CigarGasm Posted February 9, 2014 Posted February 9, 2014 Hello, gents and ladies. I'm glad I found this place! A little about my cigar experience. I have spent the past three years building a collection of non-Cuban cigars. Chasing those unicorns and hard to finds. You know them. The Ligas, the Tats, the store exclusives, etc.. Being in the US I really didn't know how to source Cubans, but one day I discovered OLH and started buying them. I soon realized that I preferred them over NC's. It wasn't the forbidden fruit factor that attracted me, I was blown away by their smoothness and flavor profiles. As time went on and I got more experienced, I started losing interest in the chase for those HTF NC's and started wondering why I was even chasing them? I was also getting disenchanted with the way manufacturers manipulate the market and the gouging taking place online and in B&Ms. This came to a head recently with the Quesada Espana Lancero limited release. A local B&M received one of the only twelve boxes made. I stopped in to pick up a few of these sticks that carried a MSRP of $8.50. The owner quoted me a price of $18.50 each! That was the final straw for me. I had an epiphany. It was right then that I decided to stop chasing those NC's and smoke CC's exclusively. Then the selloff began. Over the past few months I have liquidated my NC collection. Going from 600 sticks to 50, leaving only some Opus and Padrons remaining which I'll sit on for a few years and eventually smoke them. Now I'm working on learning about and building my CC collection. I'm over 300 sticks now. A lot of them purchased from members here (I recognize a few names from OLH). Last week I placed my first order through *****IT. A box of HQ RASS from the Jan/Feb Hand Picked Cigars thread. This was my first of what will be many future purchases from them. My second order will be this weekend, taking advantage of that 15% off sale. I can't bring much in the way of knowledge to this board since I have less than a year of CC smoking under my belt. But, I am looking forward to learning from the experienced members here. I hope I didn't bore you too much with my background history. I just thought that I would give a proper introduction instead of just saying "hello". Thanks for reading. I look forward to chatting with you all out on the forums.
stogieluver Posted February 9, 2014 Posted February 9, 2014 Welcome to the dark side! My story is similar to yours. In preparation for a trip to Cuba, I discovered FOH. I didn't realize then how easy it would be to order on line from Rob and others, so I sweated out a trip through Miami customs on the return trip and arrived safely with a few boxes in tow. Since then, I have gone exclusively to CC's, as I just never found a non CC to match them. There's no going back. You'll enjoy the education you'll receive here.
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