Upcoming event with A.J.
jlmarta
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Well, there's an event coming up on June 18th at my not-so-local (40+ miles) B&M where I could - emphasis on 'could' - have dinner at A.J.'s table and smoke with him after dinner. Unfortunately, yours truly won't be there. I'd give a left nut to go, but can't on an old, retired guy's income.
The tariff to get in will be $60 + the purchase of 2 boxes of his San Lotano stogies. And if you want to sit at his table and smoke with him after dinner, you'll need to buy a 3rd box. Just a little rich for this old man's budget... sob, sob.
Oh, well...life's a b*tch and then ya die. Who said life was supposed to be fair?
Marty
The tariff to get in will be $60 + the purchase of 2 boxes of his San Lotano stogies. And if you want to sit at his table and smoke with him after dinner, you'll need to buy a 3rd box. Just a little rich for this old man's budget... sob, sob.
Oh, well...life's a b*tch and then ya die. Who said life was supposed to be fair?
Marty
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Trying to figure a way around this: Do you need to buy the boxes from the B&M or any vendor? I'm thinking there's more than enough fans of AJ and the San Lotano around here to do a box split, especially if ordering them from CCOM counts. I don't have funds until May (or maybe early June) but I would throw my cigar money at a box split.
Maybe if we buy and split 3 boxes of San Lotano's from CCOM A.J. will side-invite you to his table
And, in this instance, you'd have to buy the boxes from the B&M since they're the ones hosting it. On the plus side, they don't all have to be bought at once - just as long as they're bought before the event takes place. At least, that's the way it was explained to me.
I don't see a way for me to go although maybe some of the young turks who live in the area might work a deal with some of you guys. For me, even the $60 is out of reach, never mind buying 2 or 3 boxes of sticks.
Ah, well, C'est La Vie, eh?
Marty
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im sure you can find 8 people here to buy half a box worth of assorted san lotanos as a sampler. then all you have to do is get the entry fee. how soon do you have to order for the event and how can we help this happen?
there are a couple other side issues that I'd still have to deal with and I didn't want to clutter up this post with all the details - that's why I thought maybe some of those guys might be better suited to working out a plan so they could go instead of me. Let's wait a while and see if any of them chime in.
Meanwhile, I'll grind the other issues around in my head and see if I can come up with a plan.
Marty
And I forgot my manners a while back. Doromath had also mentioned a box split sort of a deal and I failed to thank him, too. Thanks, Doromath, it just may work.
As I see it, it comes down to a math problem. There are 3 wrappers and folks are probably gonna want some of each. With 20 sticks to the box plus the various vitolas available, buying the right number of boxes so everyone gets what they want could get complicated. I could set up a spreadsheet and list everyones preferences and possibly make it come out even. Folks could PM me with their preferences. It's still rough but the idea might come together.
Like I said, I'll keep ya posted. The gears are still grinding.
Marty
Robusto = $154.80 per box of 20 or $7.74 per stick
Toro = $164.54 " " " " $8.23 " "
Torpedo = $174.28 " " " " $8.71 " "
Churchill = $174.28 " " " " $8.71 " "
Prices include sales tax.. Torps and churchills are the same price. The event will be on June 18th and I can buy them up to within a few days of the event to qualify.
We're still a little premature but if you want to start PM'ing your wants to me I'll start keeping track when I get home tomorrow afternoon.
Marty
I would be up for getting in on a few, probably a fiver at least. I'm not picky so don't mind playing cleanup once boxes get set.
If it meets with everyone's approval, I'll buy what we agree on. If not, we'll just forget the whole thing. What could be easier? At the very least it could be an exercise in futility. But, oh well....
Marty
My thanks to Isaac, Kuzi, beatnic, Russ55, and the rest of you for your generous offers of help put a plan together and to Doromath who sorta started the idea rolling. It sounded tempting at first but cooler heads prevailed. You guys are the greatest. It's hard to believe the generosity of the BOTL's on this forum.
Marty
Hmmm I posted a thread about this event the day it was Anounced, weeks ago.... Yeah the rediculous *** for this event....... I have been to a couple of events here its always been open door, BBQ etc...... truth be known..... Rumor I hear is that this shop is struggling to stay open.......Not one to spread rumors but this came from a VERY Good source! Hell i think all the B&M's with the ecxeption of 2-3 in the area are struggling. This economy doesnt lend itself to over priced cigars from Arogant ( if your not in our Click, leave your money and get the *** out) Cigar shops. LOL
Hey Ozzie, Thanks for the input, we always appreciate customer feedback! As far as the San Lotano Cigar event at TR - AJ will be here all afternoon to meet and greet our customers and there is no charge to attend the event at the shop. There is a small dinner party with A.J. that evening that we are selling tickets for, but please come out and enjoy the day at the shop if you can. Hope to see you there.