Cigar Weekly

Boomer · 05-24-2006, 09:06 PM

I'm just curious. I get this question AAAALLLLLL the time.

Do you have fill in the blank cigar?

I say: "Yes."

He responds: "Can I see it?"

"Sure."

"How much is it?"

"$Price$."

"Oh. I just ordered/got a box of these."

(By the way - I'm not sure how I'm supposed to react to this last comment.)

Just wondering if he is trying to make himself feel better by coming and seeing how much he saved on a box. ( I think that most people know by now that you can probably save money on line.)

Or if it is a ritual to make the guy at the cigar shop go through the motions - teasing him as if you are actually an interested customer. 9.5 times out of 10 this guy walks out without buying a thing.

Please enlighten me . . . .

H311oLHD · 05-24-2006, 09:15 PM

LOL i dont understand why they would do that...cant they just look for the cigar & its price on their own & keep this information to themselves how much they saved?! Sorry to hear about these stupid guys....

good luck w/ business!!!!

-AJ

truzoom · 05-24-2006, 10:08 PM

Sounds like a rude customer to me. I work at a small electronics shop and we have a few people that routinely come in saying "just checking to see if you have this rare part in stock". They'll browse around for a few and then walk out the door, all the while I'm stuck at the counter to offer help.

Sadly, I don't know if there is much you can do about it. Maybe do an eBay thing and put a sign on the door that says SERIOUS BUYERS ONLY, DO NOT WASTE MY TIME.

If I visit a local shop and I end up asking the owner about xx cigar, I'll usually grab something on the way out as a gesture of appreciation for their time.

Anodyne · 05-24-2006, 11:10 PM

Just respond: "Yes, but did the cigars you ordered online get thoroughly run under the noses of a few dozen cigar connoisseurs? I thought not. Snot adds to the flavor, you know."

smelly4tay · 05-25-2006, 12:04 AM

Tell the customer the cigars he bought online are fake

stevenvv · 05-25-2006, 04:21 AM

Definitely bad form, I say pistol whip the illiterate SOB>

Seriously though I just dropped about $280.00 at one of the local B&Ms over a 2 day frenzy. (I had 2 surgeries and was down for over 3 months).

I will not hesitate to buy stuff that is hard to get (AF SunGrowns, Ashton VSGs, Padron 2000, or Londres Maduros) as long as the price is competetive with mail order, something not easy for the locals to do here in Michigan.

On the other hand his Perdomo Reserve maddies are $80.oo a box more than mail order, Punch Rothchilds btb $80 more too. Go figure

God Bless the B&Ms I can't live without them.

Smoker06 · 05-25-2006, 04:55 AM

Not me. I never talk about what I bought online to my local guy. I think that's a slap in the face. I will occasionally share a Cuban with him. I'm pretty sure he's figured out that I get them from somewhere other than his store.

Poohdvm · 05-25-2006, 10:04 AM

I never talk about my on line orders with my local guy. Sometimes he will ask me questions which I answer truthfully. They know I by cigars on line but I also buy a lot of singles from them. We have a 33% AR tax on retail price of cigars and a local sales tax on top of that. As a retailor I understand he has to mark them up to make money. You won't stay in business long selling product for what you paid for it. Our local store is great, their markup is reasonable and they always get hard to find smokes.

Paraphen · 05-25-2006, 10:32 AM

I could see, perhaps, going into a B&M to check out a brand you've never tried, because you could pick up a box of them real cheap online and want to know what you'd be getting, but I don't know why, having already bought the cigars, you'd want to go look at one. Are you going to decided to unbuy them, after examining them at the local store? I mean, when you're going to the store, to find out if the proprieter stocks something you just purchased elsewhere, solely so you can tell him you already bought some, not from him, you're being an ass. That's it. You're not being a rude customer, you're not a customer at all, you're just an ass.

dschoemaker · 05-25-2006, 11:40 AM

Always but a few sticks from the local B&M. Definatley want to keep them in business. Alternate place to go smoke. Never would mention getting sticks off the internet to em.

Dave

05-24-2006, 09:06 PM	#1
Boomer Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hermosa Beach Posts: 383	Do you ask your local B&M if they have the cigar you jus I'm just curious. I get this question AAAALLLLLL the time. Do you have fill in the blank cigar? I say: "Yes." He responds: "Can I see it?" "Sure." "How much is it?" "$Price$." "Oh. I just ordered/got a box of these." (By the way - I'm not sure how I'm supposed to react to this last comment.) Just wondering if he is trying to make himself feel better by coming and seeing how much he saved on a box. ( I think that most people know by now that you can probably save money on line.) Or if it is a ritual to make the guy at the cigar shop go through the motions - teasing him as if you are actually an interested customer. 9.5 times out of 10 this guy walks out without buying a thing. Please enlighten me . . . . __________________ The Main Thing is to keep The Main Thing - The Main Thing.

05-24-2006, 11:10 PM	#4
Anodyne Club Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: NC Posts: 4,702	Just respond: "Yes, but did the cigars you ordered online get thoroughly run under the noses of a few dozen cigar connoisseurs? I thought not. Snot adds to the flavor, you know." __________________ You can fix ignorance, but stupidity is bone-deep.

05-25-2006, 04:55 AM	#7
Smoker06 Herf God Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Republic of Texas Posts: 11,099	Not me. I never talk about what I bought online to my local guy. I think that's a slap in the face. I will occasionally share a Cuban with him. I'm pretty sure he's figured out that I get them from somewhere other than his store. __________________ When in doubt.... ATTACK!

05-25-2006, 10:04 AM	#8
Poohdvm Club Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Benton, AR Posts: 3,385	I never talk about my on line orders with my local guy. Sometimes he will ask me questions which I answer truthfully. They know I by cigars on line but I also buy a lot of singles from them. We have a 33% AR tax on retail price of cigars and a local sales tax on top of that. As a retailor I understand he has to mark them up to make money. You won't stay in business long selling product for what you paid for it. Our local store is great, their markup is reasonable and they always get hard to find smokes. __________________ We are the people our parents warned us about! F F F (nuff said)

05-24-2006, 09:15 PM	#2
H311oLHD Herf Meister Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Schaumburg, IL Posts: 8,248	LOL i dont understand why they would do that...cant they just look for the cigar & its price on their own & keep this information to themselves how much they saved?! Sorry to hear about these stupid guys.... good luck w/ business!!!! -AJ

05-24-2006, 10:08 PM	#3
truzoom Starting Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 7	Sounds like a rude customer to me. I work at a small electronics shop and we have a few people that routinely come in saying "just checking to see if you have this rare part in stock". They'll browse around for a few and then walk out the door, all the while I'm stuck at the counter to offer help. Sadly, I don't know if there is much you can do about it. Maybe do an eBay thing and put a sign on the door that says SERIOUS BUYERS ONLY, DO NOT WASTE MY TIME. If I visit a local shop and I end up asking the owner about xx cigar, I'll usually grab something on the way out as a gesture of appreciation for their time.

05-25-2006, 12:04 AM	#5
smelly4tay Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: San Diego Posts: 312	Tell the customer the cigars he bought online are fake

05-25-2006, 04:21 AM	#6
stevenvv Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Grand Rapids Michigan USA Posts: 550	Definitely bad form, I say pistol whip the illiterate SOB> Seriously though I just dropped about $280.00 at one of the local B&Ms over a 2 day frenzy. (I had 2 surgeries and was down for over 3 months). I will not hesitate to buy stuff that is hard to get (AF SunGrowns, Ashton VSGs, Padron 2000, or Londres Maduros) as long as the price is competetive with mail order, something not easy for the locals to do here in Michigan. On the other hand his Perdomo Reserve maddies are $80.oo a box more than mail order, Punch Rothchilds btb $80 more too. Go figure God Bless the B&Ms I can't live without them.

05-25-2006, 10:32 AM	#9
Paraphen Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 144	I could see, perhaps, going into a B&M to check out a brand you've never tried, because you could pick up a box of them real cheap online and want to know what you'd be getting, but I don't know why, having already bought the cigars, you'd want to go look at one. Are you going to decided to unbuy them, after examining them at the local store? I mean, when you're going to the store, to find out if the proprieter stocks something you just purchased elsewhere, solely so you can tell him you already bought some, not from him, you're being an ass. That's it. You're not being a rude customer, you're not a customer at all, you're just an ass.

05-25-2006, 11:40 AM	#10
dschoemaker Starting Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 94	Always but a few sticks from the local B&M. Definatley want to keep them in business. Alternate place to go smoke. Never would mention getting sticks off the internet to em. Dave