Re: How do you moderate?
 

money.






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Re: How do you moderate?
 

I just buy what I like. For NCs, I have a half-dozen or so smokes that always seem to go first, regardless of what is in my humi. So I smoke those until I finish the box. Then I buy more. For CCs, it's a different story, gotta buy to age, and I've not really gotten into that so much. I seem to buy, smoke NCs until the CCs are ready, smoke the CCs, then buy more, only to find I need to age again... I need a better system and more storage.

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It took a couple of years but my cabinet is full now. From here on out, my rule is if I can't get a new box into the cabinet, I won't buy it. Basically one out, one in.

It's a rule I'll keep for a number of reasons.

• I have enough in there to keep on smoking a long time even if I never bought another box. The need is diminished.
  
• I have enough duplicates of favorites that I can let some of them mature for years. An initial goal met.
  
• What I have stashed I like - no mistakes or buyer regrets. I'll actually smoke and enjoy what I have.
  
• And as I slowly replace what I smoke, I can upgrade fairly inexpensively if I choose since I'll be buying one box at a time instead of multiple boxes.

Through the end of last year I had multiple orders coming in monthly. In December I hit critical mass and ran out of room. I just placed my first order for '09 - a single box to replace a single box. So far, so good. ;)

Re: How do you moderate?
 

I have way too many cigars, yet I can't stop buying more.

Re: How do you moderate?
 

Problem is I consider my house a container

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im just buying...buying....cause i heard cigars are on the endangered species list :)

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My buying is moderated by the amount of room I have in my humis. Now that I’m at capacity and the moderator (my wife) doesn’t want to see another humi in the house, I’m holding steady.

Re: How do you moderate?
 

Not a big fan of moderation. I try to limit things to max capacity, but if I find something I want at a good price it just gives me an excuse to give some smokes away.

Re: How do you moderate?
 

:tpd:

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The whole "But honey, I need to buy them now before mean ol' President Obama taxes the cigar companies out of business" argument didn't work for me... :r

Re: How do you moderate?
 

I have other interests that are more costly and more satisfying to me. I'd rather have only a few cigars that I really enjoy than a vast collection and use the money toward other things. Mainly right now though I don't have much to devote to this sort of thing anyway so my hobbies are on hold. :(

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:r :r :r
That's my problem, too. I don't have to fly acquisitions past anyone, and that's a killer. Not too many women would allow a gigantic display humi in the dining room. :D
They probably wouldn't be cool with a stack of winadors in the living room, either.

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I'm married to a failing moderator. :r

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So what you are saying, then, is that if your collection grows without any signs of moderation or control, its is really your wife's fault. I like that angle. It maintains your ability to buy the cigars, while divorcing you of any responsibility or accountability. It seems you have turned your cigar purchasing process into a government program. Clever!

Re: How do you moderate?
 

Not very well.

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I buy car parts... cuts down on cigars.

Re: How do you moderate?
 

Moderation comes in only 2 forms:

1. Financial necessity or
2. Space constraints.

Since coolers are relatively cheap... see point # 1.

:D

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+1

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There is plenty of room left in my sock drawer!!!:D

Seriously, money is the biggest reason for cutting back on purchases, for me!!!:bh

Re: How do you moderate?
 

I'll go with this response as well.