Recent discussion in the Olor thread got me to wondering, so I logged in to my WLT account and added up the orders. Since January 2013 (boy, I had no clue I've been rolling so long) I total $1277.19. That includes shipping. LO shows bucks by item but no order total. Summing items in my head, I get around $400. That doesn't include shipping. So I've spent under $1700 in 4 1/2 years. My mentals tell me on the order of $375 per annum. Thirty bucks a month isn't bad. In fact, it looks too low to believe, as tho some of my orders may not be reflected on my account history page.
A lot of that leaf has been stashed, though. For a long while I was stocking up against the inevitable nanny state tobaccolypse. I keep piles on hand. My latest inventory spreadsheet shows 10 lbs in the wrapper stash cooler, another 10 lbs in the filler stash cooler, 16 lbs in the overflow tub, and I'd estimate there's around 4 lbs in my ready stash coolers kept handy for present use.
I also show 256 gars in the aging cooler. Falling behind my goal to maintain 300 gars aging; but I have almost completed my 50 quickies project, which will hopefully go in there soon. I keep smoking quickies, so been backsliding.
Figure in also that some of that WLT is stuff which I never received -- chiefly starter kits sent directly to other people. Also I send out a fair amount of leaf, chiefly as starter kits to beginner rollers. And I do send out about half the cigars I roll. On the other hand, I also get substantial leaf from Butcher, from time to time, who measures with a large hand; and I've had home growers send me small batches of leaf from as far away as South Africa and Slovakia, & as near as Virginia. Finally from time to time I score substantial wrapper at FXSS. Top of my head, I can think of eight pounds wrapper from Butcher and FXSS between the tub and the wrapper cooler.
So a guy could do this prolly for a hell of a lot less -- especially if he wasn't stashing for the tobaccolypse.
Anyone else keep records?
A lot of that leaf has been stashed, though. For a long while I was stocking up against the inevitable nanny state tobaccolypse. I keep piles on hand. My latest inventory spreadsheet shows 10 lbs in the wrapper stash cooler, another 10 lbs in the filler stash cooler, 16 lbs in the overflow tub, and I'd estimate there's around 4 lbs in my ready stash coolers kept handy for present use.
I also show 256 gars in the aging cooler. Falling behind my goal to maintain 300 gars aging; but I have almost completed my 50 quickies project, which will hopefully go in there soon. I keep smoking quickies, so been backsliding.
Figure in also that some of that WLT is stuff which I never received -- chiefly starter kits sent directly to other people. Also I send out a fair amount of leaf, chiefly as starter kits to beginner rollers. And I do send out about half the cigars I roll. On the other hand, I also get substantial leaf from Butcher, from time to time, who measures with a large hand; and I've had home growers send me small batches of leaf from as far away as South Africa and Slovakia, & as near as Virginia. Finally from time to time I score substantial wrapper at FXSS. Top of my head, I can think of eight pounds wrapper from Butcher and FXSS between the tub and the wrapper cooler.
So a guy could do this prolly for a hell of a lot less -- especially if he wasn't stashing for the tobaccolypse.
Anyone else keep records?