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SmokeAndSpice · 03-28-2002, 12:36 PM

Thanks for the input, especially the in-depth words of mhotek. After thinking about it just a bit more TommyBB's advice sounds just right, at least for now. I still covet a nice, largish humidor (the Vicksburg looks great!) but will hold off, at least for a few months.

mannish · 03-28-2002, 03:00 PM

I got an 'imperfect' Gettysburg from them and neither me nor my wife could find imperfections. Wives can point out imperfections real quick but she thought it a was real nice box. I thought it was a great deal....Now I waiting on 'imperfect/scratch & dent' on them hygrometer pens

03-28-2002, 03:10 PM

Well, I could take one of the ones that are off by about 10%, tie it on a piece of wire to my back bumper and drive around Columbus for a day or so...

Las Villas · 03-28-2002, 05:06 PM

Great stuff and mhotek is a stand up guy!! I'm contemplating on buying the Vicks....will have to see!!

"LAS VILLAS"
"You can't do anything to me that Fidel Castro hasn't done to me already"- Tony (Scarface) Montana.

SCgar · 03-28-2002, 11:16 PM

Oh boy...I bought my first desktop about a month ago, thinking, "it's about time I be able to keep a handful of cigars on hand instead of always having to find a local shop." Two weeks later I bought a coolidor, because of course, why pay for singles when you can get such a great deal on a couple boxes. But then I figured out that those new boxes of cigars will be much better with a few months of aging. So I did a newbie trade on the JR board to get some aged sticks. Well then I had dozens of premium cigars that I wasn't necessarily storing at the proper humidity - bought the pen hygrometer. Whad'ya know. Now that my coolidor is working so well, I might as well top it off with some more cigars. Just completed another trade a few hours ago. I've been working a lot of overtime at the office lately.

Now Mhotek has got me all jazzed up about a Vicksburg, which would be PERFECT for storing all the singles so that I can devote the coolidor to boxes only...

...My wife would kill me if she saw me typing this stuff...I'm doomed.

03-29-2002, 01:07 AM

Welcome to the club. I started with an El Rey which was soon 4 of them. (Before we started this business.) I added a couple of the Cherry and Rosewood. Designed the Gettsyburg, so of course I had to have one of those. Designed the Vicksburg and had one of those. Then we decided to do the El Rey, Gettysburg, and Vicksburg in a Rosewood finish, so I had to have one of those. After all, can't let samples go to waste. Then I added a large cabinet that holds about 2500+ so I could empty out all of the RubberMaid tubs and found out I filled the cabinet and still had full tubs. Then it was 150 qt. cooler, more RubberMaid tubs, a walk-in closet, several lockers, and it's all downhill from there.

03-28-2002, 12:36 PM	#11
SmokeAndSpice Club Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: downstate Illinois USA Posts: 2,005	Thanks for the input, especially the in-depth words of mhotek. After thinking about it just a bit more TommyBB's advice sounds just right, at least for now. I still covet a nice, largish humidor (the Vicksburg looks great!) but will hold off, at least for a few months. __________________ "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." - Charles Darwin

03-28-2002, 03:00 PM	#12
mannish Herf God Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Springville, AL USA Posts: 15,792	I got an 'imperfect' Gettysburg from them and neither me nor my wife could find imperfections. Wives can point out imperfections real quick but she thought it a was real nice box. I thought it was a great deal....Now I waiting on 'imperfect/scratch & dent' on them hygrometer pens __________________ “We do not see things as they are, we see them as we are.”

03-28-2002, 05:06 PM	#14
Las Villas Herf Meister Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Northern, NJ USA Posts: 7,496	Great stuff and mhotek is a stand up guy!! I'm contemplating on buying the Vicks....will have to see!! "LAS VILLAS" "You can't do anything to me that Fidel Castro hasn't done to me already"- Tony (Scarface) Montana. __________________ "Only oppression should fear the full exercise of freedom." Jose Marti

03-28-2002, 11:16 PM	#15
SCgar Starting Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Cleveland Heights, Ohio USA Posts: 79	Oh boy...I bought my first desktop about a month ago, thinking, "it's about time I be able to keep a handful of cigars on hand instead of always having to find a local shop." Two weeks later I bought a coolidor, because of course, why pay for singles when you can get such a great deal on a couple boxes. But then I figured out that those new boxes of cigars will be much better with a few months of aging. So I did a newbie trade on the JR board to get some aged sticks. Well then I had dozens of premium cigars that I wasn't necessarily storing at the proper humidity - bought the pen hygrometer. Whad'ya know. Now that my coolidor is working so well, I might as well top it off with some more cigars. Just completed another trade a few hours ago. I've been working a lot of overtime at the office lately. Now Mhotek has got me all jazzed up about a Vicksburg, which would be PERFECT for storing all the singles so that I can devote the coolidor to boxes only... ...My wife would kill me if she saw me typing this stuff...I'm doomed. __________________ -'SCgar "I can't wait to age these cigars!"

03-28-2002, 03:10 PM	#13
mhotek Guest Posts: n/a	Well, I could take one of the ones that are off by about 10%, tie it on a piece of wire to my back bumper and drive around Columbus for a day or so...

03-29-2002, 01:07 AM	#16
mhotek Guest Posts: n/a	Welcome to the club. I started with an El Rey which was soon 4 of them. (Before we started this business.) I added a couple of the Cherry and Rosewood. Designed the Gettsyburg, so of course I had to have one of those. Designed the Vicksburg and had one of those. Then we decided to do the El Rey, Gettysburg, and Vicksburg in a Rosewood finish, so I had to have one of those. After all, can't let samples go to waste. Then I added a large cabinet that holds about 2500+ so I could empty out all of the RubberMaid tubs and found out I filled the cabinet and still had full tubs. Then it was 150 qt. cooler, more RubberMaid tubs, a walk-in closet, several lockers, and it's all downhill from there.