Quotemetalhead y cigarguy - 6/29/2010 4:13 PM QuoteJackal - 6/29/2010 6:40 PM May you find them much more enjoyable than those machine rolled or bundled sticks that you have been rating lately 
I'm sure I will. Up until a few months ago that's all I pretty much ever smoked, but I figured if I'm going to smoke cigars I might as well get good ones and really enjoy them. I'm still on the look out for a budget smoke that tastes good and is made well. Any recommendations would be helpful.
At the risk of leading you down the dark path (forever will it dominate your destiny), you can pick up some pretty good deals on good cigars at some of the cigar auction sites. Cigar Bid (a.k.a. the Devil's site) seems to be popular.
Also check the hot deals forum here on Cigar Geeks for good deals, and if it's a cigar you don't know about, read the reviews here to see how other geeks feel about the cigar(s).
I try to keep my buys in the $2-3 per stick range for everyday cigars, and mostly have been successful buy never paying full price, and keeping an eye out for deals.
An example, I recently got two of these 12-cigar samplers on cigarbid for $28 each ($2.33 a stick):
I believe the cigars in this sampler are all A.J. Fernandez blends...
The 12 Angry Men Sampler includes:
1 - 5 Vegas Triple-A (5" x 56)
1 - Diesel Unholy Cocktail (5" x 54)
1 - Graycliff Turbo (6" x 60)
1 - Gurkha's Park Ave. Series 44 Torpedo (6.25" x 52)
1 - La Herencia Cubana Oscuro Fuerte Robusto (5.5" x 54)
1 - La Herencia Cubana Robusto (5" x 50)
1 - Man O' War Robusto (5.5" x 50)
1 - Man O' War Ruination Belicoso (5.75" x 56)
1 - Man O' War Virtue Toro (6" x 50)
1 - Nica Libre Exclusivo (5.5" x 50)
1 - Padilla Achilles Robusto (5" x 54)
1 - Sol Cubano Cuban Cabinet Robusto (5" x 50)
