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Good evening all, So I don't live anywhere near a decent B&M, but I have a few of those corner lotto/beer/tobacco shops that have seem to have a walk in humi and a few of those smoke shop variety stores that carry bongs/vape/etc with large walk ins as well.
I have been in them all to scope them out before, but I am not sure whether or not what I've observed are considered as red flags. The walk in humi had no climate control as soon I opened the sliding door I was met with a furnace blast to the face. The temperature more often than not seemed to be very high. No humidification system to speak about, no control panels to adjust or hygrometers to indicate temp or RH. I have seen some of these locations spread around some Boveda packs here and there and they were the small 8 gram packs and were all crunchy like a vacuum pack of crackers. Most of these locations the cigars seemed to me to be very dry slightly crunchy while only one location the sticks I've asked to see were not as dry and had a little give. Most of the staff had no clue about the cigars they were selling and usually unable to answer any questions I had.
I was offered what seemed to very very tempting deals for cigars that usually would retail for $10+ for example I was offered 5 for $20 for any Montecristo that were on the shelf including the Espada Guard which had a sticker price at $15.50. Has anyone ever come across these type of shops where it seems the humidor was severely neglected? What are the chances of picking up a few of these sticks and being able to bring them back to good smoking condition?
Sorry for the long winded post, I am interested in everyone's input whether or not getting some sketchy sticks and nursing them back is viable.
I have been in them all to scope them out before, but I am not sure whether or not what I've observed are considered as red flags. The walk in humi had no climate control as soon I opened the sliding door I was met with a furnace blast to the face. The temperature more often than not seemed to be very high. No humidification system to speak about, no control panels to adjust or hygrometers to indicate temp or RH. I have seen some of these locations spread around some Boveda packs here and there and they were the small 8 gram packs and were all crunchy like a vacuum pack of crackers. Most of these locations the cigars seemed to me to be very dry slightly crunchy while only one location the sticks I've asked to see were not as dry and had a little give. Most of the staff had no clue about the cigars they were selling and usually unable to answer any questions I had.
I was offered what seemed to very very tempting deals for cigars that usually would retail for $10+ for example I was offered 5 for $20 for any Montecristo that were on the shelf including the Espada Guard which had a sticker price at $15.50. Has anyone ever come across these type of shops where it seems the humidor was severely neglected? What are the chances of picking up a few of these sticks and being able to bring them back to good smoking condition?
Sorry for the long winded post, I am interested in everyone's input whether or not getting some sketchy sticks and nursing them back is viable.
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