I dunno about n00bs being led on. Myself, I spent more time researching than smoking early on. Macanudo, Carlos Torano, and La Perla Habana were pretty much the lowest quality brands I smoked from the beginning. I've never had a victor sinclair, bahia, or any of the cigars in CI low end samplers. It's not that I want to automatically disregard them, it's just that based on research I started with better smokes, and wanted to continue on that way. I feel like knowingly smoking a shit cigar is a waste of time, so why even try?