Quote Originally Posted by hex1848
I've got a couple of orders from CBID myself. You got to remember when your ordering from places like CBID that you are buying from a bottom line/budget retailer. Many of the cigars you are ordering have been bought at close out from distributors that want to get rid of stock ASAP. The cigars have probably not been taken care of at optimal conditions for some time. The cigars I bought from CBID needed some major rest time. I smoked a Don Juan the day after I got it that was simply horrible. A month later I smoked a second one and it was pretty darn good comparably speaking.

As far as shipping goes, I ship all my orders from www.caminoviejo.com (my online retail store) via USPS Priority mail and never had a problem (this happens to be one of the preferred methods of shipping for many box passes and trades). I have been in business for over a year and never had a quality complaint.

That being said, you should ALWAYS let your cigars rest in your humidor for at least a few days after getting them shipped before passing judgment.

That seems to be the consensus so as I am still a proto-noob, I will take all of your sage advice and let my sticks I get online rest at least a week in my properly maintained humidor before I try them.