WTF Thompsons?

[Acesfull]

Originally Posted by thehat101

Nick STILL hasnt got his humi and it has been nearly a month now !!!! This place sucks

Order Date Cart ID Status Action
11/13/2008 XXXXX82 Back Ordered View Details

Status Item Description Qty Unit Price Ship Date Tracking
Back Ordered 12/18/2008 945935 Humidor, Mother Of All Db,
(Avail 11/29) 1 $349.00 N/A

Look at the avail date and look at the Back Ordered date. If it doesnt ship tomorrow I'm calling and canceling since the guy I talked to last week told me it would ship by the end of the week.

[randomhero1090]

Thats some BS right there. Most retailers don't care who they piss off. That's bad business these days.

[slowburning]

I started out with Thompson.

The irony was, I saw its ad in either "the US News and World Report" or "BusinessWeek" while took my father to St. Vincents Outpatient Cancer Center for chemo. The deal in the ad was, 10 national brand cigars, or 20 house brand cigars, and a 50-count humidor for $29.99, plus shipping.

Then, I joined its 250 Club. Problem was, as I was told, when I order cigars online, it took two days before it was download and processed. After I learned of this, I started phon in my orders. When I reached my 250 cigars quota, I called and asked for the 10% coupon, I was told I have yet to meet the quota. That's because every now and then, when I place an order, Thompson issued a new account number.

Then, I learned of JR and Holts, among others, and I never look back.

And then, I learned of cigarbid.com and cigarauctioneer.com. The rest is history. I do check JR and Holt's from time to time for their weekly specials, and JR's auctions.

Granted, Thompson does have good selection and decent prices on humidors, but they are easily top by cigarbid.com if you are patient enough.

Another thing about Thompson is, in its samplers, only brand names are mentioned, never the sizes.

To me, Thompson is like the first girlfriend, it will always have its place in my heart, even though I don't talk about it.

[riverdog-cr]

Originally Posted by slowburning

I started out with Thompson.


To me, Thompson is like the first girlfriend, it will always have its place in my heart, even though I don't talk about it.

[anton]

Originally Posted by slowburning

To me, Thompson is like the first girlfriend, it will always have its place in my heart, even though I don't talk about it.

let me guess, cheap and low quality, but hey, she put out?

[randomhero1090]

Originally Posted by Anton

let me guess, cheap and low quality, but hey, she put out?

Fantastic!

[slowburning]

Tough crowd today.

[Python]

All I have to say is, F Thompsons.

[andrew_will1]

I have a 50 ct humi that my wife bought me when she wanted me to get into cigar smoking.....since then I've joined CR and almost NO ONE has a positive opinion of them so I haven't used them since...word of mouth can open the door or slam it in your face....I wish we could send a link to this thread to Thompson....let em know what people really think of em

[Acesfull]

Got a call from UPS today, I will be getting my humi on Friday.. almost exactly a month after I ordered it.. but i will be getting it nevertheless

[lazylightningNY-cr]

Originally Posted by randomhero1090

Don't know why people go anywhere else. Cigar International (cigarintl.com, cigarbid.com, cigar.com) is the shit. Period. The service is top notch, the prices at cbid are insane and they have great 1-day-deals/joe's deal.

The only drawback I see is lack of high-end cigars. Cigar.com does carry them, but is a bit limited. However, I don't think any of us by '26 & '64s on a weekly basis, but I could be wrong.

I don't shop anywhere else. MAYBE Famous-Smoke from time to time, but thats just because the store is local to me as well.

CI/cbid is awesome. The daily specials have caused me financial duress. the only other place I have really good luck with is TNT cigar. they have some really good prices on their closeout list.