Tips wanted for Make an offer on CI

[mkarnold1]

Any advice on the make an offer feature on cigars international? I made a couple offers there right now and have no idea how long they take to respond or how low is too low to offer (and still get the stogies). :confused: :ss
Thanks in advance!

[Mattso3000]

Any advice on the make an offer feature on cigars international? I made a couple offers there right now and have no idea how long they take to respond or how low is too low to offer (and still get the stogies). :confused: :ss
Thanks in advance!

PM incoming bro. You know you can just call me and ask...:gary

[mkarnold1]

Yeah bro, I know. I'm hoping to get OTHER peoples' advice. (not that I don't value yours). On another topic, hypothetically speaking, if someone were going to get you an ice rod for your birthday what color guide threads would you prefer? Also, would you rather have a reel seat or tape your reel to the handle? And, finally, what type of wood would you like that handle to be made of?

[Mattso3000]

Yeah bro, I know. I'm hoping to get OTHER peoples' advice. (not that I don't value yours). On another topic, hypothetically speaking, if someone were going to get you an ice rod for your birthday what color guide threads would you prefer? Also, would you rather have a reel seat or tape your reel to the handle? And, finally, what type of wood would you like that handle to be made of?

Are you sure you know what hypothetically speaking means?? And gunmetal gray with metallic gray accents, reel seat, red cedar with a laser engraved walleye.:tu

[mkarnold1]

Why the hell did I even ask... That was almost exactly what I was thinking. The only question in my mind was what other color besides gray for the threads. I didn't even consider a different grey. Brilliant! And the hypothetical part was an attempt at humor, at least I amuse myself...:sl

[LostAbbott]

That sound great, while we are handing out rods and reels I could really use a new salmon rod. The pinks are going crazy out here this year.
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[Drez]

speaking of rods i need to repair a couple of mine..... thanks for reminding me :tu

[LostAbbott]

What have you been fighting with drez? Now that I think about it I also need to get me a new reel for my trout fly rod...
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[Drez]

What have you been fighting with drez? Now that I think about it I also need to get me a new reel for my trout fly rod...
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nothing to big.... just need to retip a couple rods that have beat around over the years. :tu

[Ogre]

What have you been fighting with drez? Now that I think about it I also need to get me a new reel for my trout fly rod...
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His girlfriend spanks him with them when he wants to go fishing!!!!

[Drez]

His girlfriend spanks him with them when he wants to go fishing!!!!

oh here we go..... now the peanut gallery is here.........

[mkarnold1]

Custom salmon rods are somewhere in the neighborhood of 15X what an ice rod cost. But this guy can make anything and he does a good job. A lot more options on thread colors and patterns too. I think I would be very quickly divorced and homeless if I purchased a custom salmon rod for myself, let alone someone I just met.

[LostAbbott]

Well get on it sir! Any way I have not done the make me an offer on ci as I found their system cumbersome, I either use cbid(and take my time) or cigars ay your price. Those are much easier and don't require you to wait.
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[mkarnold1]

This is the guys site:
http://www.dlfcustomfishingrods.com/

[LostAbbott]

1500? Just for the rod? Yeah that would be really expensive. Hell my wife got mad at me for thinking about looking into getting a new mtn bike at 4k those are not cheap either.
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[LostAbbott]

This is the guys site:
http://www.dlfcustomfishingrods.com/

Damn those do look very nice.
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[LostAbbott]

This is the guys site:
http://www.dlfcustomfishingrods.com/

Damn those do look very nice. No ice fishing in Seattle though.
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[mkarnold1]

Um, wouldn't be 1500, closer to 500 I bet. I haven't priced them out though, as I live in MN.

[mkarnold1]

Never been fishing in the ocean, would love to though

[T.G]

Ooops. Didn't realize this was a fishing banter thread.

My bad.

<backs out slowly. closes door softly>

[mkarnold1]

I still would love advice on CI, the topic just got twisted (by me)

[T.G]

What I recall from my conversations with one of the managers at CI when they first put MMAO on line is that it's all human based, there is no software automation and, in short, they have some internal numbers regarding what things can generally go for, and the reviewer has some flexibility with them at times, but that was all they would really say. They wouldn't give a formula or percentage, but I did get the impression that what determines the minimum acceptable offer for one brand or even possibly size of cigars is not necessarily the same for another one.

A targeted google search of cbid will give you an idea what you can likely get it for at auction might help in deciding how much you wish to offer. Example: put "arturo fuente hemingway classic" site:http://www.cigarbid.com/Auction/Lot/ into google and you'll get a few months worth of auction results.

[mkarnold1]

Thank you!

[LostAbbott]

Always with the great info tg thanks, that cbid search info is extremely handy all by itself.
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