Seems like Pete did a good job with getting the Face out this year

AlohaStyle · 10-23-2010, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Eleven

Are there places selling 5ers? Don't want a box, just a few...a new week is coming up and cigar funds are about to be replenished

Just keep watching the boards in the next week or so, I'm sure you will have no problem getting some from other BOTLs

Kreth · 10-23-2010, 03:55 PM

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Just keep watching the boards in the next week or so, I'm sure you will have no problem getting some from other BOTLs

Wonder if the waste of skin from last year will be back. Forget the username, but he was asking triple retail for the Dracs (IIRC) because that was a reasonable price for the "secondary market."

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sikk50 · 10-23-2010, 04:18 PM

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Wonder if the waste of skin from last year will be back. Forget the username, but he was asking triple retail for the Dracs (IIRC) because that was a reasonable price for the "secondary market."

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Probably found his way to the other site since then...hopefully

quantim0 · 10-23-2010, 04:30 PM

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Wonder if the waste of skin from last year will be back. Forget the username, but he was asking triple retail for the Dracs (IIRC) because that was a reasonable price for the "secondary market."

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Whats wrong with someone charging what they feel a product they own is worth? If you don't like capitalism, I'm sure there's a country in Europe you could move to.

Someone will only pay what they feel a product is worth. If someone bought one at triple the retail price, then that's what they felt the product was worth. In a capitalistic economic situation, it is impossible for someone to be "ripped off".

Eleven · 10-23-2010, 04:47 PM

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Someone will only pay what they feel a product is worth.

I agree with this point, but that doesn't make someone less of a douche for trying to triple-key a retail product

Kreth · 10-23-2010, 05:13 PM

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Whats wrong with someone charging what they feel a product they own is worth? If you don't like capitalism, I'm sure there's a country in Europe you could move to.

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I agree with this point, but that doesn't make someone less of a douche for trying to triple-key a retail product

Exactly. I thought it went against the spirit of the Asylum.
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forgop · 10-23-2010, 05:16 PM

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Exactly. I thought it went against the spirit of the Asylum.
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There's no price policing here. If you don't like something at a particular price, don't buy. It's that simple.

Kreth · 10-23-2010, 06:21 PM

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There's no price policing here. If you don't like something at a particular price, don't buy. It's that simple.

True, but most members aren't jacking up prices either. Quite the contrary, most WTS threads are at or in some cases well below retail.
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s15driftking · 10-23-2010, 06:33 PM

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There's no price policing here. If you don't like something at a particular price, don't buy. It's that simple.

I want pre-embargo 50-cent cuva cigars for fifty-cents or I'm not buying!!

forgop · 10-23-2010, 05:14 PM

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I agree with this point, but that doesn't make someone less of a douche for trying to triple-key a retail product

Got any stocks that you'll sell me at your cost even though it's going for 2-3X that? Or do you pull the trigger at what the going market rate is?

Eleven · 10-23-2010, 06:31 PM

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Got any stocks that you'll sell me at your cost even though it's going for 2-3X that? Or do you pull the trigger at what the going market rate is?

Cool story bro.

But we're talking about OUR community and cigars, not the stock market. I see what you're getting it, but you are looking at this as cigars for profit. We all go to whatever retailer we want for that in order to take care of that end of this market

When it comes to OUR community, there is the unwritten law of the Brotherhood. It's why we call each other BOTLs. Generally speaking we don't buy up supplies of cigars and then come here to try and Gordon Gecko our Brothers.

So selling cigars to our Brothers and selling stocks is Apples to Oranges.

forgop · 10-23-2010, 06:42 PM

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Cool story bro.

But we're talking about OUR community and cigars, not the stock market. I see what you're getting it, but you are looking at this as cigars for profit. We all go to whatever retailer we want for that in order to take care of that end of this market

When it comes to OUR community, there is the unwritten law of the Brotherhood. It's why we call each other BOTLs. Generally speaking we don't buy up supplies of cigars and then come here to try and Gordon Gecko our Brothers.

So selling cigars to our Brothers and selling stocks is Apples to Oranges.

I'm not looking at it from just a profit standpoint. I'm just commenting that there are people (not saying this applies to anyone here) who like to sit on the sidelines and are only interested in something once demand is high and supply is gone. They just want to complain that they can't get in the game at the original price when everyone else went through the hassle trying to find their own stash.

I don't begrudge anyone for making a buck. If it's not a price I'm willing to pay, I just move on. What about the fools who participate in the black Friday sales and stand in line all night long to get some door buster price? Should I complain that I don't get the same price when I slept in until noon?

It's all about perceived value as well. If I buy a box of these cigars for $150 or whatever, maybe I really want to keep them, but for the right price, I might let them go. Remember-EVERYTHING is for sale.

Lumpold · 10-23-2010, 04:56 PM

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If you don't like capitalism, I'm sure there's a country in Europe you could move to.

Errrr.... nope? We might have socialism, but it's Capitalist socialism. Even Russia got rid of the communists. I'll let you off this time, but I'll remind you that over here in Europe, when someone makes a stupid comment, we ask them when they're moving to the US.

quantim0 · 10-23-2010, 05:43 PM

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Errrr.... nope? We might have socialism, but it's Capitalist socialism. Even Russia got rid of the communists. I'll let you off this time, but I'll remind you that over here in Europe, when someone makes a stupid comment, we ask them when they're moving to the US.

Well, you can call it whatever you want, that doesn't make it true. You can keep your cradle to grave welfare state and associated riots, and I'll enjoy being responsible for my own decisions in life.

End thread hijack.

Beklage · 10-24-2010, 01:17 PM

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Well, you can call it whatever you want, that doesn't make it true. You can keep your cradle to grave welfare state and associated riots, and I'll enjoy being responsible for my own decisions in life.

End thread hijack.

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