So, a few things got me on this subject and decided to ramble a bit on budget or bundle cigars. Most of us have been there, we started on the less expensive cigars. We were trying to find that wonderful cigar that didn't break the bank of start the family feud on the coin you were spending on your new found obsession. For me that was 10 years ago. You buy all these cigars, only to find they really weren't that good, fact of the matter, they sucked ass. Then, you discover that there are some really good cigars out there, but you have to pony up some more coin for those. All the while, you are sitting on these POS cigars that you bought trying to find that diamond in the rough.
Luckily, I am beyond that phase to a degree, and had pretty much smoked, destroyed or gave away all of those that had been taking up space in the humidor for years, had yellowish brown cello and still were horrible. I even sent some to my long lost cousin about 6 months ago, who was testing himself on cigars, I warned him! Of course, I separated those from some mid grade and high end cigars so that he could see the difference. 2 weeks later, he txt'd me and said, you are right Cuz, that one set you sent me really suck! I told him to pitch them, and work on the others I sent. of which the results were much better.
So, if you read this far into it without exiting out, you are probably wondering "WTF" is my point? In a moment of weakness, I hit Cigar Page for some of those La Palina Classics and Red Label sales. I really tried to like them, I smoked 1 today. It was still as bad as when I bought them. The moral of my story is: I would rather smoke 1 GOOD cigar a day than smoke a bunch of Dog Rockets all day. The lowest I can stoop these days, is maybe a Nica Ristica, Illusione Rothchild, Papas Fritas, etc. You get what you pay for, and unless you can give me some good suggestions, I will never buy seconds, bundles or cheap shyt again.
Thanks for letting me ramble