2 fakes at same time!

[BarryVT]

Backstory, my daughter in college, was visiting her friend, her friends dad, heard I smoked cigars, so gave this to her to pass along to me. He gets these in cuba when he goes there. First, the tube is quite eccentric,  looks like a lot of work for a fake. Secondly, what was inside was a fake partagas. This is actually my first fake partagas to come across.

[THEMISCHMAN]

Hook em! The tube is pretty eccentric. I kinda like it just for what it is. What does the rest of that Partagas look like?

[BarryVT]

16 minutes ago, THEMISCHMAN said:

Hook em! The tube is pretty eccentric. I kinda like it just for what it is. What does the rest of that Partagas look like?

By the time I got it from my daughter who lives in California, a month had gone by, and the wrapper was completely unraveled. No triple cap though. Seems like they tried to replicate a lusi, but was about 1/2 inch short. I got her friends address, and mailed it back to her father with one of my real lusi's. So he could compare actual cigars and bands, and not get bamboozled on his next trip to cuba. Included a fake and real cohiba band as well. I kept the tube though, it is so unusual, the detail burned into the wood.

[BarryVT]

7 minutes ago, juri said:

well its not a fake cuban cigar if he got it in cuba (even if its floor sweepings lol) its more of a counterfeit  ..... like how dumb do you have to be to get counterfeit cigars actually being IN CUBA lmao you almost have to go out of your way i bet the checkpoint guys had a good laugh ?

Yeh, I told if he got in cuba, it was cuban tobacco, just not factory blend or quality. Didn't want to throw floor sweepings in there and piss him off, although I prob did. Never met him, gave him my info, never heard from him.  Hope he enjoyed my 2016 lusi!  Lol

[Vortigan]

2 hours ago, BarryVT said:

I...mailed it back to her father with one of my real lusi's. So he could compare actual cigars and bands, and not get bamboozled on his next trip to cuba. 

Big props to you, that's a great gesture! 

[MigsG]

Definitely! And would be nice if you heard back from him.

[BarryVT]

13 minutes ago, MigsG said:

Definitely! And would be nice if you heard back from him.

I agree! He may have been offended. Some people refuse to believe they are buying fakes. And like I said. I have never met or spoken to him previously 

[Nico]

Maybe he wasn’t offended, but just embarrassed that he got bamboozled.


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