DC #'s.....Why?

[BigVito]

USPS insurance is useless, you have to prove the $$$ of the goods shipped.

[Addiction]

I use DCs because CS taught me it was a good thing. ANd I've found to to be a very good thing so now based on one "are you sure I got it" exchange. So now everything I ship gets a DC, cigars or not. And really what else where you going to do with the $.65 anyway?

[Addiction]

Originally Posted by poker

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There's an old tale of something that happened on another popular cigar board that involved a strictly cuban cigar pass. This sleazeball claimed he shipped that package but it was never recieved (the person it was to be shipped to had a very long & good reputation on that board & still does to my knowledge). When wingnut supposedly shipped it, he never got any proof as to whether he actually did or not. He claimed it must be lost and its not his fault because he swears he shipped it.......

I was planning on sponsoring a pass and I was going to pack it with the 30 best cigars I thought I had. As I was pulling the cigars out and packing the box something like this crossed my mind and stopped me cold. COuld you imagine fronting out $1,000+ of cigars to start a pass and have it disappear somewhere in the middle? Just gone poof, vanished?

[NCRadioMan]

Originally Posted by Addiction

I was planning on sponsoring a pass and I was going to pack it with the 30 best cigars I thought I had. As I was pulling the cigars out and packing the box something like this crossed my mind and stopped me cold. COuld you imagine fronting out $1,000+ of cigars to start a pass and have it disappear somewhere in the middle? Just gone poof, vanished?

That's why there is such things as "invatation only" passes.

DC#'s are a simple courtesy, imo.

[Addiction]

Originally Posted by NCRadioMan

That's why there is such things as "invatation only" passes.

DC#'s are a simple courtesy, imo.

I still think I'll do the pass eventually, especially as I have some even better stuff to stick in the box. I just have to figure out the whens and wheres of it. And it will definitely be invitation only because the last pass I was in went tits up with 50+ cigars the cheapest of which was prolly $12. But I'm waiting until I fill my humidor before I make a pass, so it will be October at best since the wife has pulled the spending limit way back.

[BigVito]

Originally Posted by Addiction

I still think I'll do the pass eventually, especially as I have some even better stuff to stick in the box. I just have to figure out the whens and wheres of it. And it will definitely be invitation only because the last pass I was in went tits up with 50+ cigars the cheapest of which was prolly $12. But I'm waiting until I fill my humidor before I make a pass, so it will be October at best since the wife has pulled the spending limit way back.

if you end up doing a pass and the average cigar is $33. You won't have to worry about me I'm more of a $15 or less

[pnoon]

Originally Posted by Addiction

I use DCs because CS taught me it was a good thing. ANd I've found to to be a very good thing so now based on one "are you sure I got it" exchange. So now everything I ship gets a DC, cigars or not. And really what else where you going to do with the $.65 anyway?

Print the label online and the DC is [SIZE="4"]$0.00[/SIZE]

Originally Posted by NCRadioMan

That's why there is such things as "invatation only" passes.

DC#'s are a simple courtesy, imo.

And those are usually the one's with the least issues.

[Addiction]

Originally Posted by BigVito

if you end up doing a pass and the average cigar is $33. You won't have to worry about me I'm more of a $15 or less

I was going to stick in off the top of my head:

5 Cohiba EL DCs
5 Cohiba Sublimes
5 2000 Festivals (I actually never got these)
5 Edmundo Dantes Original Release
1 Chateau Latour
1 Davi DP
5 Padron 80ths
10 50s White Owl Invincibles (one for each person).

I forget what the other three was going to be, but thats pretty much the core of the line up. I was hoping to put together some truly remarkable stuff, trade off some very good things and then get back some very good different things. But when I thought about what that bunch of sticks cost me I felt faint at heart about sending it out.

However I'm going to do this sooner rather than later, hopefully with an even BETTER lineup.

[Addiction]

Originally Posted by pnoon

And those are usually the one's with the least issues.

Yeah but I but I'm stuck in the middle if you will. There are certainly people that I know can do a pass of the magnitude I wanted to do, but I'm far below where you guys play. And among the other people that I know and trust our trades have been much more pedestrian so they didn't feel comfortable where I wanted to play.

I'm hoping after I finish this long slow climb back to a full humi I'll end up with enough back stock that I can do the pass and be truly OK with how it breaks down, no matter what those results are.

[BigVito]

Originally Posted by Addiction

I was going to stick in off the top of my head:

5 Cohiba EL DCs
5 Cohiba Sublimes
5 2000 Festivals (I actually never got these)
5 Edmundo Dantes Original Release
1 Chateau Latour
1 Davi DP
5 Padron 80ths
10 50s White Owl Invincibles (one for each person).

I forget what the other three was going to be, but thats pretty much the core of the line up. I was hoping to put together some truly remarkable stuff, trade off some very good things and then get back some very good different things. But when I thought about what that bunch of sticks cost me I felt faint at heart about sending it out.

However I'm going to do this sooner rather than later, hopefully with an even BETTER lineup.

wow, heck of a line up.

[Addiction]

Originally Posted by BigVito

wow, heck of a line up.

Actually I never felt quite comfortable including the 80ths. I love them myself and thin they are well worth it but I don't think they are universally valued at their price point. Same deal with the clear havanas, but I know a lot of folks had not had a chance to try them and in my tastes these were the best of the bunch.

Also not having secured the festivals I have no idea what I could have put in that cigars place, because nothing else would have been valued in that way. I have 2 Cohiba Millennium, but I was pretty sure I wanted to hang on to those. I may (or may not) secure some PL Magnificos, but again I couldn't get them in that time frame. The next closest choice would have been NC Davi Diademas Finas or Cohiba Pirmandes ELs.

[BigVito]

Originally Posted by Addiction

Actually I never felt quite comfortable including the 80ths. I love them myself and thin they are well worth it but I don't think they are universally valued at their price point. Same deal with the clear havanas, but I know a lot of folks had not had a chance to try them and in my tastes these were the best of the bunch.

true on the 80ths, but still a great start.

[doctorcue]

This is my thought... even if it costs $0.65 for a DC... aren't we trying & pitching crappy $1 or $2 sticks? $0.65 is cheaper than some candy.

As everyone else has mentioned... I do it to show I did it. Call it my $0.65 guarantee!

[BigVito]

Originally Posted by doctorcue

This is my thought... even if it costs $0.65 for a DC... aren't we trying & pitching crappy $1 or $2 sticks? $0.65 is cheaper than some candy.

As everyone else has mentioned... I do it to show I did it. Call it my $0.65 guarantee!

and thats the bottom line

[Addiction]

Originally Posted by BigVito

true on the 80ths, but still a great start.

Well last week I bought 7 Montecristo D LE's to replace the 80ths, however I've since smoked the DP and the Latour (I only had one of each). I don't know that those were really good includes anyway because how many people have something that they can actually trade for that?

I'm considering a box of 97 898vs and if I get that I may go with those. Its still a good pass I suppose but with the Davis I think we could have generated a pass for the ages.