Newbie to cigar world. I have fell in love with it and spent a good amount at local B&M before someone suggested this website. Glad I found it even though I haven’t won anything yet as I’m still trying to figure it all out. Not really looking for singles as Colorado can get expensive with the stupid excise tax and looking to pick up samplers and 5 packs.

Any suggestions on best days to buy/bid? Or cigars to try?

Fellow Colorado BOTL...start low and don't forget to add that stupid tax with the shipping into your final price. Good luck!

Find a listing you want to try, set a max bid early, and see what happens. Over time you'll see what gets snapped up and what doesn't.

Once you win one, bid on ALL the lots. Maximize that shipping investment. All of them. You'll figure out storage later. No this plan doesn't help with the tax thing

Man, you are doing this the right way. Get involved with the discussion before buying a whole bunch of boring.

Good advice from the above posts. Auctions can be fun, but keep perspective. Over time, if you stay invested in the hobby/pastime, you will discover cigars you like and cigars that are boring and cigars you don't like. As you begin to build up a little collection (basically a stash that provides choice to smoke at any given time) it is best to have cigars you actually like as opposed to the other two options.

Well you don't know what you don't know. So how do you avoid buying too much in the boring and don't like categories? Follow the threads mentioned above like the smoking azzhats thread. Try and buy a few fivers of affordable smokes that seem to be popular (see warning below) or appreciated or possibly some multiple sampler fivers of decent smokes (you might have to learn a bit here as probably you'll have to shop elsewhere). Then join in the nOOb PIB trade and get involved. If you have a few accepted smokes to offer, the return trades will bring additional variety for you to try. Before long you will spend ALL of you disposable income on great cigars and you'll fit right in here within the asylum. Sounds great, right?

All kidding aside, the purchasing and trading advice stands. Buying a basic stash of respectable cigars (they don't have to be expensive, you'll learn what this means) will give you some ammunition to get you into trades which gets you into a larger variety to try. There are hundreds of respectable, affordable cigars and buying and trying them all in 5 or 10 or boxes is much more difficult than getting involved in a little trading.

A little warning: There are "Big Brand Names" that are easy to buy and they sell a lot of cigars. They don't generate significant excitement in trade threads, but some are solid staples in many humidors. There are Boutique Brands, some are fairly big and popular, that aren't cost prohibitive that have earned respect. Read up and see if you can pick up a little info on the latter. They are generally more desirable in the trade threads because even more seasoned smokers may like to try them.

Welcome and join in

Jeebling I definitely need to find that acronyms post. And I’m also going to read up on those suggestions for threads.

Looks like it worked. Try this one as well and I suggest you start on the very last page because that’s where the updated list is.

https://www.cigarbid.com...yms-and-Abbrevs-Rev-1217

I see Cheno is laying out the welcome mat !!!

Welcome to the world of cigars!

Try lots of stuff to figure out what flavors you like. Try different wrapper, binder, filler combos. Try tobac from different regions. Try each cigar twice before deciding you don’t like it. Then be prepared to revisit ones you didn’t like at first once your palate gets refined. Then start buying two, smoke one age one!

Well just found a 100 count humidor on marketplace for super cheap. Time to fill her up.

It just occurred to me to mention the Tuesday Power Hour auction on CBid. They sometimes have a great deal that you can snag BUT my experience is that that particular auction gets a heckuva lot of over bidding. You might try checking prices on fivers you want to try at the sister site to CBid which is Cigars International (CI). It’s the same company. Shipping prices are the same so it stands to reason that you would not want to bid more here on CB than you’d have to pay at CI.
ALSO, there has been some great advice shared in the forums about overbidding. One way to prevent that is to begin with a ‘rule” to go by. Such as never paying more than 50% or 70% of listed MSRP (whatever % you’re comfortable with). If you do win a bid, you’re going to have to pay shipping. So, you may as well try to catch a bid on something else to reduce your overall shipping costs. You can also go to your account settings and choose a day of the week you want your orders shipped. This means everything you’ve purchased is shipped together in one box and that keeps shipping costs low. Singles are generally more expensive per cigar than a fiver or tenski, especially if you buy a single and it ships separately. Suddenly you’ve got a very overpriced cigar.

These thoughts are just my opinions and observations. Other, more experienced brothers here can help you more.

Can you share what cigars you have enjoyed or not enjoyed? Have you developed any preference for wrapper leaf or cigar size or other characteristic? Just trying to get an idea what part of the journey you're on.

Also, there's a thread somewhere for an introduction. I don't remember where, but someone here knows. There are some questions some of the folks here like to ask noobs.

Nice list you got there. If you’re in the mood for a mellow cigar like the Macanudo Hyde Park, you might try the old standby Montecristo classic. I recommend it because it is inexpensive and my thoughts are that there is no need to pay for top shelf expensive cigars while you’re still training your palette to different wrappers and deciding which vitolas you prefer.
I can recommend a cheap Camaroon wrapper to try out which is the La Perla Habana Black Pearl. A cheap Sumatra wrapper I can recommend is the La Perla Habana Black Pearl Morado. Both of these wrappers have a distinct character and will help you quickly train your palette to different tobacco. You shouldn’t have to pay more than about $14 so start your bid lower, like lower than $10 for a fiver of Robusto. The NUB samplers have a terrific variety of Habano, Camaroon, Connecticut, and Maduro and they are easy to snag 6 packs @ $19 or less and 10 packs $29 or less. I think NUB is pretty good, especially for the price but YMMV. There are plenty of decent cigars at decent prices that the other guys can recommend.

I do have a tupperdor setup as well. I wanted to try my hand at the ol’ traditional way of a humidor.

Id consider getting on the email list for the online cigar store with a monkey as the mascot, they usually have pretty solid sales. I feel like bidding usually stops close to MSRP here.

Man that Punch Diablo was a strong one for me I felt like. I just had a MSA and enjoyed it very much. My local B&M and suggested some good stuff though. I enjoy trying a bunch of different stuff until my palette comes to me.

Jaime, how come you didnt ask if he likes to go camping? LOL! sincerely, your Pepin Rolled Boy