Would you rather buy young and age yourself, or pay the premium for 10+ years box age?

[Havanaaddict]

9 hours ago, BrightonCorgi said:

Aged cigars were never more expensive 15-20 years ago. Same price as the current release.

I do remember those days sending an email, asking for an updated list of all box codes, then picking all the aged ones out and buying them at the same price as fresh. Those were the days. 🤗

[griller]

I'm a buy & age, but grabbing the occasional aged box at a premium could make sense in certain circumstances that have already been mentioned here. Especially true with the discontinued sizes from SLR, Diplomaticos, Bolivar, RG, etc. Unfortunately, I don't have the cash to afford today's aged & rare offerings on BR so not really dealing with this dilemma.

I started smoking Cubans in 1996 & went through a "down" period where I kind of got away from smoking from 2006 - 2016. I really wish I had held more "old stock" during that period. Now most of my stuff is 2019 or newer and the quality has been solid. It was wild back in 1999 when an entire annual production run was stigmatized as poor quality at every level (leaf quality, bad construction, etc). The phrase "The Curse of 1999" was all over the place on the old forums for the crap Habanos put out that year.

[Ford2112]

I buy to smoke. My cigars are lucky to make it to 3 years.

[Cestis4]

Yes to both .  I quit for 20 years so I have a lot of catching up to do.