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[:Monty:]

Somehow J&R has my address and sent me one of their catalogs. There are about a zillion cigars in there, none of which I would use for anything but kindling. There's obviously a market for it somewhere but every cigar guy I know wouldn't touch any of that stuff.

[4cbln3]

I haven't had a JR catalog sent to me yet, but I did start to get Thompsons from ordering from CBid.

[badwhale]

Nothing wrong with JR, IMHO.

[thinde]

Smoke what you like and like what you smoke......Judge me not.

[MadMonk]

I've ordered from JR for over 30 years. Several Brands I love.

[emoshun]

When I get the CI mags I always chuckle as there isn't much in there that is worth smoking.

I've found Oliva, Liga Privada, and some overpriced Fuentes but that's about it.

I've had a free sampler of some of thier "top sellers" and I couldn't even smoke them.

[jorel]

You already a cigar snob? Actually, I'm a snob about a number of things. Still, the catalogs are often fun to read to see what they are pushing.

Lets meet up soon and discuss over some CCs.

John

[mjolnir01]

Great selection of Villazon smokes with JR, which are still a nice change of pace from time to time.

[vortex]

Their good stuff isn't advertised in the catalog. Great prices on tins of pipe tobacco, too.

I've never tried their aged stuff but I admit to being curious.

[MarkJr]

it's funny you say this, because if I had never been to Holt's in Philly and all I got were their catalogs and newsletters I would think that they dealt exclusively in 2.50- 3.50 cigars. They clearly aren't trying to get people like us with this marketing. I have often thought that marketing this stuff would hardly be worth it, but it must be or they wouldn't keep doing it.

[:Monty:]

You already a cigar snob? Actually, I'm a snob about a number of things. Still, the catalogs are often fun to read to see what they are pushing.

Lets meet up soon and discuss over some CCs.

John

Yes I'm a cigar snob. Friends don't let friends smoke dog rockets.

Come down to Stamford one of these days, nothing but good times at SCL.

[Not A Nice Person]

I've ordered from JR for over 30 years. Several Brands I love.

Aren't they the ones with the "Old Henry" line? Those are GREAT cigars.

~Boar

[MarkJr]

No old henry is a holts brand

[MadMonk]

I've ordered from JR for over 30 years. Several Brands I love.

Aren't they the ones with the "Old Henry" line? Those are GREAT cigars.

~Boar

Nope. Old time Villazon Whore. Llaneza was a genius. Great smokes, enviable consistency. You always knew what to expect, and you always got a consistent flavor for a whole box, and from box to box.

[DeputyDawg]

I also have ordered from JR's for years and always get great customer service. They have cigars covering the entire spectrum, from high to low end.

Any time I am heading south on I-77 in NC I stop at their Statesville store. Great selection and great help from their employees in the humidor.

Besides their catelog always has some interesting reading included amongst the cigars.
Just my opinion

[Jonesy]

Their good stuff isn't advertised in the catalog. Great prices on tins of pipe tobacco, too.

I've never tried their aged stuff but I admit to being curious.

Not sure what you mean by this. I've been in both NC stores numerous times and their selection sucks as bad as the selection in their catalog does.

[Jonesy]

I also have ordered from JR's for years and always get great customer service. They have cigars covering the entire spectrum, from high to low end.

Any time I am heading south on I-77 in NC I stop at their Statesville store. Great selection and great help from their employees in the humidor.

What do you call high end? About the only "higher end" cigar they carry on a regular basis is Ashton VSG and they carry very few of them. They only carry a few low end Fuentes and the rest are overpriced yard gars.

[BlindedByScience]

Face it guys, we're all snobs.....

I believe by the time you "know what you want" you also have dealers you trust and that's where you buy your cigars. The catalogs are usually relegated to that one room of the house where 10 mins of reading material is appropriate. At least, mine are.....

[mmburtch]

Face it guys, we're all snobs.....

I believe by the time you "know what you want" you also have dealers you trust and that's where you buy your cigars. The catalogs are usually relegated to that one room of the house where 10 mins of reading material is appropriate. At least, mine are.....

After 10 minutes I'm starting to see the other side, and it's not due to one of Lew's diatribes.

[Burly]

I once had a guy mock me in front of my girl for smoking a "no name" tatuaje while he was smoking a $40 JR extra Churchill... We definitely got a good laugh out of that one.