Cigar buying Strategy ?

[BDM53]

Jeff, my strategy has been much like Skipper mentioned. I kept buying 2s and 3s of cigars at my local place. Eventually when I would be browsing he would hand me one and say try this. He has a 99% success rate so far.
I just now started grabbing a few boxes of things that really tickle my fancy. I know if my taste changes I should be able to come back them later. They aren't going to go bad, knock on wood.
Different than you I always bought deep on my pipe tobacco. Been smoking 13 years now, my taste does change occasionally, but what I dislike this year comes back around eventually. After your last 2.5 lbs you gifted me I am only shy 3 lbs of the 100 mark

[dukeofbluz]

Jeff, my strategy has been much like Skipper mentioned. I kept buying 2s and 3s of cigars at my local place. Eventually when I would be browsing he would hand me one and say try this. He has a 99% success rate so far.
I just now started grabbing a few boxes of things that really tickle my fancy. I know if my taste changes I should be able to come back them later. They aren't going to go bad, knock on wood.
Different than you I always bought deep on my pipe tobacco. Been smoking 13 years now, my taste does change occasionally, but what I dislike this year comes back around eventually. After your last 2.5 lbs you gifted me I am only shy 3 lbs of the 100 mark

YEA the whole "i bought 2 and 3s" is what started this whole mess! you kept sending me 1 of the 3 now im running out of room in a freaking 100qt cooler, TERD!
Fed Ex came right before my wife got home from work,, all is good

[Domniomaestro]

A little over a year ago, I got into hanging out with my best friend who worked in one of the B&M's up here. I tried a couple sticks he would hand me and ask me to give a try. I found that they helped calm my stomach down, and started smoking 2 or 3 a week.
At first, I was smoking mild ones. Then I moved up to mediums (that bordered on mild) My friend would occasionally have me try something strong, and it just wasnt for me. Then after a while, I moved into stronger ones. Now I prefer as bold as bold gets. Spicy is always good. I still enjoy a medium or mild cigar, especially when I smoke one early on a saturday or sunday, with coffee.
I've found that while I like most cigars in some way, I lean toward nicaraguan blends. I suspect this may eventually change as all things do. From what I have read, and everything I understand, most medium/full body cigars will keep almost indefinitely as long as they are stored properly.
So even if your tastes change, you can come back to it.

[Skipper the cigar aFISHinodo]

Do you have a decent retail tobacconist near by?
Make friends with the sales folks. Let them know what you like and what you dont like.
I too came from pipes. I went with nothing for around a year before I latched onto cigars. Got rid of the bite on my tongue and with cigars it stayed away. I remember the first time I tasted a few new tastes from that bite being gone.
Surely as that happens to you your tastes will absolutely have to change.

What does the bite on the tongue refer to?

I real bite is a nasty thing. I think it's cause by the excessive moisture and possibly flavorings found in pipe tobacco and the pipe as a delivery agent. It's a sort of non-raised blister (the best I can explain it) that you get form smoking pipes. The net result is a slight numbing of the tongue and a marked decrease in your sense of taste (the 4 true tastes which even a bad cold would not normally impair, Sweet, sour, bitter and salty).

[tafdom]

After you figure out your cigar buying strategy and add 4 humidors and 3 coolers from being HERE. You will need to come up with a new "STOP buying Cigars Strategy" LOL