buckwylde and Smokestack79
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 11:35 pm
This thread is just a reminder to people to do your due diligence when buying... I think too many people see a great sale and get into the competition of being the first person to reply without even thinking what they are doing. I don't know these people from Adam, but just wanted to point something out as a reminder to people to think before they buy...
buckwylde has had a big sale here over the last couple of months after joining OLH on June 19 2013. Smokestack has a few big sales going on as well after just joining August 10 2013. Smokestack immediately got a trader feedback from buckwylde saying he's a great seller etc.
The interesting thing is buckwylde was selling some high end Padron's. Now Smokestack is selling the exact same Padron's with the same quantity, price and wording... simple copy/paste.
buckwylde's sale: [url=http://www.onlinehumidor.com/forum/index.php?topic=19873.msg94698#msg94698]http://www.onlinehumidor.com/forum/index.php?topic=19873.msg94698#msg94698[/url]
Smokestack's sale: [url=http://www.onlinehumidor.com/forum/index.php?topic=20727.0]http://www.onlinehumidor.com/forum/index.php?topic=20727.0[/url]
Doing a basic google search of buckwylde, his lone post on Cigar Aficionado on May 4th says he has 7 Padron Milleniums available for sale. Of course that might not be the same person and/or could have numerous valid reasons.
I did email with Smokestack about a different sale he has going on and he gave me an explanation for the above, but I chose to personally move on... From what I've seen over the years, it just isn't worth it to me to get involved with sellers I don't know, and especially brand new sellers that raise red flags.
I know many people have given buckwylde good trader feedback from his big sale so I'm not wanting to start a pissing match if they are good BOTLs/Sellers etc, I just want to share my perspective to remind newbies to do their due diligence when buying cigars and make an informed decision, not one just trying to be the first person to make the buy.
In all fairness to buckwylde I have not PM'd or emailed him as this isn't a dig towards him as I know plenty of people are happy with his sales... just more of a reminder to people. There have been plenty of people in the past that stuck up for people that ended up being big scammers, and there are also many people that have had deals look fishy that ended up being great BOTLs.
buckwylde has had a big sale here over the last couple of months after joining OLH on June 19 2013. Smokestack has a few big sales going on as well after just joining August 10 2013. Smokestack immediately got a trader feedback from buckwylde saying he's a great seller etc.
The interesting thing is buckwylde was selling some high end Padron's. Now Smokestack is selling the exact same Padron's with the same quantity, price and wording... simple copy/paste.
buckwylde's sale: [url=http://www.onlinehumidor.com/forum/index.php?topic=19873.msg94698#msg94698]http://www.onlinehumidor.com/forum/index.php?topic=19873.msg94698#msg94698[/url]
Smokestack's sale: [url=http://www.onlinehumidor.com/forum/index.php?topic=20727.0]http://www.onlinehumidor.com/forum/index.php?topic=20727.0[/url]
Doing a basic google search of buckwylde, his lone post on Cigar Aficionado on May 4th says he has 7 Padron Milleniums available for sale. Of course that might not be the same person and/or could have numerous valid reasons.
I did email with Smokestack about a different sale he has going on and he gave me an explanation for the above, but I chose to personally move on... From what I've seen over the years, it just isn't worth it to me to get involved with sellers I don't know, and especially brand new sellers that raise red flags.
I know many people have given buckwylde good trader feedback from his big sale so I'm not wanting to start a pissing match if they are good BOTLs/Sellers etc, I just want to share my perspective to remind newbies to do their due diligence when buying cigars and make an informed decision, not one just trying to be the first person to make the buy.
In all fairness to buckwylde I have not PM'd or emailed him as this isn't a dig towards him as I know plenty of people are happy with his sales... just more of a reminder to people. There have been plenty of people in the past that stuck up for people that ended up being big scammers, and there are also many people that have had deals look fishy that ended up being great BOTLs.