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HawkeyeLinus

Lifer
Oct 16, 2020
5,941
42,487
Iowa
Good morning!

Hoping folks will share their preferred online sources for cigars and experiences weather selection or customer service and so on.

Thanks!
 

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Lifer
Jul 21, 2020
2,391
9,111
Small Batch Cigar. Use "KATMAN" for 10% off any purchases. Fast shipping and fantastic selection. Also sign up for their emailing list. Yes, it is one email per day, but they have great sales and almost everything comes up for 15-25% off (and more) sooner or later. I have great luck finding a lot of boutique blends here. They offer reward points for each purchase, too.

Cigarpage often has great pricing, but lots of garbage cigars to wade through to find the good stuff, which is often out of stock. They also offer rewards points for each purchase.

I used to haunt Cigarauctioneer, but their selection has been abysmal for a couple years, now.

Beyond that, I just use web searches if there is something specific I am looking for, hone in on the best price, and if a site looks sketchy, another web search should be able to pull up general opinions about the business as a whole.

To flip the script, I'll add a couple places I would avoid like the plague:

Thompson Cigar - they sell your info to anybody and everybody. You will receive a glut of mail and email and telemarketing that is near impossible to stop. They also have a poor track record for customer service, their prices are on the high side, and I have read enough complaints over the years of mysterious charges and incomplete orders.

Cigars International/Cigarbid - never mind they are co-owned with Pipes and Cigars and nevermind their past in manufacturing and selling counterfeit Fuente Opus cigars circa 2008-2011 - their cigars typically are overhumidified or underhumidified, packaging is abysmal, and customer service is non-existent.

Happy hunting!
 
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HawkeyeLinus

Lifer
Oct 16, 2020
5,941
42,487
Iowa
Small Batch Cigar. Use "KATMAN" for 10% off any purchases. Fast shipping and fantastic selection. Also sign up for their emailing list. Yes, it is one email per day, but they have great sales and almost everything comes up for 15-25% off (and more) sooner or later. I have great luck finding a lot of boutique blends here. They offer reward points for each purchase, too.

Cigarpage often has great pricing, but lots of garbage cigars to wade through to find the good stuff, which is often out of stock. They also offer rewards points for each purchase.

I used to haunt Cigarauctioneer, but their selection has been abysmal for a couple years, now.

Beyond that, I just use web searches if there is something specific I am looking for, hone in on the best price, and if a site looks sketchy, another web search should be able to pull up general opinions about the business as a whole.

To flip the script, I'll add a couple places I would avoid like the plague:

Thompson Cigar - they sell your info to anybody and everybody. You will receive a glut of mail and email and telemarketing that is near impossible to stop. They also have a poor track record for customer service, their prices are on the high side, and I have read enough complaints over the years of mysterious charges and incomplete orders.

Cigars International/Cigarbid - never mind they are co-owned with Pipes and Cigars and nevermind their past in manufacturing and selling counterfeit Fuente Opus cigars circa 2008-2011 - their cigars typically are overhumidified or underhumidified, packaging is abysmal, and customer service is non-existent.

Happy hunting!
Lots of good ideas from you and others. I decided to give the code and Small Batch Cigar a try - it worked, so thanks! I tried some AF Hemmingway Short Story cigars last year and liked them a lot, so I bought a box and got a few of the Drew Estate coffee infused in a couple of different styles just to see what those are about because they've looked interesting to me.
 
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boston

Part of the Furniture Now
Jun 27, 2018
565
1,288
Boston
There are many. Watch City has an enviable cigar inventory and Ernie knows his products. Smoking pipes is dead reliable as well, with people in house that can advise you on selection. The bigger places like JR are reliable too... never spoke with anyone there but over the years they deliver just fine if you know what you want. Used to buy from an outfit in Florida before cigar aficionado ruined everything and turned the business snooty. Mike's cigars...they used to and probably still do have some knowledgeable people. When I do make a purchase nowadays (which is rare because I don't smoke much or need as much) I try to keep my business to the shops I know... Watch City and Smoking Pipes.