A collection of fakes

[nick17]

so yesterday i was asked to sort through my uncles collection that he had amassed before he passed away. When i was asked this i was excited because i knew he was a wealthy man and here was my chance to get some of his connection if not all of it. I was deeply sadded to be shown to a bag full of cigars that had been out of a humidor for months if they have even seen a humidor before... when i started going through the bad i found a few that could be saved and others i noticed where oddly labeled or the bands wheer not correct i even found a box or two worth of a Cohiba with a LE band that said 2008 and the cohiba band its self had Canada flag and my uncles initials on it i immediately knew these where fake... a box was later brought to me and it was filled with 9 boxes/ bundle of cigars i noticed as i was taking them out that the HSA sticker and seals where missing form the boxes when I opened each box up to inspect the continence i found all the stickers and poorly made or incorrect warranty seals here are some photos (sorry for the quality i took them quickly from my blackberry)

[Lotusguy]

Yikes - 2 rows of dots

[nick17]

dead give away and the LE2007 band i could have sworn they where 2006

[Lotusguy]

who would fake Monte Opens?

[nick17]

lmfao thats what i said but if you want a FULL box of them ill sell them to you $0.01 a stick

[FrankBlack87]

wow dude thats a shame. the two rows of dots is a dead giveaway. But yea really, who fakes monte opens? hahaha.

[Ginseng]

lmfao thats what i said but if you want a FULL box of them ill sell them to you $0.01 a stick

Nick,

I would be interested in acquiring through trade or purchase, the counterfeits you've come across. I'm thinking about re-starting up my counterfeits investigations and would love to add these to the database. Please consider my studies the darker side of Trevor's very fine resource. If you're interested in parting with these, please drop me a PM.

Wilkey

[Ghabanos]

Nick,

I would be interested in acquiring through trade or purchase, the counterfeits you've come across. I'm thinking about re-starting up my counterfeits investigations and would love to add these to the database. Please consider my studies the darker side of Trevor's very fine resource. If you're interested in parting with these, please drop me a PM.

Wilkey

Love this... Kinda like bizzaro of trev's ccw...

[thechenman]

Bummer...

[canadianbeaver]

Bring them to our next herf... maybe only some are fakes. Perhaps we could have a sitdown at my house fireside...

The Cohibas look bad but the HdeM and Partagas not so much?

[aes8]

Nick,

I would be interested in acquiring through trade or purchase, the counterfeits you've come across. I'm thinking about re-starting up my counterfeits investigations and would love to add these to the database. Please consider my studies the darker side of Trevor's very fine resource. If you're interested in parting with these, please drop me a PM.

Wilkey

I've got a questionable 08 Monte Sublime EL if your interested

Just kidding of course

[bugman78629]

[garbandz]

Some better pics are called for.You may have a treasure in there somewhere...........

[Habana Mike]

Shame you didn't get the chance to steer your uncle right.....would have been a better legacy. Condolences on his passing by the way.

I've had a couple of friends that made similar mistakes that I've helped through the darkness in the past. Glass top Cohibas anyone?

[Stogiedude3]

Yes glass top! Do they really fall for that anymore?

[Maplepie]

who would fake Monte Opens?

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Susanne]

Yikes - 2 rows of dots

Also left the "la" off la Habana because those weren't destined for the Southern California market... maybe that's what make that selection limited...

[Sqwints]

I posted on another thread earlier I'll say the same here... My experience with Cubans is that there are some really good fakes. If the fake is not a mass production fake them chances are they are very tasty. The rest though are really bad. Always will be plugged. I feel the best way for a true Cuban is to use a reliable source.