How many is a lot for you?

[Ashcan Bill]

Originally Posted by landhoney

I think over 100+ is a lot. My thinking is that you can go through a cab of 50 in no time smoking, gifting, and trading them through the 'normal course' of events (say in a year). Having two cabs of one cigar, one to do the above with, and the other to age, is a 'good' amount.
More than that and you enter into "a lot" IMO. Not saying "a lot" is bad, it's good, but less than 100 can go very quickly. Not too many cigars I can say I have "a lot" of, wish there were more but I value variety at this point a little more than quantity (that's changing though).

I have to agree. Of the cigars I really like, I try to keep around 4 boxes/2 cabs on hand. Anything less and it goes on the reorder list - anything more is "a lot" and just surplus. Part of it has to do with short term aging, part with the fact the more I have, the longer I can wait and cherry pick the sales.