Mr. UltraAmerican - I think the thing you may have missed is this board consists of a group of individuals that all share the same passion - cigars. We love to discuss them, we love to buy them, we love to trade them, we love to smoke them. With that in mind, it is a "brotherhood" of sorts - hence, the BOTL (Brotherhood of the Leaf).
That being said, this group of individuals is highly protective of each other. A new person walking into the situation would not understand it because it defies the norms of society. But, if you stick around, you will find a great group of generous people, who look out for each others interests. No one on this board, especialy the members that have been around for a while, will tolerate anyone attempting to take advantage of the others on the board. That is the backlash you are feeling.
If you're walking in here for the purpose of selling your cigars, you have already been told how to go about that. Instead of flaming the board, maybe you should become a part of the community and take advantage of the knowledge of some of the members of this board. From the sounds of what you have, I doubt seriously you're going to get any kind of serious offer on any of the auction sites - and you certainly can't just create a web page to sell them. It makes sense that you would come to a place like Cigar Smokers because the greatest chance of hooking up with someone who may be interested in your cigars lies here. As an added bouns, there are members on this board that can tell you what those cigars are worth, and where and how to sell them. Whether you realize it or not, You've actually come to the right place to sell your cigars.
You choose to come in here like a bull in a china shop. It's very much like walking into a cocktail party of people you don't know and opening up a briefcase trying to sell your cigars. You're going to get tossed out on your butt. That is just not socially acceptable.
There are quite a few cigars boards on the net - you'll find them all over the place. But I gotta tell you - every one will greet you with the same suspicion, and will be as defensive as this one. If you think it's just limited to this board - I'm afraid you're sadly mistaken.
So - either learn how to act socially in an on-line cigar community, or pack you're briefcase and walk out the door before you find yourself being tossed like a door to door salesman...
Quoted from a post to Mr. Backdrifter - Aug 14 2005, 10:56 AM
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