Monthly budget

[Boss Hog]

I consider myself to be reasonably lucky.

I get paid well above the national average and am fortunate to enjoy a certain amount of "slush money" on myself over the month. Even taking this into consideration it amazes me when I see "this came it the post" or "look what I just ordered" from all you all others. Some of which arent cheap.

So I was wondering what the average monthly spend on sticks you all have?

I spend around around ?150 a month which still seems a fair amount but how does it tally up?

[daverave999]

It varies really depending on how much I have spare that month. It's certainly never over your ?150 figure as I have lots of other fun things to spend my cash on too.

[Simon-JG-hr]

I thought you used free 'resources'...

[Robusto]

Very difficult to answer this if, like me, you have only recently decided to buy a bigger humidor and stock it. I've done those things recently and have spent several hundred pounds on the step-up.

I'm pacing myself to smoke and savour my investment without being caught short, and have float set aside to buy 200 of the finest monsters when in Cuba in a couple of months.

Like Dave, I have other pretty costly 'hobby' purchases to fund, too.

It is possible to be a happy cigar man when you are smoking the only cigar you possess, but it does feel better to have some slumbering in the bank. I've spent many years on low numbers of cigars. Then a 50 stick humidor. Now a 300 stick humidor.

Cigar expenses are covered by some of the money I make from involvement in music and I am quite chuffed about that. That's going to be a bit slower for a while as I've just moved on from my band down here. All fine as I've got several projects on offer to think about. I actually fancy the idea of depping for several rather than eggs in one basket, and just decided to go six months earlier than I'd planned.

(And - as a sideline - I'm trying to write more of my own stuff and join other 'originals' players. I was tired of playing many of the same covers three times a week often in bars full of absolute piss-heads. The standard of the band is excellent, but I'd become bored with the routine and what would kick off in some of the shit-holes. I'm not a snob, you understand, but neither am I a puking pikey. However, I'm fine about it. We're communicating better than Pink Floyd and I won't be between jobs for very long as I'm being chased, darlings. LMFAO! I love local showbiz. It's so fucking farcical to mix with Vice Admirals in their own goldfish bowls. Especially when you are your own Admiral Of The Fleet. Creme Brulee @ 3:20, anyone? lol )

I think if I thought really seriously about the amount I spend on Cubans, I'd probably drop the habit. If you like something so much - a top spec keyboard or guitar, for example - you don't think too much about the price if it is in your range. You just buy it and you enjoy it.

Like sex, I'd never drop the cigar habit and will always get some in.

[cj121]

I'm probably classed as a low, middle-earner and haven't got the disposable I'd like to spend on cigars, but I'm managing to keep the ol' stogie steamer afloat on the Caribbean high seas. (It's just I've got a lower tide than most)

[HabanoSy]

I always spend way more than I should...!!!

At the start of the month I always see a deal and think blimey thats good, get it ordered and then think right that's me for the month. Then the following week the same thing happens 'a great deal' gets emailed to me from one of the sites, and I think oh I really shouldn't as Im already entering my card details in!!! and so it goes on like this for the rest of the month...

I've never been happier though, and thats the thing for me...

Cheers, HabanoSy

[Stogiedog]

I cannot even look at entertaining the idea of working out the cost of the cigar collecting bug.

[Deano]

Mine's gone through the roof recently. I think I've been shopping to cheer myself up, and need to stop ASAP - got quite a few boxes now and need to pay off my credit cards.

I wish they'd stop doing specials (1001 and CoH), they do me in!

Suffice to say, it's been over ?200 a month for the last couple, but is now going to sub ?50 for the next few. Damn it.

[misterbulgarin]

Havent had my humi for barely a month and there's 32 odd sticks in there, and theres 12 good quality cubans coming , Id say overall ive spent on my cigar thingies in under a month....200 perhaps

[Paulie]

I don't really give myself a budget or keep track of what I spend. I have my favourite cigars and when they get down to about 5 or 6 I will buy a new box of them and at the same time probably a few single sticks of something new or limted editions to try and see how I get on with them. I do try and get boxes that are the same age or very close to the current box to save having to wait too long for them to age to my liking, sometimes that costs a little more for them to be sourced.

Last year I did buy 4 boxes at one go and am still working my way through them. I do prefer buying in bulk and am planing on another big buy in the next few months. Will let you know the total cost of that. Just hope I don't overdo it and have to buy yet another humidor to store them in. Running out of space in them and might need to ditch them in favour of maybe a floor cabinet. My wife will not be happy about that!

[Kdot]

I've never really thought about it. but after reading this post I done a rough calculation and so far this year I have spent around a couple of grand on my cigar "hobby" which is crazy as i feel i'm always skint (now i know why). That includes cigars, humidors, water, hygrometers, cutters, ashtrays, etc

Last years average worked out at ?50 a month. It's this site I tell you, it'll bankrupt me

I'm gonna make my last purchase of the year while in Gibraltar in a few days and leave it at that for a while.

I think I need addiction councelling to stay off this forum. Damn you to hell Deano, look at all the monsters you have created.

[whisky77]

Scary.

I try not to think about it too much to be honest, although I worked out the cost of the EL collection I have the other day on one of the websites, and it is scary.

I think everyone finds there own level of expenditure and like fine wine you can sit your cigars in the humi for years and not have to touch them(easier said than done though).

[G-man]

Packages showing Up

Its like Christmas when they do.
Can't wait to open them even though U already know whats inside!
In search of the holy grail Of stoogies !

Some my have to rob a bank if their habit keeps going this way!

[cohibaIV]

Feck all now I'm married..

[jpmoore]

Proberbly way more than i should. The worrying thing is i'm buying way more than i'm smoking at the momment, although the misses is expecting our first nipper in november so trying to stock up before she gives up work!