How much do you spend on cigars?

[bsmokin]

Lately, I have been feeling that I am the only shmuck out there spending what feels like a fortune on cigars. Of course, I realize this isn't the case... many people here clearly have MUCH LARGER and more impressive collections, which were only had through dropping several pretty pennies. But, still... I wonder, how much are you spending on cigars? However you think best to describe it - i.e. how much / how often, etc.

I'll get it started. Hopefully my wife wont stumble on this post... ;)

I'm pretty new to it all... I'm in my second year of cigars. I have about 300+ cigars. I find I'm spending 300-400 every 2-3 of months at this point. So, over the course of the year, it probably works out to about 100-200/month. I'm about to drop another 1k on a BIG order. Got a vino and want to continue to stock it with quality smokes.

What's your story?

[icehog3]

I spend what I can afford. :)

[Slavac]

$87

[acarr]

In the last year, way too much but I have only bought two boxes since June, I am a recovering cigar buyer.

[MajorCaptSilly]

$87


$86.50

mcs

[markem]

I don't spend money on cigars ... I lavish money on cigars

[icehog3]

$86.50

mcs

You are so frugal...no wonder I love you so much.

[Mark C]

$86.50

mcs

$1 !! Oh wait, wrong game?

[14holestogie]

I won't tell my wife. What makes you think I would tell you? ;)

[DPD6030]

Too much :D

[Biglizard1]

I try to spend what I can afford, some months more than others... but never a set amount or average for any given month.

[kelmac07]

My wife says "Way Too Much!!"

[smokin5]

More than I should, less than I can afford.:)

[fyrftr]

More than I thought I would!!

[poriggity]

Most months, its about $100-$200/month. Wife doesn't ask, so I don't tell.
Scott

[RightAJ]

Enough. Too much probably haha

[bsmokin]

Most months, its about $100-$200/month. Wife doesn't ask, so I don't tell.
Scott

First 'real' answer. Thanks for the honesty.

I wasn't sure about asking this sort of thing... and I guess I maybe shouldn't have. I guess it may be almost like asking how much money someone makes or something.... but I don't think so. Because no matter how much money people make, they all spend it very differently. If you understand that, I don't see what the big deal is actually divulging a real amount.

[Smokin Gator]

Not as much as my wife does on clothes...

I would say on average about $300 a month...

[s15driftking]

i probably spend under 120.00 per month. which i think is pretty good considering i hang out at a local B&M a lot!

[bsmokin]

I won't tell my wife. What makes you think I would tell you? ;)

1. I don't know you
2. I don't live with you
3. I don't know your wife ;)

[icehog3]

I put my response as "What I can afford", in lieu of saying "It ain't anyone else's business". Not intending to offend, just putting in my 2 cents.

[s15driftking]

I put my response as "What I can afford", in lieu of saying "It ain't anyone else's business". Not intending to offend, just putting in my 2 cents.

i dont think his intent was to see who the big spenders were and/or for people to brag. I think the intent was to see how much people deem apropriate per month in general.

Some people said 300.00 per month, for me that would be out of the question because i could not bring myself to spend 300 on cigars per month... and stay married :r:r:r

[s15driftking]

1. I don't know you
2. I don't live with you
3. I don't know your wife ;)


thats what Charlie sheen thought in Major League.... :r

[icehog3]

i dont think his intent was to see who the big spenders were and/or for people to brag. I think the intent was to see how much people deem apropriate per month in general.

Some people said 300.00 per month, for me that would be out of the question because i could not bring myself to spend 300 on cigars per month... and stay married :r:r:r

I absolutely understand, Bobby....but I still don't feel the need to divulge that in a thread. :)

[s15driftking]

I absolutely understand, Bobby....but I still don't feel the need to divulge that in a thread. :)

Do you have a wife? are you worried that she is reading it???

:r:r:r

That was purely a joke, please take it as that!!!! I don't know about your personal life and I intend not to pry!

[bsmokin]

i dont think his intent was to see who the big spenders were and/or for people to brag. I think the intent was to see how much people deem apropriate per month in general.
...

Yes! Exactly! Thank you. Put another way, wanted to see if others were as crazy hooked as I am. Put yet another way, I was looking for others to help me feel better about my spending too damn much on cigars.... ;s

[DMK]

My wife and I have a great arangement, she doesn't nag me about what or when I buy cigar wise and I don't ask her about her knitting. She knits with a lot of 'high' end yarns and has a stash, I'm guessing in the thousands of dollars... (she just finished a one skein hat out of $75.00 wool from Japan)

[mash]

I absolutely understand, Bobby....but I still don't feel the need to divulge that in a thread. :)

PM me with a figure, I'll divulge it in a thread on your behalf.

[s15driftking]

Yes! Exactly! Thank you. Put another way, wanted to see if others were as crazy hooked as I am. Put yet another way, I was looking for others to help me feel better about my spending too damn much on cigars.... ;s


Not a big deal man. Sometimes on this forum you must explain exactly what you want to know and why you are asking. Its important because there are people here that troll around and ask worthless questions either looking to stir the pot and/or start scuffless.

we are all hooked and im sure we all feel that we are spending more than we should or just about there! The best way to have your "buck" extend further would be to check out the daily deals that exist on most major sites!!! Save yourself some cash and try some good smokes!! or just buy what you like and enjoy them!!

:tu

[icehog3]

Put yet another way, I was looking for others to help me feel better about my spending too damn much on cigars.... ;s

I spend too much. There you have it....sorry if I came across as rude.

[s15driftking]

I spend too much. There you have it....sorry if I came across as rude.

and by too much he means 3,000 a month on Gurkhas alone!!!

[icehog3]

and by too much he means 3,000 a month on Gurkhas alone!!!

Rumors of my Gurkha purchases are greatly exaggerated. ;)

[s15driftking]

2,750?

sorry, back to topics!!!

[MajorCaptSilly]

I spend more on hookers if it makes you feel any better.


MCS

[s15driftking]

I spend more on hookers if it makes you feel any better.


MCS

AN EXPENSIVE HABIT!!! I'd Know!!!

[icehog3]

I spend more on hookers if it makes you feel any better.

MCS

The amount, or the hookers?

[MajorCaptSilly]

The amount, or the hookers?

Both baybeeeee!


MCS

[14holestogie]

I spend too much. There you have it....sorry if I came across as rude.

:tpd:

It's a large boat with a lot of passengers. :r

[pnoon]

I spend more on hookers if it makes you feel any better.


MCS

That's not a real answer. ;)

[s15driftking]

^^^ Come on in Peter, the water is warm in this thread!!!

[Cigar_Noob]

i have spent approximately $4 so far..mhmm...I'm awesome like that...:p everything else I have been blessed enough to get for free :)

[fyrftr]

Cigar Noob
Thats way too much to spend on that GyV green & gamey!!

To OP, The amount/month veries widely, depending on overtime,bills, and what I can hide from the wife. prolly about $40-50 bucks a month on average. Some times I can sneak a stick or three from the local B&M.


Tim L.

[Mr. Ed]

What do they say??? It isn't the size of the boat, but the motion of the ocean?

Seriously though, spending varies from month to month, some months I buy almost nothing except for a few singles from the B&M or a sampler or two online (October/September/August) other months (July/June/May) I buy a several boxes, but usually there's a line I do not cross no matter what and that's about $175 unless something very interesting catches my eye. November and December present problems though because of deals and discounts for the holidays.

[Bubba - NJ]

Not as much as I would like to spend . :banger

[longknocker]

I don't spend money on cigars ... I lavish money on cigars

:tpd: Seems Like I Always Agree With You, Mark!:tu

[s15driftking]

Not as much as I would like to spend . :banger

your kidding?

[joeybear]

I don't know and I don't care. If I really knew, I'd probably feel guilty but since I don't know, I'm good :D

[hotreds]

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s25/artman_kp/Student%20works/pleading5th.gif

[acarr]

Ok since there is a lack of answers, I will shamefully say that I spent about $4000 in the last year. However, I have cut back drastically and have only bought 2 boxes since June.

[Cigar_Noob]

Cigar Noob
Thats way too much to spend on that GyV green & gamey!!



Tim L.
NU UH!! $4 for 2 :banger

[icehog3]

That's just disturbing, Hugh.

[replicant_argent]

I spend more on hookers if it makes you feel any better.


MCS

Scott, is this the part where we have the interventionalist conversation about "quality vs. quantity"?



Using arbitrary figures of course, you could spend 2 grand on 500.00 hookers 4 times, or 50 bucks..... er... hell, nevermind.

[elderboy02]

I don't even want to guess :(

[Darrell]

Not as much as I used to spend. At one point it was like $500 a month. :r

[Kreth]

More than the wife approves of, less than I'd like to.
Lately I've been buying almost exclusively from cbid. You can score some great deals with patience and good timing.
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[Skywalker]

How much do you spend on cigars?

Depends on which vendor you are asking about!!!;)

[duckmanco]

since april 09 its gone waaayy down, and it was mainly because I just didn't want to support the tax in anyway possible (and I still think the other shoe has yet to drop). But that attitude only lasted so long, what with new smokes coming out all the time. But I kept the frugality of it going, and have since really gotten into some amazing cheap smokes. So:

Prior SCHIP - sky was the limit, some months were multiple (upwards of 2-5) boxes anywhere from a min. of $100.00 and a max of $300.00 once

Post SCHIP - most months $0.00 with a general max of $50.00

I have come to really enjoy the thrill of the hunt for amazing cheap smokes... especially when you learn that most of the stuff you love is made from Nicaraguan Aganorsa leaf anyway.... lot to be had of that for wicked cheap.

[smokin5]

This question got me curious, so I went back over my records and was pleasantly surprised at the result.
Since 1/1/09, I've only spent a total of about $1,400.

Oh, plus the $60 I'm about to spend on 2 Padilla Commerative Samplers (4@ of Padilla 1932, 1948 & 1968 Robustos for $29.99 at Cigars Int'l, using the free shipping code).:D

[KDKLOSS]

Stocked up a new Cabinet and a vino. Averaged 400 a month over the last 5 months doing it. Both are now full so I've vowed to cut back on my spending. Of course I'm lying to myself because I have an empty large marine cooler calling me from the basement.

[Starscream]

Well under $100 a month. I'm a cheap bastage with too many people to feed in one house on a teacher's salary.:)

But I like what I smoke.:tu

[SilverFox]

Then or now?

Now that my Aristo is full, I am only in maintenance mode so we are talking a box or so a month. So based on that I will say 300 a month going forward although that will be less in the immediate to near future.

[Poronico]

Lately, I have been feeling that I am the only shmuck out there spending what feels like a fortune on cigars. Of course, I realize this isn't the case... many people here clearly have MUCH LARGER and more impressive collections, which were only had through dropping several pretty pennies. But, still... I wonder, how much are you spending on cigars? However you think best to describe it - i.e. how much / how often, etc.

I'll get it started. Hopefully my wife wont stumble on this post... ;)

I'm pretty new to it all... I'm in my second year of cigars. I have about 300+ cigars. I find I'm spending 300-400 every 2-3 of months at this point. So, over the course of the year, it probably works out to about 100-200/month. I'm about to drop another 1k on a BIG order. Got a vino and want to continue to stock it with quality smokes.

What's your story?

A B & M I go to keeps track of your spending for discounts and prizes, when I was employed I was dropping about 800+ a month on cigars. My how the times have changed...

[s15driftking]

800 a month is a benz!!!

[Poronico]

lol I am a simple man with simple needs... Eff a benz I am happy with my eclipse.

I was managing an apartment complex so I didnt have rent, was also making decent money as a pharmacy tech so money wasn't an issue for me. Where those cigars went... I haven't a clue lol

[ade06]

Where those cigars went... I haven't a clue lol

Up in smoke :r :r :r

[kgoings]

It really depends on the month and what else needs to be paid. I would love to just spend spend spend as there are many things I would like to have/try.

Some months I have spent only $50, some I have spent over $700.

But I will say that when times are tough, I have stooped to finding stuff to sell so I can buy cigars :r:r At least I am not stealing stuff to support my habbit....yet

[Poronico]

Up in smoke :r :r :r

I honestly don't think so lol, I smoke maybe 2 per week on average... unless there is a herf then its upto the company I am keeping and how long it goes for. Figure 800 a month on average is 4 good boxes thats 100 sticks... somehow it doesn't add up. The gnomes started taking cigars instead of underpants!

[DrDubzz]

well... I could answer this about pipes

now, not including the occasional pipe purchase :r

I spend anywhere from 0-maybe $100 a month on tobacco. In the last 30 days maybe $150. In the 60 or so days before that, 0

[ucla695]

More than I should, but less than I want. Luckily, I'm maxed out on space. :)

[smokin5]

But I like what I smoke.:tu

I like what you smoke, too!:ss

[Jfire]

Some months 5, some months 2. But I drive 2yr old civic thats paid 4. and last year I could of paid 4 it again.

[duckmanco]

Well under $100 a month. I'm a cheap bastage with too many people to feed in one house on a teacher's salary.:)

But I like what I smoke.:tu

And thats what its all about, and hell, IMO 100.00 a month can buy a good deal of my favorite blends. I only spend more because Cubao and 601 blues don't have 2nds.

[gbum]

in my case,
i never bought my cigar using my fix salary.

lucky i got part time job as designer/wedding photographer... and normally i spend around 20% from my profit... say for one job i get around $1000..then i'll spend $200 for cigars...

saying that.. i dun have lot of cigars... coz for nc they will coast me around $25-$50 per stick... and for cc...$30-$70 perstick...

still..people around me keep saying that i'm overspend for my cigar...because why? normally for a complete meal..for luch..just cost you aroud $5-$7 and the big mac meal set will cost you $11.85..so just go figure...

[jdakine]

The amount changes month to month and depends on what I'm looking for or trying to re-stock. Don't drink, so what would you spend in the bars every weekend I spend on cigars:banger

[GreekGodX]

well... I could answer this about pipes

now, not including the occasional pipe purchase :r

I spend anywhere from 0-maybe $100 a month on tobacco. In the last 30 days maybe $150. In the 60 or so days before that, 0

Pipe smoking is way cheaper. Say if you wanted to have 4 pipes (1 aromatic, 1 english, 1 VaPer, 1 VA) a pound of tobacco lasts me a long time. Figure at around $30 for a pound, after your pipes are purchased your cost is very minimal. My only pipe expense monthly is buying tins for the lottery on here.

I bought a tin of the 2008 Christmas cheer last week only because the 2009 came out and that 2008 tin was the last one at my B&M. Before that I haven't bought anything for myself since March or April. At that time I spent maybe $200 in tobacco.

After this post I'm wondering why I don't smoke pipes more :hm

[dannyboy]

The amount changes month to month and depends on what I'm looking for or trying to re-stock. Don't drink, so what would you spend in the bars every weekend I spend on cigars:banger

I think you have spent more in the last month than I have made...

[jdakine]

It may appear that way, would you pass on purchasing 2 1/2 boxes of Anejo's and 1 Box of Opus Double Corona's?? I do spend more during Oct, Nov and Dec.:D:D:D

[CigarDisciple]

Since I work a second job to pay for the cigars I buy, My wife doesn't care what I spend. If I lose that second job I'm screwed and will probably have to give smoking up or smoke drugstore cigars, what a nightmare to even think about.:ss

[acarr]

I didn't buy any since June and in the last week I am up to $1100. I think it is time to hibernate again.

[Ferrari5180]

About 300$ per 4 months. I smoke about 2 cigars per week. Just enough to enjoy and not overdo it. I like to savor for a cigar, rather then have one each day. Just my opinion.

[JE3146]

I think I spent.... 200$ this past year.

Breaks down to 16$ a month. No joke.

[TheStatsGuy]

If I had to guess - I'd say about $100 per week on average throughout the year. :ss