Fake Cohiba Factory in DR?

[Upmann2009]

Hi,

Here is the link from youtube make me wonder.

[BehikeLover2]

why dont they make their own thing? they look like they could produce some good cigars (for people who like DR cigars).

[GFK]

There is nothing "fake" about these cigars. They are Dominican Cohibas, not Cuban and are sold as Dominican. No one is pretending otherwise. I personally have never tried them, but they look quiet good and well made.

[oliverdst]

I don't know Dominican Republic Cohiba cigars but don't they have a completely different ring compared to Cuban Cohibas? Like, a red dot?

I guess the black/yellow ring is just in Cuban, right?

[Upmann2009]

I don't know Dominican Republic Cohiba cigars but don't they have a completely different ring compared to Cuban Cohibas? Like, a red dot?

I guess the black/yellow ring is just in Cuban, right?

I share the same thoughts, the bands in the video just like Cuban.

[oliverdst]

Looks like a counterfeit operation to me.

I guess you can make more money selling fake Cubans than you can real Dominicans.

For sure.

You don't have to spend in marketing, for instance. You can sell them for a higher price than you would sell your class c cigar.

[canadianbeaver]

The box is the diplomat version that I wrote about a few months ago. The band is the fake one and they are putting them in plastic sleeves. The only hilarious thing is that they are bragging about on a video. Other than that it is just fraud pure and simple.

[jdo2110]

I can't pull up any videos on my phone for

Some reason, but I did a search on

YouTube for something similar so

Hopefully I got it right. The store clerk/manager

Mentions red dot Cohibas. If that's the case,

Then these cigars, as mentioned before are

The Dominican version under the same name.

If you haven't had them, they are actually very good.

What's silly to me about them is that they are

Expensive! I think that having the "Cohiba" name

Affords them the opportunity to mark up the prices.

Again, I can't see the video, so disregard if I'm

Talking about the wrong thing.

[Squarehead]

There's a difference between faked Cohibas from the D.R.and the Dominican Cohiba.Completely different label and boxes.I bought a box of the Dom.Cohibas and they were very good smokes.That was about 3 years ago.

[Smallclub]

There is nothing "fake" about these cigars. They are Dominican Cohibas, not Cuban and are sold as Dominican. No one is pretending otherwise. I personally have never tried them, but they look quiet good and well made.

Are you serious? Dominican Cohiba have completely different bands and boxes, and they're rolled in huge factories, not in the backroom of "la boutiqua fumador"…

And look the vid at 1:16 : on the boxes there is a black ribbon or tape, just at the place where should be the cuban seal…

[Diamondog]

Dominican fauxhibas do not use the traditional cohiba band, there is a brand of cohiba red dot cigars produced by general cigar anything in the DR bearing a traditional cohiba band is a fake using the band to sell, the DR version is an embarrasment to the cohiba name

[stargazer14]

There are Cohibas with the exact same label as the cubans, but instead of "Habana, Cuba"

it says "Dominican Republic", as Diamondog mentioned.

(These are NOT red dot cohibas I am refering to)

I think this is the cigar they are making.

[laficion]

THESE,on the video, are so fake ,that It Is disgusting to use the Cohiba name. !!!!!!

P.S. The RED DOT Is an awful cigar made by General Cigar.Not Worth their prices.

[oliverdst]

There are Cohibas with the exact same label as the cubans, but instead of "Habana, Cuba"

it says "Dominican Republic", as Diamondog mentioned.

Gazer, are you positive sure about that?.

I could not find any secure reference about that. I only found the red dot ring in reliable websites.

I will not mention these websites because they sell cigars and I am not sure if I can post even NC sources.

But you can check these ones http://cohiba.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Cohiba https://www.cigarworld.com/products/?b=24#eyJicmFuZHMiOlt7ImNvdW50Ijo1LCJ2YWx1ZSI6IjI0IiwiY2hlY2tlZCI6dHJ1ZSwicG9zIjozfV0sImNvdW50cmllcyI6W10sInByaWNlcmFuZ2VzIjpbXSwiZmxhdm9ycyI6W119

The do not have any kind of black/yellow ring.

[Diamondog]

Any band resembling the cuban cohiba in the DR is a play on the band to sell cigars and not an official product of any kind, general cigar is licensed to use the cohiba name and they have a different band....

[daggersarge]

I wonder if they are the ones making these.

[Habanos2000]

Can you say "copyright infringement"?

[alloy]

Can you say "copyright infringement"?

x2! This is really disgusting!

[canadianbeaver]

The issue of Cohiba Red dot, DR bands etc is trumped by the frame of the video here. Note this photo of fake boxes with my dad...

[Squarehead]

This is the box I was talking about,

[icproperty]

FAKE!

[oliverdst]

This is the box I was talking about,

I guess they are fake as well, aren't they?

[Squarehead]

I guess they are fake as well, aren't they?

It depence what one considers "A Fake".Cohiba Dominicana makes no claim to be Cuban and besides they were good looking and great smoking cigars.They were Torros.

[oliverdst]

It depence what one considers "A Fake".Cohiba Dominicana makes no claim to be Cuban and besides they were good looking and great smoking cigars.They were Torros.

Interesting.