First, I try NOT to buy/trade through the mail during the summer.
If you do, make sure your purchase is shipped so that it doesn't
sit at the Post Office over the weekend. I worked at a USPS
Priority DC, and sometimes trailers sit in the sun/heat all weekend,
until the packages are processed on Sunday night for Monday
delivery.
Second, don't worry about beetles too much. The high temps in
the DR are upper 80s in the summer, so I figure I'm good up to
around 80, for the most part. So far, so good.(4 yrs.) Freezing
cigars seemed OK, if you worry about bugs. Do it right, though.
Third, the high temps in Texas are unfit for man and beast in
the summer. Even as late as the State Fair/Texas v. OK football
game I wouldn't ship anything organic, even cigars. IIRC, the
lows at night are consistently above 80, during the summer months.
IMHO, stock up before May, and buy from the local B&M as needed.
Then around Halloween it's OK to have smokes shipped, again.
JMHO
Chemyst
