The only reason that I could think of sending all the cigars to someone would be that they would have the assets, books, magazines, etc. to find out what the values are.

I don't know how much my Two David cigars are anymore, because they don't make them anymore. What I paid for them wouldn't be the value of them anymore, because they can't be found.

That's one reason.

Another reason would be that people could imbelish the value of their cigars. I'm not saying anyone would, just that they could.

I guess a better way to do it would be to have someone else decide the values of the cigars, than to leave them up to whoever is donating them. I could say my Two David cigars now have a value of $20 a cigar because they aren't made anymore. I highly doubt their value is $20 a cigar, amd I doubt anyone on here has the resourses to find out how much their worth anymore. But fine tobacco shop owners and employees might.

Here's another thing. I saw today, for $35, you could get a 3 cigar sampler with an ash-tray. Someone could donate those 3 cigars, and say that they have a total value of $35............it wouldn't be accurate. Not even close. I'm betting that the value of those 3 cigars were only $20 plus a $15 ashtray. That could be an honest mistake, but someone else should decide the value of the cigars is all I'm saying.

As for the "fine tobacco shop" plug. I didn't think about how that sounded when I said it. Anyplace that sells premium tobacco is called a fine tobacconist shop. That's the only reason I worded it like that.

Here's the plug: The Little Havannah tobacco shop, in the village of Ball State Univeristy campus, is one of the finer tobacconists shops I've been in, and I think it would be an honor to work at such an wonderful establishment.

Think that's a good plug?

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." -- Albert Einstien

Two David Cigars RIP 06/03

let's ask David Savona if he can help....with any ideas...

Piss on me once ...that's your fault...Piss on me twice that's my fault....

Probabaly a fine idea in regards to asking David. The problem with that is that he may not have the time. Anything's worth a shot though. What I think might be a more prudent idea is this:
The weeks previous winner has the task of providing a value to all those smokes that aren't accurately represented by a MSRP. So, my Opus XXX may have a MSRP of $13 (or whatever it is around there) but the previous winner would decide, based upon a number of factors, if given the 2 1/2 years of age on it, if its value would have gone up. This previous winner also will be the deciding factor for who wins the next week. Maybe He/She has their own way of choosing (anything from putting 150 pieces of paper in a hat and picking a winner, to your random pc program) Anyone can take 15 minutes and number little scraps of paper and if they won the previous week, they have no reason to complain while doing it! After a bit more thought, I don't think it's a good idea to limit the number of cigars, just the value to AROUND a certain number. We could do 200, 150, 100, whatever. What do you guys think about this? We could even let the guy whos doing all of this get to pick 1 smoke from that weeks for his own as some added incentive for making him do the job right, and on time. Just my 2cents.

[This message was edited by Lstn2dmb on September 17, 2004 at 12:32 PM.]