Your latest CC Purchase?

[Jimmy_jack]

Maybe not, it is torn. But if it’s fake it looks damn fine.

[99call]

Just now, NotLawReview said:

. That said, though i've never been to france, my perception of the country makes me think that the new bands/branding are very fitting for the intended market of france haha.

Hhmmm !? Here in Europe being understated is usually the ideal. I loved the old bands. Upmann. Sancho Panza. Montecristo. Rafael Gonzalez. Quai D'Orsay all had the best bands. Sadly the fake market meant they had to die out. Such a shame. We now have to smoke cigars donning bands that look like they've been designed by teens that live on energy drinks

[HDGSN]

2 hours ago, NotLawReview said:

yeah, that's my guess as to what happened given their background of being hard to find currently, and my paying a 40% premium on them. Thanks!

There are a number of spots on the seal where the serial number is likely still in tact because it takes a lot of effort to find and scratch off each one.  Grab a good magnifying glass and check the following locations:  (1) above the "CA" in "REPUBLICA"; (2) top right corner; (3) lower right corner after "TABAKBLAETTER"; (4) bottom center beneath the "y" in "torcidos y picadura"; and (5) center center above "nacional."  There are at least 2 other spots where the serial number is broken into halves, but those 5 spots should give you at least one that you can read using a magnifying glass that did not get scrapped by the vendor.

[Guest Nekhyludov]

Quarter box of BRE JUL 17 Connie 1 from our host. Beautiful.

[liquid360]

Hhmmm !? Here in Europe being understated is usually the ideal. I loved the old bands. Upmann. Sancho Panza. Montecristo. Rafael Gonzalez. Quai D'Orsay all had the best bands. Sadly the fake market meant they had to die out. Such a shame. We now have to smoke cigars donning bands that look like they've been designed by teens that live on energy drinks

It’s an ongoing war for sure. The effect it has on all luxury items is profound, a never ending, always escalating battle. I have a love of high end mechanical watches and fighting counterfeiters here is extreme. Any luxury item which can be counterfeited...


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[hjmclain22]

A few recent purchases. Anyone smoke any REG code cohibas? Thoughts?



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[Baccy]

9 hours ago, NotLawReview said:

you are a smarter man than I... hopefully there's enough of a barcode present to get it to work; I'll check it out when i get home. Thanks for the idea!

Edit: looking at this other picture i had taken, I'm not sure there's enough of the barcode present to allow for a clean read, sadly.

I don't know if it's already been mentioned but you can also get a magnifying glass and look around the green seal and find the microprinted serial number unless of course they tore the rest of it off too...

[cigaraholic]

10 hours ago, NotLawReview said:

Got this 10 box of Quai D'Orsay No. 50s in the mail yesterday from another online vendor since they've been so hard to find/quick to sell out when they've popped up on here. Definitely overpaid for them by about 40% and I was not happy to find the serial number ripped off...(as you can kind of see in the top left of the picture)

I have a hard time believing that they aren't the real deal simply bc they're so new and I wouldn't think counterfeiting outfits would be churning on a product that's so new (or if they were, they'd be doing it on boxes of 25), but I was not comfortable with the fact that the serial number wasn't there for me to run through the authenticator...

I complained to the vendor (who i had not previously used before and had heard inconsistent things about, but they're probably most famous for mold issues with only a few complaints about fakes) who replied that they're absolutely genuine and "As a general rule habanos only permits distributors to sell into their own country and the hologram and bar code identifies the individual distributor. In these times of increasing international trade, it is common practice, by the distributor, to endeavour to remove these identifying marks, this does occasionally get missed!"

I know that I've heard things like that before, it's just that it sure doesn't seem that any of the other vendors out there seem to mind...

I guess we'll see how they smoke once they come out of the freezer and have had a little bit of time to rest!

They’re gorgeous....and the real deal!

[SigmundChurchill]

17 hours ago, NotLawReview said:

Got this 10 box of Quai D'Orsay No. 50s in the mail yesterday from another online vendor since they've been so hard to find/quick to sell out when they've popped up on here. Definitely overpaid for them by about 40% and I was not happy to find the serial number ripped off...(as you can kind of see in the top left of the picture)

I have a hard time believing that they aren't the real deal simply bc they're so new and I wouldn't think counterfeiting outfits would be churning on a product that's so new (or if they were, they'd be doing it on boxes of 25), but I was not comfortable with the fact that the serial number wasn't there for me to run through the authenticator...

I complained to the vendor (who i had not previously used before and had heard inconsistent things about, but they're probably most famous for mold issues with only a few complaints about fakes) who replied that they're absolutely genuine and "As a general rule habanos only permits distributors to sell into their own country and the hologram and bar code identifies the individual distributor. In these times of increasing international trade, it is common practice, by the distributor, to endeavour to remove these identifying marks, this does occasionally get missed!"

I know that I've heard things like that before, it's just that it sure doesn't seem that any of the other vendors out there seem to mind...

I guess we'll see how they smoke once they come out of the freezer and have had a little bit of time to rest!

If it is the same vendor I am thinking of, that annoys me that he does that too.  I have been ordering from them, here and there, for probably around 20 years with no issues.

Just curious why you went for 10 instead of 25?  25 is a much better deal on his sight.  

I dont understand it, actually.  It is only 33% more money for 150% more cigars.

[ElJavi76]

I like this one a lot... So I picked up boxes 3 and 4. It's, without exaggerating, in my top three cigars smoked in 2018 so far.

The Count strikes again ... 

Edmundo Dantes Conde Bélicosos Exclusivo México x 2

Didn't bother peeling copious stickers and tape for the box code.

Cheers men!

 

[NotLawReview]

18 hours ago, HDGSN said:

There are a number of spots on the seal where the serial number is likely still in tact because it takes a lot of effort to find and scratch off each one.  Grab a good magnifying glass and check the following locations:  (1) above the "CA" in "REPUBLICA"; (2) top right corner; (3) lower right corner after "TABAKBLAETTER"; (4) bottom center beneath the "y" in "torcidos y picadura"; and (5) center center above "nacional."  There are at least 2 other spots where the serial number is broken into halves, but those 5 spots should give you at least one that you can read using a magnifying glass that did not get scrapped by the vendor.

good to know, i'll check it out when i pull them out of the freezer. Thanks!

[GotaCohiba]

As promised

2 - 10ct PSP Lusis and a box of RASS

[Baccy]

GotaCohiba... I knew they would be beautiful but, wow... those are the prettiest Lusi's I've ever seen. It just doesn't get any better... Man, look at that sheen!

[awkwardPause]

I like this one a lot... So I picked up boxes 3 and 4. It's, without exaggerating, in my top three cigars smoked in 2018 so far.
The Count strikes again ... 
Edmundo Dantes Conde Bélicosos Exclusivo México x 2
Didn't bother peeling copious stickers and tape for the box code.
Cheers men!
 

Absolutely love these but the health stickers on them have been some of the most obnoxious I’ve seen. Still, great haul!

[ElJavi76]

17 minutes ago, awkwardPause said:

Absolutely love these but the health stickers on them have been some of the most obnoxious I’ve seen. Still, great haul!

 

Yeah Bri they go overboard with the health warnings in some of these countries. The written stuff is one thing... The visuals I can do without. I concur, special cigars these!

[BlackFriar]

These just showed up from our host in the mail.

 

[ElJavi76]

These took the long way home too but here they are. 

Cohiba Siglo II

MSU AGO 17

Cheers all. Happy smoking!

 

[Guest Nekhyludov]

Fiver of Estupendos.

[Guantanamera]

My latest haul.

[David88]

So thought I would check out the duty free on the way back from a brief holiday when I came across these. Picked up 5 Le Hoyo du Roi and a box of Punch Coronas from what I think is 1998? Bargain price too and everything was kept in good condition. Shame I didn’t have my credit card with me to pick up a lot more! 

[Jimmy_jack]

3 hours ago, David88 said:

So thought I would check out the duty free on the way back from a brief holiday when I came across these. Picked up 5 Le Hoyo du Roi and a box of Punch Coronas from what I think is 1998? Bargain price too and everything was kept in good condition. Shame I didn’t have my credit card with me to pick up a lot more! 

Score on the punch! Fire one up and let us know how it faired after 20 years down.  You go that at a duty free shop!? Pray tell...where?

[David88]

1 hour ago, Jimmy_jack said:

Score on the punch! Fire one up and let us know how it faired after 20 years down.  You go that at a duty free shop!? Pray tell...where?

I’m smoking one now with an espresso martini, it’s absolutely glorious. Still packing a load of flavour. It’s such a shame that the list of available coronas is so small. 

I picked them up from Cyprus, definitely worth a visit if you are out that way, excellent prices too 

[ElJavi76]

11 minutes ago, crking3 said:

How much do those go for ?


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[Perla]

Had some luck an found 2 boxes of Trinidad Trova. Both are having the same box code.