This will be an NO BANDS PASS.
For those new to the game here is what we are going to do.
Here is a great way to try something without any knowledge of what it is.
Please.....no known dog rockets or Swisher, Owl or other drugstore crap!
Have fun but realize you may pull a very unique cigar of great value or a marginal smoke....please, no junk.

I will start the pass with at least 10 cigars and this time the only exclusion is NO INFUSED CIGARS.
So…any shape, origin, maker or wrapper is permitted.
This is for an all-play pass meaning anyone can join in without worry that they do not have something that can go in.
I will look for ten (10) players but have no problem accommodating more if the interest is there.

A word of reminder...in order to keep the passes moving they need to be sent along timely.
Acts of God and death get a break but the list will be clearly posted so you will know when it is on the way and where you fit in the game.
Please prepare for the arrival so it can get moving to the next person on the list.


THE RULES:

If you want to participate, here's what you need to do:

1. Sign up here by posting a reply to this thread.
2. IM me your address...if you played in my last pass...I know who you are and where you live...updates only please.
3. If you participate in the pass, you MUST ship the box out within a few days of receipt and you MUST ship in a manner that utilizes tracking information somehow.
4. You MUST post that tracking number in this thread. Just the tracking info, not the person's home address please.

The pass itself:

1. I will start the pass with at least 10 cigars and mail it out to the first person on the list.
2. Inside the pass box will be a ziplock bag with blank white cigar bands in it.
3. You will write your user name and number the cigar (EchoAngel17 #1, etc.)
4. Remove the factory band replace it with the one you just made....so for those of you that need further instructions...upon receipt, you will then take whichever cigars he or she likes and replace them with another with your new band added. I find it helpful to use a small piece of tape to make sure the band stays around the cigar. Since there will be no way to track MSRP this is a stick for stick exchange.
5. You must then IM me your list of puts!!!
6. Feel free to snap and post a pick of puts and takes!
7. After you've done your puts and takes, mail the box out to the next address in line.
8. You must mail using some method that will provide tracking information.
9. You must then post that tracking information in this thread.
10. Just for fun, review your picks and start off with a pic of the cigar and band....this could get real interesting...

Please read the rules and make sure you understand.

Once the box is back home, I will post the complete list of cigars that were in the pass for the world to know....and then the reprisals to start....


Echo

The IN List:

CSFIREARMS
goodorbit
htusa
FRIGID
9c14life
srob7001
Deadheadmatt
bwideman
soillgunner
djsmiles

And this will also be the route...all conflicts have been resolved but there is absolutely no way to deal with all of the "put me before" shit so this is it.

CSFIREARMS
goodorbit
htusa
FRIGID
9c14life
srob7001
Deadheadmatt
bwideman
soillgunner
djsmiles

BOX IS HOME....

EchoAngel17
#1     Padilla Signature 1932
#2     Joya Antano
#3     Punch ISOM Oct 2010
#4     Ramon Bueso Genesis
#5     Tatuaje TTA Exclusive 2011
#6     Pinar 2000 Pre Embargo
#7     RP – Autum Collection 2008
#8     Casa Fuente Robusto from 2008
#9     Pete Johnson - Semilla Habano Ambos Mundos from 2009
#10   Padry Short –ISOM  Apr 2010

CSFIREARMS
#1Man of War Double Corona
#2Ramon Bueso – Genesis Robusto

goodorbit
#1Viaje Sure Shot
#2 EP Carrillo Inch Maduro 7x70
#3Camacho Corona

htusa
#1El Caudillo
#2Rocky Patel Vintage 1999
#3Vega Fina
#4Olivia #3
#5JR Pardon 1964 (JR Alternative)

FRIGID
#1Camacho Diploma (new blend)
#2Pio Resurrection
#3MOW Armada
#4El Cobre

9c14life
#1Tatuaje Tattoo Miami 10th Anniversary
#2LFD Habano Perfecto

srob7001
#1Torano Tour Blend 2009
#2Headley Grange
#3Torano Vault D-042
Deadheadmatt
#1Oliva Series V Double Robusto
#2CAO La Traviata Radiante Maduro
#3Brickhouse Maduro

bwideman
#1Olivia V Melanio
#2Liga T52
#3 Romeo y Julieta 1875

soilgunner
#1LaAroma de Cuba
#2Jamie Garcia Reserva Especial
#3Headley Grange
#4Cuenca y Blanco

djmiles
#1 El Rey Del Mundo Choix Supreme
#2 Arturo Fuente Anejo 60
#3 Juan Lopez 1

The IN List updated....seven players thus far...

Off to a good start...

Echo

But more like....

I have a message sent 1/21/14 asking for it but no reply....please send it via IM.

Echo

Looking for one or two more......but if no one joins in, it will go out next week.

Echo

IM, email, pester and call them out on the board....but, they have to willingly agree to participate.
I will not add them in without them saying so here on the thread.

Besides...I don't have all of their addresses so we can't just surprise them.

Echo

i guess so.  though most of my stock is fake at the moment.

eta- do you need my address again?

Nope...I got it.


And you think you are the only one with that problem???
You never know what will be in the box!

cool.  if you could, put me near the end somewhere.  i will be pretty busy in the next couple of weeks.  so i don't wanna mess anything up.

I know I am going to regret this....


But.....


Any requests for placement on the pass?

Echo

As would I.  Not dead last, just in the second half somewhere.

I know.  Its a timing thing for me.

So what is the consensus???
The medium case that was used in the last pass was too small?
I have a larger (50) stick version we can use but it won't fit a flat rate box.
I want to nail this down and send it in its way this week.

Order will not go up UNTIL the box is in USPS hands.
No change ups this time....FRIGID!!!!
But...I think I have accommodated all the requests.

Echo

That is the plan....but as it goes, my plan is not the only one in the works.
There will always be a hitchhiker or two with any pass.

Yeah!  No more of those 15 hour cigars!!!

Something like.......this??????














And this was also a gift.
66 ring and 18" long
Next pig roast, it's gonna get lit!!!


Echo

Yes....that was a classic NUB!!!!



I still haven't forgotten where it came from by the way....

Although the gift I got wasn't that big, it was still much bigger than what I normally smoke.

Forgot which of you heathens gave it to me.

Got it....work has been kicking me bad...trying to pull this off by the end of the week....snow today is NOT helping either....

Not a heavy blanket but the ground is covered....it was 68 yesterday AM....now....28....

Pass.....what pass....