Calling All Cigar Bums, I Need Your Opinions

What can I say, I'm a thinker.

Quote Originally Posted by Bowtech4ever View Post
I'll leave that up to the "Council of Elders".

Well Don, you are right....I am an elder, buuuuuut if you need a good étouffée, gumbo, or grilled oyster recipe.... I'm your guy, when it comes to good cigar selections......you are my guy!!!!!! BT

Awesome, just awesome

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Originally Posted by tww915

@Herf N Turf @cheaphumidors

I know this may be far fetched but would it be possible to have a Cigar Bum branded cigar? I think it might be a big seller and would be pretty cool to have.

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It is certainly possible. I have a couple of suppliers that do custom sticks. Both are Nicaraguan based. I will look into it more when I get into the office on Monday

You can call the cigar The Panhandler

@Browns7213 got me curious. How bout a fire-cured sampler? 2ea of the sticks he listed?

Kayla, you may have invited a lot of work for yourself with your very kind suggestion/offer! But I suppose that’s really a good thing for you, and I know it's good for us.


Here’s a suggestion, offered absolutely free and probably worth every penny: a “Kayla’s Cigar Bum Selection” where you can list deals on merchandise other than cigars that you personally recommend and/or are recommended by the Bums. (This would have the side benefit of encouraging Bums to provide you with valuable feedback on your products.) Selection items could include products from any category you sell -- humidors, lighters, cutters, whatever -- and might consist of discontinued items, overstocks, scratch-and-dents, slowly moving items, special purchases or regular stock. The only criterion would be great bang-for-the-buck. Selection items could change as often as you need, anything from “while current supply lasts” to indefinitely.


You might have a particular cutter that Bums have consistently praised, and you find yourself temporarily with more than you want in the warehouse; or a shipment of otherwise-perfect digital hygrometers that came with bad batteries, and while you can get a rebate from the manufacturer you don’t want to bother with swapping the batteries; or a humidor that’s Really Good but for some reason just isn’t selling, and you need warehouse space. Make these items Selections, offer a Bums’ discount, and explain what makes them exceptional deals. Some other Selection items might be of such exceptional quality that no discount or value-added item would be necessary -- just your personal recommendation or testimonials from Bums who have and use them.


None of these have to fit into a particular budget category, although you’d probably want to include some Selection items in all price ranges from time to time. The Bums love you and Cheap Humidors -- well, mainly we love finding bargains -- and we’ll appreciate anything you do that works to our mutual benefit.

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Thank you Kayla this sounds fantastic!

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Originally Posted by CamoSutra

Kayla, you may have invited a lot of work for yourself with your very kind suggestion/offer! But I suppose that’s really a good thing for you, and I know it's good for us.


Here’s a suggestion, offered absolutely free and probably worth every penny: a “Kayla’s Cigar Bum Selection” where you can list deals on merchandise other than cigars that you personally recommend and/or are recommended by the Bums. (This would have the side benefit of encouraging Bums to provide you with valuable feedback on your products.) Selection items could include products from any category you sell -- humidors, lighters, cutters, whatever -- and might consist of discontinued items, overstocks, scratch-and-dents, slowly moving items, special purchases or regular stock. The only criterion would be great bang-for-the-buck. Selection items could change as often as you need, anything from “while current supply lasts” to indefinitely.


You might have a particular cutter that Bums have consistently praised, and you find yourself temporarily with more than you want in the warehouse; or a shipment of otherwise-perfect digital hygrometers that came with bad batteries, and while you can get a rebate from the manufacturer you don’t want to bother with swapping the batteries; or a humidor that’s Really Good but for some reason just isn’t selling, and you need warehouse space. Make these items Selections, offer a Bums’ discount, and explain what makes them exceptional deals. Some other Selection items might be of such exceptional quality that no discount or value-added item would be necessary -- just your personal recommendation or testimonials from Bums who have and use them.


None of these have to fit into a particular budget category, although you’d probably want to include some Selection items in all price ranges from time to time. The Bums love you and Cheap Humidors -- well, mainly we love finding bargains -- and we’ll appreciate anything you do that works to our mutual benefit.

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That is a great suggestion!

Sounds good and a great idea!

You could add another offering... The "Anything But Gurkha Sampler". I don't mean to offend anyone here who likes this brand but it just isn't allowed in my personal humis. :)