Joined: 12-25-2010 Posts: 57
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midmofan wrote:I will always have strong loyalty for this site as it has been great for me in the past in finding huge bargains on great cigars, getting me to try ones that I otherwise would have passed on, and economically fed my Blendlab obsession for a long time. The service that I have received and quick response to minor mess ups has always been great.
On top of that, the CI Superstore is one of my favorite places on earth.
That being said, I have not purchased anything off of here in quite a long time. Even before the Great Meltdown, there seemed to be fewer and fewer must-bid deals when compared to other sites. Overbids on auctions and QB prices that, with shipping, were no better than other places including, often, the daily or weekend deals at the Mothership.
Now, as pointed out above, it is a bidding wasteland.
I have even joined qmpash in posting a testimonial on another "page." PDR A. Flores Grand Reserve Corojo 2006 Double Magnums for under $2 each including shipping? Damn!
Hoping things straighten out here soon and that I start finding things worth bidding on again.
I couldn't agree more. I too have a strong loyalty to both Cbid and CI after years of buying from a competing purveyor of cigars whose name I can't mention but it has only two initials. I travel often to the east coast and always try to spend as much time as possible at the Superstores. But between the shipping delays, the reduction of available inventory, and above all, the sky high prices that are starting to rival the retail prices out here in California even with our sky high taxes, it is becoming apparent that perhaps it is now time to start looking elsewhere.
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