email of the week. how to spot a fake.

[El Presidente]

The people he showed them to must be absolute geniuses 

 

The boxes I received recently do not have any warning labels about the risks of smoking tobacco. Some people I showed the boxes to are saying they are fake. I still believe they are real and am able to authenticate it through habanos.com but would like further clarification since researching the internet is not helping much.

[Chas.Alpha]

Absolute fakes, even without seeing them. I am willing to sample them to confirm. Feel free to share my mailing address with him.

Thanks,

CAH

These guys are making my “Dumbest e-mail of 2022” entry much more difficult... 🤔

@Nevrknow This one raises the bar to a whole new level... 😳

[stogieluver]

Obviously from someone who just doesn’t know and trust the people we all know and trust, and has never been truly educated on spotting fake CC’s. 
The most ignorant are the people talking to him. They have never smoked a legitimate CC. 

[Dozerhead]

So, he was able to authenticate the boxes but instead needs a few warning stickers for proof? 🤔

[NSXCIGAR]

I don't know what researching the internet means other than doing a historical dive back to ARPANET in 1969 but a simple Google search shows plenty of boxes with and without the health warnings. 

[Hotboxx]

He will regret hitting send on that one, unless he’s unable to determine that his friends don’t know shit about cc’s

[LordAnubis]

techincally... if its not through official habanos channels and hence packaged according to countries laws, it's fake right?

[CaptainQuintero]

It's easy to tell, if you enjoyed a cigar it's legit, if you didn't then it's a fake. Your retailer will be more than happy to hear from you about this.

If someone enjoys cigars that you don't, then they must have smoked a fake. Tell them so.

The more confident you sound, the more impressed your peers and retailers will be

[Edicion]

He should be happy that there are no annoying stickers on the boxes. On some of my boxes I can't even tell what brand it is, luckily some have a glass top which makes it easier.

[Chibearsv]

9 hours ago, El Presidente said:

The people he showed them to must be absolute geniuses 

As well as him if he needs "further clarification.  I've known many cigar smoking acquaintances that wouldn't even try one of my cigars since they're convinced that any Cuban cigar in the US is fake. That's fine by me. 

[...]

I've done my research by asking a few buddies and browsing the Googles and I think they are fake... plus vaccines are full of mind-control chips (amidst a computer chip shortage 🤣)

Entertaining nonetheless...

[SCgarman]

1 hour ago, Chibearsv said:

As well as him if he needs "further clarification.  I've known many cigar smoking acquaintances that wouldn't even try one of my cigars since they're convinced that any Cuban cigar in the US is fake. That's fine by me. 

We USA Cuban cigar enthusiasts are a very, very small niche of the cigar smoking population. It is safe to determine that "most" cigar smokers in the USA know very little about CC's, and also have the perception that 99% of CC's in country are fake. They have also been brainwashed as we know by cigar retailers that preach CC's are overrated, crappy constructed, over priced and inferior to USA legal cigars. There is nothing wrong with these misconceptions. To each their own. Ignorance is bliss, as the saying goes.

[anacostiakat]

Heh.  Well, you just can't make this stuff up.