Budget Box Pass

[craig]

I completely agree that a properly complete pass should increase in value (not that I'm an expert, but from what I've gathered from reading this thread, in addition to others), "leave the pass better than you found it".

I guess I was wondering what the "acceptable" range was for a "put" to be over a "take". I understand that they should be as close as possible, but in the case of Rich's first listing of takes/puts, you singled out the trades that were over a $1 difference, which seems like a good guideline to me.

I was going to address this, might as well do it now. "Better than you found it" has, IMHO, almost NOTHING to do with value. It means things like:
- making sure the box is structurally sound and hasn't suffered a lot. (Note the inside box has deliberately been expanded.)
- keeping the pass to 65/65 as best you can
- keeping an eagle eye out for brown dust or small holes in cello - at unpacking and at re-packing.
- shipping using click'n'ship. You save, chances of successful delivery go up . Pass weighs under
- communicating early and often when you have the pass
- etc.

Every pass has different themes. The theme of any pass is to try some new cigars and have some fun. For this pass, we have added learning, which is generally not fun .

That has been my philosophy on passes. I do understand trying to keep it in the same range, but it's not as easy as it looks. It will be a little easier knowing some of the agreed upon prices of the cigars being added to the pass.

Rich

I thought about putting initial prices, but passes generally don't do this. More learning for you!

There is no picking my friend, this all about learning!

Rich