Negative Brand Bias? - Page 2

01-22-2009, 11:00 AM

I'm with Bob. If I tossed a whole brand every time I got a cigar I didn't like I wouldn't smoke anything, probably. Especially most CCs. So unpredictable. Same goes the other way. If I find a really good cigar I don't attribute it to the whole brand. Or for that type, year after year. No brand loyalty here.

01-22-2009, 12:53 PM

CAO.

I try to be fair with them, Gurkha is the same way.

While I normally will try a CAO and be let down trying to be fair, I don't even touch Gurkhas.

01-22-2009, 03:24 PM

Victor Sinclair
Cu-Avana
Don Diego

Tenor CS · 01-22-2009, 08:43 PM

For me, RyJ, Drew Estates and Macanudo.

01-23-2009, 12:31 AM

Drew Estate!!! I don't like any of their so-called cigars or their hip-hop marketing strategy.

01-23-2009, 07:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Waynegro1

Drew Estate!!! I don't like any of their so-called cigars or their hip-hop marketing strategy.

I agree with you on that one for sure. There is a guy here in Vegas who owns a b&M and he says his Acids fly off the shelf. he has a bunch of people who come in and taht is all they buy. wierd...

poker · 01-23-2009, 08:00 AM

Guantanamera

Slow Triathlete · 01-23-2009, 08:03 AM

Illusion.

The owner killed that brand for me with his Jim Jones advertising.

Starscream · 01-23-2009, 08:57 AM

Puros Indios/Rolando Reyes and NUB are on my never again list. Victor Sinclair is a few sticks away from never again (haven't completely written them off yet).

NCRadioMan · 01-23-2009, 09:38 AM

Ah, soooo many but here are a few for me:

Fuente
Reyes
Partagas
Hoyo
Monte
Punch
Illusione
Mac
Nub
Cohiba Red Dot
Perdomo
VS
Bahia
Black Pearl
Nat Sherman
Anything made by Don Kiki
Padilla
Savinelli
Trinidad

01-23-2009, 09:46 AM

I really like the new CAO CX2 (the only one I like). Great taste, nice burn! However, I have never smoked a Ghurka that I enjoyed. For whatever reason I can't get past the taste on any of them. They are undoubtedly doing something right due to their huge sales volume. Love the RJ Reserva stix and ALL of the Sancho Panza stix.

DrDubzz · 01-23-2009, 10:05 AM

#1 for me is Puros Indios

01-23-2009, 06:04 PM

CAO has been a terminal disappointment for me. A new stogie by them holds no lure.

That being said a new cigar is always met with some suspicion with me. Depends on how and where its coming out. Is it a internet big guy "exclusive"? Then who cares. Is it a non-internet cigar? Intriguing. Who's hyping it? My trusted friends or some douche bag.

SmokinApe · 01-23-2009, 06:20 PM

Perdomo & Drew Estate

Starscream · 01-23-2009, 06:26 PM

No one has mentioned Cremosa, Phillies, White Owls, or Tampa Nuggets yet?

LkyLindy · 01-23-2009, 07:04 PM

Have to go RP also--The OWR maddys are ok but otherwise Phooey

01-22-2009, 12:53 PM	#2
Ace$nyper Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Negative Brand Bias? CAO. I try to be fair with them, Gurkha is the same way. While I normally will try a CAO and be let down trying to be fair, I don't even touch Gurkhas.

01-22-2009, 03:24 PM	#3
ronhoffman2 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Negative Brand Bias? Victor Sinclair Cu-Avana Don Diego

01-22-2009, 08:43 PM	#4
Tenor CS Feeling Better! Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Christian Location: Davenport, FL (near Orlando) Posts: 717 Trading: (2)	Re: Negative Brand Bias? For me, RyJ, Drew Estates and Macanudo. __________________ When the world itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?

01-23-2009, 12:31 AM	#5
Waynegro1 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Negative Brand Bias? Drew Estate!!! I don't like any of their so-called cigars or their hip-hop marketing strategy.

01-23-2009, 08:00 AM	#7
poker 1:11 Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Kelly Location: SoCal Posts: 5,280 Trading: (7)	Re: Negative Brand Bias? Guantanamera __________________ Cigar Asylum: A cigar board birthed without agendas, without profiting, and without advertisements. Amor puro Character is what you do when no one is watching

01-22-2009, 11:00 AM	#1
BC-Axeman Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Negative Brand Bias? I'm with Bob. If I tossed a whole brand every time I got a cigar I didn't like I wouldn't smoke anything, probably. Especially most CCs. So unpredictable. Same goes the other way. If I find a really good cigar I don't attribute it to the whole brand. Or for that type, year after year. No brand loyalty here.

01-23-2009, 08:03 AM	#8
Slow Triathlete I Need A Beer!! Join Date: Nov 2008 First Name: Scott Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 369 Trading: (11)	Re: Negative Brand Bias? Illusion. The owner killed that brand for me with his Jim Jones advertising.

01-23-2009, 08:57 AM	#9
Starscream Knowhutimean, Vern? Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Andy Location: In a little town somewhere in the USA Posts: 10,237 Trading: (4)	Re: Negative Brand Bias? Puros Indios/Rolando Reyes and NUB are on my never again list. Victor Sinclair is a few sticks away from never again (haven't completely written them off yet). __________________ Insert quote here.

01-23-2009, 09:38 AM	#10
NCRadioMan Chutney Lovebusciut Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Chutney Location: On the shores of Loch Shiel Posts: 4,291 Trading: (67)	Re: Negative Brand Bias? Ah, soooo many but here are a few for me: Fuente Reyes Partagas Hoyo Monte Punch Illusione Mac Nub Cohiba Red Dot Perdomo VS Bahia Black Pearl Nat Sherman Anything made by Don Kiki Padilla Savinelli Trinidad __________________ That's when I got it. - Tristan (Shack XX)

01-23-2009, 09:46 AM	#11
benalishriner Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Negative Brand Bias? I really like the new CAO CX2 (the only one I like). Great taste, nice burn! However, I have never smoked a Ghurka that I enjoyed. For whatever reason I can't get past the taste on any of them. They are undoubtedly doing something right due to their huge sales volume. Love the RJ Reserva stix and ALL of the Sancho Panza stix.

01-23-2009, 10:05 AM	#12
DrDubzz Formerly RX2010 Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Tim Location: England Posts: 2,203 Trading: (34)	Re: Negative Brand Bias? #1 for me is Puros Indios

01-23-2009, 06:04 PM	#13
Legend Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Negative Brand Bias? CAO has been a terminal disappointment for me. A new stogie by them holds no lure. That being said a new cigar is always met with some suspicion with me. Depends on how and where its coming out. Is it a internet big guy "exclusive"? Then who cares. Is it a non-internet cigar? Intriguing. Who's hyping it? My trusted friends or some douche bag.

01-23-2009, 06:20 PM	#14
SmokinApe Have My Own Room Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Jeremy Posts: 1,267 Trading: (35)	Re: Negative Brand Bias? Perdomo & Drew Estate

01-23-2009, 06:26 PM	#15
Starscream Knowhutimean, Vern? Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Andy Location: In a little town somewhere in the USA Posts: 10,237 Trading: (4)	Re: Negative Brand Bias? No one has mentioned Cremosa, Phillies, White Owls, or Tampa Nuggets yet? __________________ Insert quote here.

01-23-2009, 07:04 PM	#16
LkyLindy Chief Cook/Bottle Washer Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Harvey Location: Long Island NY Posts: 134 Trading: (6)	Re: Negative Brand Bias? Have to go RP also--The OWR maddys are ok but otherwise Phooey __________________ any time you try a decent crime, you got fifty ways you're gonna fu*k up. If you think of twenty-five of them, then you're a genius... and you ain't no genius.

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