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April Newbie training pass?

lol...no way I posted that 35 minutes later.... It wasn't there when I started looking! :sign: I hope it didn't take me that long to find it... :laugh:

Brandon
 
This is a fantastic contest :thumbs:

It's amazing how much I learn when I use the 'search' function. :cool:
 
preembargo said:
tc7man said:
JHolmes763 said:
Is this the norm for cigar passes or is this a slow point? I don't have any history to go on. It seems that most of the passes are invitational only and there's not many opening passes that new guys can jump into for experience.
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I would like to try it for the experience. I assumed that passes were the whole point of this website but I see little going on.
it also seems than when something pops up, everyone comes out of the wood work and it fills up quickly.
Based upon my E bay experiences (160), I feel that most people are honest and will play by the rules if they truly want to belong to the group. It would also seem to make sense for a newby pass to go with lower to mid price smokes as long as they are quality, and worthwhile at least to cover postage costs. No scratch that, basically it is not about money at all, it is a given that it will cost us shipping costs simply to end up with equal value but different cigars. so all participants actually lose in the long run monetarily. It doesn't seem like rocket science to get a pass going. All of the instructions to get a pass going are on this website.

It would be nice for an experienced passer to get things going. How about if everyone interested sent him/her 3 cigars to stock the box? Have a 1-week deadline to get them shipped and another week for all to arrive. No limit on the number of people, just create a second pass or third pass if needed. Box shipping order is the order that the cigars are received. That way, everyone shows good faith by sending smokes in advance, no one is out much if something happens, and everyone that wants in gets in.
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One 'less than reputable' person has already offered to help organize this pass. Based on your ebay experience you've just offered to have everyone send him 3 cigars and maybe more for a second or third round.
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Mike:

You may not want to divulge who that "less than reputable person" might be but it would do a lot of us newbies good to know who is LTR.

Thanks

Edit..........Never mind I went back through and saw that defetus (pun intended) made the gesture.
 
He's talking about Defetis. When I opened up this thread he volunteered to help but was quickly shot down by a few experienced members.
 
wanlail said:
ggiese said 'dick' once if i remember correctly. ;)
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Once maybe, but not first. Tiara boy has the honors for that one as far as I know.

Bahianut said:
Lee said:
Leebo8-9-8 said:
This contest is open to all, not just those in the pass. I'm not that snobbish.... ;)
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Read more, post less........ ;)
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Here is my guess, :whistling:
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Ding Ding Ding .. we have a winner. That is the first iteration I could find. I went back and asked Andrew and he also thought that Lee was the first to coin the phrase here in a post also. (aside) Whatever did happen to Lee? Did he just take permanent residency on snobs? (/aside)

Although I was capping participation at a year or less, you can jump in if you'd like. :D
 
Woo Hoo :D First contest I've ever won!! I would love to as it would be my first pass also!

Thanks for the contest! I learned a lot.
 
davidr2340 said:
Blue Dragon said:
tomthirtysix said:
Jonesy said:
emodx said:
So why don't one of ya'll start one.
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After reading through the February Newbie Training pass thread I thought we would need an experienced member to run the pass and maybe have one or two more added into the pass for everything to run smoothly. I'd be happy to try it, I just don't think I have the "know how" yet to run it myself.
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Actually, SaxJazzMan started it, and he was just as new as the rest of us. He got one FOG involved, in the second spot, to make sure once he packed it up and sent it out, that everything was in order. So far everything has gone well, and there's only a couple spots left. It should be wrapped up in the next couple weeks, why not hold off until it's done, read through the whole thing to see how it went, and then start it off.
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IF you are going to run this yourself, then please get the help of someone who has run a pass or two before (for reasons insight mentioned as well as others). If you are hoping to jump into one; I may have a solution. I've been thinking of starting a pass or two in the very near future....look for details soon.

GL!
- C
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Good to see you lurking around bro!!! :thumbs:
Keep me in mind if you get a pass going Cory!!!

Take care bro!
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Yes!!! BD If you get this off the ground I would love to get in on the action. :whistling:
 
preembargo said:
Congrats on the win Bahianut. :D

Though MilesMingusMonk is often thought to have coined the phrase "Read More, Post Less", the earliest occurrence of MMM using this phrase on CigarPass is on 2/22/2005

http://www.cigarpass.com/forums/index.php?...st&p=167518


However, Lee said it first here, on 2/17/2004:

http://www.cigarpass.com/forums/index.php?...ost&p=89162

One year and five days before MMM. :D
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I am interested in a pass.
If it gets going and anyone invites me I will participate.
 
Hi, I'm an FNG to Cigar Pass but not to Cigars. I'm chairman of a cigar club we started here at work. We enjoy a premium smoke each Friday on our lunch break. We used to have a nice wooded pine forest that we retreated to, but the company decided to 'pave over paradise and put up a parking lot'.<grin> We still meet, just don't have the atmosphere we once did.

Each member takes a turn providing the weeks selection. They bring enough sticks for everyone. No drug store sticks allowed and no flavors allowed. premiums only.

We maintain a cigar dossier and rate the sticks each week.

I'd like to join this cigar pass and learn the ropes.

At some point I'd like to have the club sponsor a pass.
 
Looks like you're just a little late... the latest training passes already started up.

But, head over to the Intro forum, post up an introduction, look around.

Another one will probably start up sometime soon, so just keep your eyes peeled.
 
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