Are you...

[jaylax5]

Are you...an impulsive buyer or smoker?

After being a CC smoker for the past 4 months only, reading Ethernut's threads and having a few smokes with a BOTL, I have come to the conclusion that I am an impulsive buyer. I find a cigar I want and pull the trigger quickly. My friend tends to be an impulsive smoker...taking a stick right OTB and lighting it up. I, on the other hand, get them in and let them sit for a while before jumping in.

So with that being said...which are you?

[Digi]

» Are you...an impulsive buyer or smoker?

»

» After being a CC smoker for the past 4 months only, reading Ethernut's

» threads and having a few smokes with a BOTL, I have come to the conclusion

» that I am an impulsive buyer. I find a cigar I want and pull the trigger

» quickly. My friend tends to be an impulsive smoker...taking a stick right

» OTB and lighting it up. I, on the other hand, get them in and let them sit

» for a while before jumping in.

»

» So with that being said...which are you?

Both :-D

[wdh]

» Are you...an impulsive buyer or smoker?

Buyer - I have so many cigars relative to the one or two I smoke per week plus the ones I give away, I'll probably die with several coolers full :-P

[smokum]

» » Are you...an impulsive buyer or smoker?

»

»

» Buyer - I have so many cigars relative to the one or two I smoke per week

» plus the ones I give away, I'll probably die with several coolers full :-P

Its actually Lisa's fault...I believe she laces the cigars with "buy more" powder or something.

[genevapics]

I am an impulsive wanter... LOL. I have a list a mile long of cigars I want to try/buy. That said, I only smoke one or two a week, so I am not in too much of a hurry.

As far as smoking OTT, I did that on my first order from The Czar. Never again! I learned my lesson from the experience and listening to the more experienced smokers throughout the internet. I apply the 30 day rule as a minimum.

[josie67]

Definitely an impulsive buyer, but then I tend to sit on the cigars for a while before smoking them

[El Presidente]

I have an addictive personality trait. It is the reason I have tried hard not to gamble.....it is one of the last major vice's I have managed to avoid

[Ethernut]

I am not am impulsive buyer for sure. I research the living SH** out of everything I buy to a fault.

But, when I make a decision to buy, it's because I have exhausted all possible means of research to my satisfaction and am ready to pull the freaking trigger. ..and Ill be darned, when I get the product in if I don't pull it out of the box right then and play with it. :-D

When it comes to CC's. I had never had a real cuban cigar before. So in my opinion, a little buyers excitement is to be more than expected. I don't intend to be an elitist punk that stares down my nose at others. I'm just a guy that wants to enjoy the fruits of his research. In fact, I'm getting ready to walk out on the front porch and have a nice calm smoke. I'll probably burn a Monte #4.

Great question tho. Nice post Jay...

Ether

[GoSteelers]

I am a compulsive smoker, very few sticks in my humidor have more than 2 or 3 years age on them.

I have been smoking cigars for over 20 years and they come and go from my humidor like grease through a goose( I have no idea what that means but my father always used that phrase to describe my handling of money so it seems appropriate here).

I get them smoke them, share them and very few get put away, I have smoked aged and vintage cigars and find that they are for the most part too mild for me so have never really set out to hold on to any.

[Colt45]

» I am an impulsive wanter... LOL. I have a list a mile long of

» cigars I want to try/buy. That said, I only smoke one or two a week, so I

» am not in too much of a hurry.

»

Me in a nutshell.......

[Cam]

buyer, i cant smoke them like i buy them they have to be aged..

[Moglman]

Buyer, for sure!!! I never feel the need to torch one OTT, and have recently moderated some impulsive buying behavior by digging myself into a financial pit of despair. I am still on the lookout for some specific vitolas, and won't pass up a great deal. I know my mind and thus know I can't keep away from buying for too long.

[wp2]

You're in stage one of the addiction.

Be afraid. Credit card meltdown is next.

[jaylax5]

» You're in stage one of the addiction.

» Be afraid. Credit card meltdown is next.

Oh, I know I am...

I have already gone through my "overly excited" stage and now have a decent collection to pick from...however, the whole credit card situation is another story! There are just too many desired sticks and not quite enough money. I guess I'm just going to have to earn more money! ;-) :-D

[broozer]

i'm not exactly an impulse buyer, but i don't exactly "save" alot of money either. every week or so i check the old bank account to see if there's an extra $100-$300 that can be spent. if there is then i buy SOMETHING. in fact, just this morning about 1am i sent lisa another order. :-D

and once my aristocrat comes in in june then watch out!

bruce

[korryp]

I see it I buy it if I like it. Does that make me impulsive?

[jgros001]

» Buyer, for sure!!! I never feel the need to torch one OTT, and have

» recently moderated some impulsive buying behavior by digging myself into a

» financial pit of despair. I am still on the lookout for some specific

» vitolas, and won't pass up a great deal. I know my mind and thus know I

» can't keep away from buying for too long.

Couldn't have said it any better :-D

[Tampa1257]

Every year, I make a list of priorities of boxes that I want to have over the year. I have a basic inventory that I don't have to buy a cigar for 4-5 years if I moderated what I currently have. This means that I can now cherry pick the specials and fill in the gaps that I desire to have in my humidor. Guess that means that for the most part, I don't make rash decisions about what I buy anymore.

Although, there were many years I was buying like a wild man!

[anacostiakat]

» Every year, I make a list of priorities of boxes that I want to have

» over the year. I have a basic inventory that I don't have to buy a cigar

» for 4-5 years if I moderated what I currently have. This means that I can

» now cherry pick the specials and fill in the gaps that I desire to have in

» my humidor. Guess that means that for the most part, I don't make rash

» decisions about what I buy anymore.

»

» Although, there were many years I was buying like a wild man!

Somewhat the same here. Initially I pulled the trigger quickly because I was trying as much as I could. Now I wait for specials and I look for ROI in terms of buying to hold or buying to smoke. I like variety so.... :-D