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12-23-2004, 12:20 PM
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Cuban cigars sold at hotel real?
When I was at the Iberostar Costa dorada in POP, the hotel had a shopping night, where various trinkets and goods were displayed and sold in the lobby/courtyard. They had a dealer who sold both cuban and dominican cigars, what's the probability the cubans are fake? I would think that the hotel would not allow they're customers to be "ripped off" in a hotel sponsered event, but everyone knows what a couple of $$ under the table will do. Are they real or fake????  |
12-23-2004, 12:48 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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i would bet they are fake
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12-23-2004, 12:53 PM
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Rising to the occasion, occasionaly!
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Join Date: Jan 2002
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"If You Don't Know Your Cigars,Know Your Cigar Store"!!
100% Fakes! You want Cuban Cigars? Go to Cuba!!! I went,sat in the lobby of the hotel watching them being made by an old man,$5.00 each,smoked one,asked him if he could make me 50 more.He said yes.I'll roll them over the weekend,and bring them on Monday wrapped in plastic wrap.They will not be in a box,and I will only charge you $2.oo each.Best $100 I ever smoked!!
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12-23-2004, 12:55 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2003
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Fake
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Originally Posted by raphster
When I was at the Iberostar Costa dorada in POP, the hotel had a shopping night, where various trinkets and goods were displayed and sold in the lobby/courtyard. They had a dealer who sold both cuban and dominican cigars, what's the probability the cubans are fake? I would think that the hotel would not allow they're customers to be "ripped off" in a hotel sponsered event, but everyone knows what a couple of $$ under the table will do. Are they real or fake???? |
The hotel only rents them space for the night. The cigars are fake without question as a friend of mine is a vendor at the La Hamaca events and has told me thsy are fakes.
JOHN
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12-23-2004, 01:06 PM
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If anyone wud "Wud" wud
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Join Date: Jan 2002
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Fake?
100%
They also came to our hotel one night, they would not let me slice one open with a jack knife to see what was inside, so as far as I am concerned even the dominican ones were scrap tobacco rolled. Their is 10% was minimum in the rolling of cigars, they sweep it up and make cheapies with a decent looking wrapper to hook tourists.
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12-23-2004, 01:30 PM
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Join Date: May 2002
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Chris Colon, you and I gotta meet someday....
Every post you put up has something I find agreeable. Now that I know you are a cigar smoker, that's just the icing on the cake.
Do you live in Santo Domingo?
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12-23-2004, 11:45 PM
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Yeah, and now I know why he hasn't called me lately!!
To the Original poster:
Chances are they were fakes. If you want, you can email me with the details.
Size, brand and the price you paid. I can probably tell from that if they were or not.
If you want honest Cuban cigars, there are a few places to get them.
Dominican cigars are excellent and you need to try more blends!!
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12-24-2004, 04:43 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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Some signs that the Cuban cigars are fake are the seals on the box. The fakes are color photo copies and the originals have a raised print that you can feel even under plastic wrappings.
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12-24-2004, 05:34 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2002
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Whoa
Cuban cigars are never wrapped in "Plastic" . Sometime some of the brands are wrapped ins a waxed paper like paper, but I have never seen real cubans wrapped in plastic.....
the new seals have UV details and microprinting to foil photocopiers. They have slightly different scenery int he tobacco fields, too.
HB
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12-24-2004, 06:35 PM
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If anyone wud "Wud" wud
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Join Date: Jan 2002
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Cigars
Just listen to Hillbilly, he is an afficiando and cigar expert. Trust me, he is the man who knows.
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