Are you a collector or are you a smoker?

shilala · 03-22-2011, 02:51 PM

I haven't smoked much at all since last summer. Hopefully that'll change as the weather gets better, because I love my cigars.
I'm definately not a collector, but I'd admit to being a gatherer.
I do "keep" some cigars, but only so much as "I'm not going to smoke them, but I'll find someone who likes them".
I don't have nearly as many cigars as I used to, and I'd like to have lots less. I try to keep a box of each of the cigars I like, and I keep a bunch of stuff other people like so I can give them away.
I guess that'd put me in a low-level smoker/distributor/pusher class.
I do still enjoy keeping my eye out for really good deals, and I have a lot of fun finding unfindable stuff, so that "collector" part of me still exists.

CRIMPS · 03-22-2011, 03:55 PM

Thoroughly enjoying all responses to this.

I guess the better question is how each of us values the cigars we have.

From an analytical standpoint, each of us assigns some value to Cigar X when we receive the cigar into our Inventory. For Cigar X to be selected to be smoked/gifted, the value of that cigar will offset the occasion/emotional feeling/etc. Your everyday smoke for the evening on the porch vs that special stick (special to you) for special times (marriage/birth/etc).

03-22-2011, 02:51 PM	#1
shilala Dear Lord, Thank You. Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Scott Posts: 13,721 Trading: (252)	Re: Are you a collector or are you a smoker? I haven't smoked much at all since last summer. Hopefully that'll change as the weather gets better, because I love my cigars. I'm definately not a collector, but I'd admit to being a gatherer. I do "keep" some cigars, but only so much as "I'm not going to smoke them, but I'll find someone who likes them". I don't have nearly as many cigars as I used to, and I'd like to have lots less. I try to keep a box of each of the cigars I like, and I keep a bunch of stuff other people like so I can give them away. I guess that'd put me in a low-level smoker/distributor/pusher class. I do still enjoy keeping my eye out for really good deals, and I have a lot of fun finding unfindable stuff, so that "collector" part of me still exists. __________________

03-22-2011, 03:55 PM	#2
CRIMPS Benn/Seguin best friends Join Date: Sep 2010 First Name: Zach Location: North Texas Posts: 1,520 Trading: (50)	Re: Are you a collector or are you a smoker? Thoroughly enjoying all responses to this. I guess the better question is how each of us values the cigars we have. From an analytical standpoint, each of us assigns some value to Cigar X when we receive the cigar into our Inventory. For Cigar X to be selected to be smoked/gifted, the value of that cigar will offset the occasion/emotional feeling/etc. Your everyday smoke for the evening on the porch vs that special stick (special to you) for special times (marriage/birth/etc). __________________ I'm a Dallas Stars fan. So, yes, this is a confusing time for me.