Got one myself and happy with it. You did the right thing watching for the good specials.
Most Important Thing -
BE PATIENT
Step 1 - Wash out with baking soda/warm water and let dry with door open then wash with damp cloth (distilled water for both things) to clean out the soda residue. Let air out with door open (preferably in the sun if possible) for a couple of days to let the odor clear out.
Step 2 - Order 2-2.5 pounds of Shilala Beads available right here in the Asylum. (I started with 1.5 pounds and went up to 2.5 which works great) 1.5 pounds was not enough, 2 # might be did not try that.
Step 3 - get ChasDen Drawers ordered ASAP as it takes a well worth while bit of time to get them. I have 3 doubles and 1 single with 2 of his cedar shelves. Works out very nice but if you want to store more boxes then probably want to leave off one drawer.
Step 3 - Put waterproof tape over the drain hole in the bottom rear.
Step 4 - Start up unit and let it start stabalizing.
Step 5 - Install Beads and plenty of boxes/cigars.
Step 6 - Enjoy and patiently wait on the beautiful drawers and shelves to arrive.