How do you fight the urge?
Thanatos0320
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Has there ever been a box of cigars you want (or several) and you know you shouldn't buy them, but you're seriously considering doing it? How do you fight that urge to buy the cigars?
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Usually my account balance makes that decision for me. And this is the wrong forum to ask this question. Most of us cave in way too easy.11
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i always usually just end up saying, Fvck it, and buy them"I drink a great deal. I sleep a little, and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred-percent form."
-- Winston Churchill
"LET'S GO FRANCIS" Peter7 -
Cigars were made to be smoked, whiskey was made to be drank and women were made to be loved. The only thing I try to age is myself.7 -
I'm thinking of buying them... 50th anniversary vintage 1984, 1988, 1992, 1997, 2000 macanudos and they come in a SWEET humidor!3
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I don't fight much, and if budget is a problem, it goes on the company card, until I can pay it off. Since I am the boss, sometimes I pay it back, and sometimes I don't!
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How i fight the urge. Buy 4 boxes instead of 1
"I drink a great deal. I sleep a little, and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred-percent form."
-- Winston Churchill
"LET'S GO FRANCIS" Peter19 -
Best gif I've seen lately. Where is the 'fvck yeah!' button?firehouseguy said:3 -
1. Almost every deal, no matter how good, will always come around again.
1a. Depends on the reason why you shouldn't buy.
2. What's wrong with the cigars you already have?
2a. Smoke what you have.
2c. If you don't want to smoke what you have, give them to CFW or bomb them out.
3. Macanudos suck. (just kidding) (kinda, kinda not)
So why do you feel you shouldn't buy what you want?"I could've had a Mi Querida!" Nick Bardis2 -
I've got about 20 cigars... I'm trying to accumulate... There is nothing wrong with them, but I like some variety rather than smoking the same thing every day.
Why I feel I shouldn't buy them is because I only get paid once a month. It'd mess up the budget, and my fiance would probably kill me for spending money on cigars.. she thinks it's stupid to spend $10+ on cigars0 -
@Thanatos0320
So I have to ask, is getting her hair, nails or what ever worth $10?
Is a road trip somewhere for a couple hours worth $10?
If a cigar is your hour of getting lost in yourself, then it's worth every bit of that $10.
My wife realizes that sometimes, to me, a cigar is my 1 hour vacation from everything. And that, is worth a lot more than $10 to me.
Just my opinion.In Fumo Pax
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.Wylaff said:Atmospheric pressure and crap.8 -
Usually I am a little more budget conscience but I do remember buying a @Bigshizza sampler while unemployed and not sure how the electric bill was going to be paid.A little dirt never hurt0
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*Babe, I can spend $100 on a box of cigars, or I can spend it on a hooker and some blow. Which do you prefer?
YMMV...don't try this in real life.Hey, you gonna eat the rest of that corndog?11 -
Just do it. They can't kill your electricity in the winter if you miss a payment.“Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman – or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle.” – George Burns1
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If you have only 20 cigars you need more. You only live once. Be happy just not stupid.5
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Even the goalies went at it in this fight. It was epic!firehouseguy said:"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give". Winston Churchill.
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Another thought I have, brought on by experience (and of course, many here would chime in and agree) is to not buy based on price alone, but driven by the fact that you like the cigar too. I've purchased far too many boxes based on price and maybe supported by forum/online reviews, only to find out they were mediocre or not in my wheelhouse. I didn't want to spend more per cigar by buying singles or 5'ers so I'd buy a box, and end up disappointed.
"I could've had a Mi Querida!" Nick Bardis9 -
Thanks, Peter. I just used your system to avoid saving 50% on a box of Camacho Barrel Aged, never had one but the reviews were good, but never had one, but the price was good....1
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What happened to 2b. ?peter4jc said:1. Almost every deal, no matter how good, will always come around again.
1a. Depends on the reason why you shouldn't buy.
2. What's wrong with the cigars you already have?
2a. Smoke what you have.
2c. If you don't want to smoke what you have, give them to CFW or bomb them out.
3. Macanudos suck. (just kidding) (kinda, kinda not)
So why do you feel you shouldn't buy what you want?
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If you don't have any extra money......Stop looking for deals and cigars in general.
If you do have the extra money.....Look for the deals, buy what you want and enjoy.
I like to torture myself by loading up the cart, stare at the total, then log off the site without checking out.
I've been doing good, I've only bought 10 sticks in the last two months.1 -
Or not 2b... That is the questionjlmarta said:
What happened to 2b. ?peter4jc said:1. Almost every deal, no matter how good, will always come around again.
1a. Depends on the reason why you shouldn't buy.
2. What's wrong with the cigars you already have?
2a. Smoke what you have.
2c. If you don't want to smoke what you have, give them to CFW or bomb them out.
3. Macanudos suck. (just kidding) (kinda, kinda not)
So why do you feel you shouldn't buy what you want?"I could've had a Mi Querida!" Nick Bardis7 -
They are bad you did yourself a service.silvermouse said:Thanks, Peter. I just used your system to avoid saving 50% on a box of Camacho Barrel Aged, never had one but the reviews were good, but never had one, but the price was good...."We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give". Winston Churchill.
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I don't either, I buy until Colleen makes me sell stuff and then I buy more."We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give". Winston Churchill.
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They all do!Thanatos0320 said:I've got about 20 cigars... I'm trying to accumulate... There is nothing wrong with them, but I like some variety rather than smoking the same thing every day.
Why I feel I shouldn't buy them is because I only get paid once a month. It'd mess up the budget, and my fiance would probably kill me for spending money on cigars.. she thinks it's stupid to spend $10+ on cigars4 -
Get a second job.Thanatos0320 said:Has there ever been a box of cigars you want (or several) and you know you shouldn't buy them, but you're seriously considering doing it? How do you fight that urge to buy the cigars?“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)
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I honestly don't have time for a second job. My work hours are very sporadic, and many weeks I work 15-16 hours a day.webmost said:
Get a second job.Thanatos0320 said:Has there ever been a box of cigars you want (or several) and you know you shouldn't buy them, but you're seriously considering doing it? How do you fight that urge to buy the cigars?0 -
Oh boy... She's really going to hate it when I tell her my plans to build a walk-in humidor when we get a house.Rhamlin said:
They all do!Thanatos0320 said:I've got about 20 cigars... I'm trying to accumulate... There is nothing wrong with them, but I like some variety rather than smoking the same thing every day.
Why I feel I shouldn't buy them is because I only get paid once a month. It'd mess up the budget, and my fiance would probably kill me for spending money on cigars.. she thinks it's stupid to spend $10+ on cigars3
