Tips and Guidlines for Shipping Cigars.
1. Keep em moist. Seal them up in one or two ziploc bags to keep them moist on their journey. Dried out cigars suck, but its not usually necessary to send along homemade credos if they have been properly stored.
2. Keep em secure. Get those styrofoam peanuts to keep the cigars secure in their package. If they're sliding around in the box, the ends are gonna get flaky and just plain look bad.
3. Keep em straight. You can't usually smoke a bent or broken cigar. Pack the whole mess, cigars (in baggies) and foam nuts in a mailing tube, small box, plastic VHS tape box, an old shoe, etc. The point is, the cigars must be protected. (I once received a cigar in the mail in a padded envelope and almost died. Well, not really, but it was traumatic.) If you shake the box and you hear something move, add more nuts.
If you are concerned about cost, don't be. I bought a big bag of those foam nuts for about $2, small boxes or mailing tubes cost $.50-$3.00 depending on the size, but the Priority Mail boxes are at the post office and are free. PM (Priority Mail) costs $3 and is 2-3 day delivery. If you don't want to send the cigars PM you can send them First Class for $1-2 depending on the number of cigars, just turn the PM boxes inside out (do this at home-be a little bit discrete.) Steal the baggies from your wife or reuse the ones the smoke shop sends your new purchases home in, just like you will reuse the boxes and foam nuts that all your new trading friends have sent you.And if you don't even want to burn the gas to go to the post office to get the free boxes, pick up an "Express Mail, Priority Mail and Global Priority Mail Supply Order Form" or call 1-800-610-8734 to have the PM supplies delivered (via PM, cute, eh?) right to your door. For free. Even the call to order them is free. It is 100% totally FREE. I didn't believe it either.
Special Tips for the ASC�Secret Santa Program
If you don't want your return address on the box, use mine.
Matt Clapper
2117 Chapel Dr
Fairborn OH 45324-3964
If I receive someone's package, I will get in touch with them via email and determine why the package wasn't delivered.
If you are concerned about someone seeing the postmark and finding out who you are from the city you live in, you have two choices.
1) Take the risk. Who really cares? The person could find you and become your new best friend. Or they could just want to mooch all of your cigars...
2) Send them to me, all boxed up and ready to ship, with the address already on there, and either a couple of bucks for postage or a few cigars for my trouble, and I will mail them for you. But this is a lot of work for both of us...
If you have a comment or concern that I�have not addressed here, email me