops here rather than try to lift Caputo to glory and massage his ego for something he obviously cares nothing about.
That'd be incredibly selfless, and I hope he'd be willing to help. :tu

[poker]

Ok folks I think thats enough. Like some have already stated, nothing positive will come of this other than a little venting. Most of us feel the same way, and many just see no need in pointing out what many here already know, that this is now home.
Its time we all moved forward.

[TanithT]

And I'm banned too. It's not because of anything I ever posted at Puff, either, so I can only assume it's because they're reading this thread.

Sheesh. Lame.

[GHC_Hambone]

Too bad Top 25 Cigar is tied up with that mess. I used to go to that website a lot to get info on smokes I was curious about.

:tpd:

I really liked that site as well. I still check it out every once and a while, but it takes a lot longer to load now...

[M1903A1]

:tpd:

I really liked that site as well. I still check it out every once and a while, but it takes a lot longer to load now...

You're not kidding. I took a look over their just now (just long enough to see the degradation) and the pages were refreshing so slowly I practically had enough time to read a novel!

[forgop]

I think Caputo should receive some nice dog rockets. ;)

[GolfNut]

I noticed that instead of scrambling passwords, they just added -cs (cigarsmokers) or -cl (cigarlive) to the usernames of those they wished to keep out.

Might try that if you need to contact someone through there.

Sorry if this is already known. TTH

[bazookajoe]

FWIW, I'll comment while this thread is still open. As many of you know I remained at what used to be Club Stogie for the sake of the troops that were supported there and some donation efforts that were underway - didn't want to see any interruption in the flow of cigars to those who counted on them. My efforts weren't needed here as Fred and Tony had things under control.

The program fizzled out there and I agree with John that it became a non-priority for the "new administration". I won't blame Jon alone because the forums were sorted out and re-organized by some of the mods there too. Doesn't matter who did it or why, but the end result was that the troop support threads got moved to a section rarely viewed by most members. Both John and I questioned that and mentioned it would result in a loss for the troops but they wanted to sit tight and see what happened. All the while, John and other faithful continued provide support for the troops despite the lack of support from Puff.

Due to some personal circumstances I've been unable to continue the troop support effort, and coupled with the fact that the effort is invisible there it's as John described - pretty much been left for dead. There are occasional requests from soldiers that I haven't been able to fulfill - I didn't refer them to Fred because even though the troops are supported here I didn't want to dilute the effort with requests from outside this forum. As a result of the issue raised by this thread however I've been offered help with those requests so hopefully that will work out.

Finally this - I fully agree with and understand John's frustration with the lack of support for the troops at Puff. I believe his intent for this thread was to vent his frustration, hoping some Puff faithful will see what they've done to what was an honorable effort. I fully support him because nobody has been a more generous and faithful supporter of our troops than John, and he has every right to speak his mind without apology. For those that are using this thread to bash Puff, boasting about using inflammatory posts and other efforts to get banned there, you're completely missing the point and IMO diluting John's message. There are many other opportunities to expose Puff's shortcomings - please let this be about what John intended (and if Scott is right about the log-in thing, you may still have a voice over there ;)).

:2

[Mr. Ed]

6) Any and all issues concerning other boards will not be allowed to spill over in here. If you as member of another board have a problem with another member from that board, keep it off of Cigar Asylum.

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/announcement.php?f=5

:rlz

[shilala]

6) Any and all issues concerning other boards will not be allowed to spill over in here. If you as member of another board have a problem with another member from that board, keep it off of Cigar Asylum.

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/announcement.php?f=5

:rlz

There's exception to any rule.
I think Troop Support surely applies, although that's just my :2
This thread has been very constructive toward finding a way to take care of the Troops that aren't finding support at Puff.
If everyone focuses on the solution rather than the problem, and we all behave, I'm sure it can be solved. :tu

[poker]

Let it go guys.

[Don Fernando]

I often take pleasure in opening accounts on Puff, being mean to him, and getting banned for the account.

Looks like JC thinks he's Jesus Christ, eh?

but that way puff has more members (they ban the account but it still shows up as a member) and that way Craputo can make more money when selling advertisement space.

I couldn't get banned by unsubscribing from the newsletter by putting my first name as "f*** you" and my last name as Caputo, but finally managed to get banned by opening a new thread stating "Blaylock is a homo who examines Caputo's rectum with his 5 finger cigar bags", and was banned within 5 minutes.

Bunch of money hungry classless pretenders over there, although my final comments were a little lacking in the class department if I do admit so myself.

The last straw for me was Blaylock calling MCS "childish".



Blaylock is JC's guarddog, a leg humping jack russel. He is the kind of guy that gives infractionpoints for 'being disrespectful' and then starts calling names himself. When you ask another moderator to infract blaylock .... you get banned. That happened to me.

[Tenor CS]

My bad Christian...how about...the tone of the board?
:tu


MUCH better :)

[Tenor CS]

HAHAHA I cant imagine you being banned Christian. You just seem so nice all the time what did you do?

Someone asked why vendors who sell Cubans can advertise on Puff, but they can't talk about Cuban vendors.

I stated that it was because Caputo makes $ off of one and not the other. But in a harsher way.

[poker]

This thread isnt going to solve anything. CS is gone. Letting it go meant letting it go. I closed this.