Suss H. Upmann Magnum 54. Help!!

[JBV cigars]

Hello guys, I wanted to get some feedback and opinions. I purchased these Magnum 54 from {redacted} and stored cigars away a without close inspection. 

I check all my cigars for beetles etc ever so often and typically will take a deep whiff at them (guilty pleasure). Something seemed off with this one. 

On closer examination the box seemed to check out couldn’t verify serial cause Habanos site is down. But the cigar bands look off. The Upmann band has a bright bright gold color instead of the matted and textured gold. The Magnum band’s red color seems darker.

that’s same seller sold two magnum 54’s both of them have these bright gold color bands. I haven’t filed a dispute cause I want this communities input as well plus it has been 4 months since purchase and feel like an idiot 

last pic is a cabinet of FOH 54’s on the right

 

[99call]

If you have bought with BR and have any concerns with authenticity, I would suggest maybe taking it up privately with the BR team as your first port of call.  It's always most important to give the platform you bought from the first opportunity to resolve and investigate to your satisfaction. 

For what it's worth I would agree with you the gold looks off, on the bands, and they are poorly centred

[nKostyan]

Don't panic, just check out the latest tastings at waterhole Mag54. It looks like they have updated the polygraphy, made a brighter print. I also checked my archive 24:24, same thing on all magnums

[JBV cigars]

13 minutes ago, 99call said:

If you have bought with BR and have any concerns with authenticity, I would suggest maybe taking it up privately with the BR team as your first port of call.  It's always most important to give the platform you bought from the first opportunity to resolve and investigate to your satisfaction. 

For what it's worth I would agree with you the gold looks off, on the bands, and they are poorly centred

Good point I redacted purchase place. I didn’t want to reach out to them until I had as much evidence and input from the community

Agree with poor centered bands!

[nKostyan]

While Habanos verification is not working, you can heat the warranty stamp with a hairdryer, carefully peel it off and check the factory seal

[JBV cigars]

Don't panic, just check out the latest tastings at waterhole Mag54. It looks like they have updated the polygraphy, made a brighter print. I also checked my archive 24:24, same thing on all magnums

Thanks for feed back, I really think the box and ribbon as well as wax paper are all genuine and they are appropriate for the year 2020. However the sticks smell horrid and the wanky bands tell that same story


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[gormag38]

I agree, the font on the bands of the cigars definitely look less 'crisp' than the others you show (bought from FOH). Could very well be a new thing the printing company is doing however. We know that Cuba wouldn't give a damn and put worse looking bands than that on there. 

Without having cabs of my own to compare I would personally take @nKostyan advice and look at recent photos to see if any pictures on the forum relate to your darker hue of red you're seeing on the secondary bands 

[NSXCIGAR]

If everything else checks out which it appears to I would not consider minor printing variations in the bands to be conclusive of fakes. The quality of the band would be far more important or major variations in the font or characters. What I see here would to me be within an acceptable range of variation. 

However if the condition of the cigars is problematic which could indicate sub-optimal storage conditions I would concur with the above comments that this is something that should be taken up with your seller and possibly BR admin if a solution with the seller can't be reached. 

[nKostyan]