The economy and cigar budgets

I buy cigars when I need or want them and I haven't cut back on smoking or buying cigars because of "the economy."
 
I have slowed down because of lack of storage and changing tastes. I just got a new cabinet, so I ma going to be buying more, because I am trying to fill it up. I have not felt the crunch from the economy. The Gas prices suck, but it has not effected my cigar budget, I just drive less and smoke more.
 
I usually scale back purchases (99% of mine are over the 'net) during the summer months due to the high temps and long shipping times...so I am hoping that things get a little better by fall, personally and for the nation.
 
JaKaAch said:
The rising fuel and food prices have changed my shopping, spending techniques on a lot of things including cigars. I look longer, take my time, to look for better deals. Whether I'm shopping for cigars, clothes, electronics, etc.....




This drill now won't help for 5 or 6 years argument seems odd to me.
I'm glad our fathers and grandfathers of the WWII era didn't have that outlook. "That B-17 won't be in the air flying over Europe for months. No need to build one now!!"
:D "IRA/Pension/investments won't pay off for several years, no need to save now..."
OK off the :sb now...:)
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:tpd:Smart man IMHO. My wife is putting more of a crimp in my cigar buying than the economy right now.....she scares me:D
 
I have just started smoking gars again after a year of abstention.
I bought a CAO 100ct humidor at the devil site and so far have it stocked with mostly seconds, which aren't so bad
This morning just for grins I looked at my order history with one of my favorite on line retailors. No way can I slide down that slope again, but it sure was fun while it lasted.
So this morning before it gets too hot I think I will go out and sit in my Grand Marquis and enjoy a good smoke. Of course, I can't afford to turn the engine over and go anyplace.:ss
 
When things are like this my instinct is to rebel.

So, I think I'll buy a Hummer and drive cross country to Palm beach, buy at least 20 boxes of the best stogies I can find at retail, then lay on the beach for a few weeks reading trashy novels. On the way back I'll stop in Vegas, play roulette and buy boxes of Casa Fuente cigars at Caesars Palace.

After I win 50K or so at roulette I'll buy a Rolex or two and maybe a Panerai.:ss:ss:ss:ss:ss:ss:ss:ss:ss:ss:
 
I have found myself cutting back recently. Now I think I am in a holding pattern as my wife is a contractor and she got a 3-week notice. So she'll be in the market again.

It is tough; but I don't think I'll stop buying completely. I will still look for deals (Damn you Cigar Joe!) but I won't be knocking boxes off of my "To-Buy" list with the same pace I had in the previous 12 months.
 
budgeted $40.00 every two weeks about a year ago and haven't deviated since, it is a soft enough amount to not be pinched by it, and it has caused me to REALLY look hard to find cheaper deals, and i have...
 
For most Americans, We budget our money. Gas prices have significantly gone up and the money has to come from someplace.
 
Andyman said:
For most Americans, We budget our money. Gas prices have significantly gone up and the money has to come from someplace.
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Really?? I tend to think the opposite since there's massive numbers of americans who are in revolving debt (credit cards), little or no savings for retirement, and the numbers of foreclosures.
 
chenvt said:
Really?? I tend to think the opposite since there's massive numbers of americans who are in revolving debt (credit cards), little or no savings for retirement, and the numbers of foreclosures.
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Cigar smokers are smarter than that! :D
 
just bought my first house, and i just dont have the extra money for smokes any more. i have about 100 or so left in my cooler so hopefully i can work out some kind of budget before they are gone.:tg
 
I've cut back. Everything out here for us is a 90 mile round trip or more. We are consolidating errands in order to be more efficient when we do go to town. Been using the motorcycles when I can. And have surely cut back on my skeet/sporting clays shooting.

There are far more learned individuals here than I. But my :2.

I wonder what would happen if the next POTUS vowed to get us off of foreign oil in TEN years. Similar to JFK when he vowed to take us to the moon in ten years.

I believe that if the Country got behind such a task we could DO IT. We're turning into a Country of different factions. Call it Liberal or Conservative, or Democrat or Republican, but we should put down the differences and do whats right for America.

I don't agree with the idea that drilling for what we have domestically isn't going to help. I think it would send a message to the Arabs, a positive message.

FN in MT:cb
 
I have cut back for the summer. I am a teacher, so I'm out of work for the summer (no check until August). This is my first year teaching, so I haven't had time to save for the summer. The wife just got a job (it's lowpaying but pays nonetheless) but it won't hold us over for the summer. But when the end of August hits, you best believe that I'm gonna make a purchase or two!
 
I've been blessed so far to not really have to cut back. My wife just got a new job (she's a lawyer) and it seems like it'll be pretty stable. I work in technology, and that tends to be cyclical to the economy, but I work in a niche of it (search engine optimization and marketing) that seems to go up when the economy goes down because clients are more and more desperate for dollars. The wife's new job is half the commute of her old one, so with gas prices doubling, it's really been break even. I'm lucky enough to really only need to work "in the office" (70 miles away" twice a week... so overall, though I am paying more for gas, it's not enough to really cripple us. I'd say I spend more now than I did a year ago due to being more invested in the hobby, but I also thank my lucky stars for the ability to say that. I realize others are not in the situation I'm in (and I assure you, we worked for years to get here) and my heart goes out to those who are.
 
Sauer Grapes said:
So 7-8 years ago we couldn't drill off shore... now when we need it we still can't because it won't help for another 7 years... what ever happened to doing something for ourselves that will help in the future?

BTW, limiting supply does not create demand, it just raises prices, which in turn actually decreases demand (the actual amount demand decreases due to the higher price depends on the elasticity of the product).
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Very succinct. So far however, demand for oil has proven to be very inelastic. $4.00 a gallon had to get here before any measurable curtailment in usage was registered. The othe side of the equation is the price and availabiltiy of substitute goods. Right now there aren't any full scale affordable substitute goods for petroleum. Therein lies the dilemma. As an economic model, we are about half way through the petroleum model. Shift in demand, increase in supply (or not) and the arrival of a viable substitute are yet to come to bring the stability to the equilibrium point again.

And at the micro-economic level: Hell yes I am starting to cut back on cigars. 2 sons now burning fuel (and car insurance premiums that will kill) and one son in college... The pocket book can only take so much pain.
 
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