Great choices!

La Aurora Preferidos Parejo Broadleaf - CT wrapper, Dominican binder, Dominican and Nicaraguan filler. Pretty darn tasty and can be had cheap on CigarPage sales.

Very similar to a discussion last fall, though that was in regard to ISOMs. I think the general consensus was that taking age, and pricing changes over time if applicable, into account is entirely reasonable. In my opinion it would be unreasonable to bar such a sale, the result being that such...

Agreed! Those kind of deals almost never have enough things that I want to get the best price, so I either end up skipping it or adding something I don't actually want all that much. ETA: I know you want the Al Pastors, but if you were looking for ideas to add on I'd suggest the Bluebonnets...

Just demonstrating an inability (or unwillingness) to do any checking into things before running his yap, as became more and more apparent as the thread went on.

Southern Draw 1836 Habano, a CigarPage exclusive that I think is made at NACSA but they don't really say. This one was pretty tight and I suspect the flavor suffered. (I really should get a draw tool.) I think it has potential to be a decent enough inexpensive cigar (less than $4), but this one...

La Aurora Preferidos Parejo Cameroon. Pretty decent.

Thanks for keeping our little corner of the Internet civil. I don't understand why some people have such a hard time simply being polite.

So much for friendly advice. Sigh.

HVC Cerro Maduro. Yummy. 90 minutes to nub a 4.5" cigar. It would seem I may have managed to get over my tendency to smoke too fast. 😂

Someday a long time from now, future historians will think that was a documentary.

Asking questions is perfectly reasonable. The tone is not. This is a tight community, very unlike the rest of the Internet, especially nowadays. If you'd have politely asked if any of the "older" members had ordered from Jim and could vouch for his legitimacy, I guarantee that you'd have had...

The Internet was better before smartphones and WiFi. It took time, intent, and actually sitting down at a computer to be online. And it took an investment of equipment and planning to create content. These things meant that most things posted online were at least somewhat worthwhile, because no...

Foundation Tabernacle Havana seed Connecticut 142 Lancero. Fantastic. Dense, rich flavors of spice, wood, earth, coffee, toast. Thick, chewy, aromatic smoke. Perfect draw and burn.

Had an unusual for me morning cigar. Tyrannical Buc Connecticut.

This makes lots of sense and is mostly how I operate as well, again with the exception of things that are commonly on sales. This is why I find it helpful to at least read through the sales even if I'm not buying and keep track of the sale prices of cigars I know I like; it gives me an idea what...

Fuente Friday Casa Fuente from the sticker pass - the only one I've had. It's a nice stick!

That is the part you're paying for after all. The leaving.

What I do is on my inventory and review spreadsheets I have columns for price paid as well as best price seen and on cigars I've liked enough to pay attention I'll compare the best price seen when there's a good sale. Then if it comes up on another sale or scorcher or whatever I can check my...

It varies so much that I don't think you can use a blanket percentage. Padrons are basically set at a certain price and pretty much never discounted that I have seen. Fuentes are rarely discounted, and then only by a small amount. The same goes for Dunbarton and Tatuaje. Some things are hugely...