B44 Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 12 hours ago, El Presidente said: I will have the team take a peek tomorrow/Monday. I am currently away for a few days. Thanks my friend, safe travels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cigar Salute Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 On 10/27/2023 at 4:49 AM, jfestrelabr said: In this Box that I received the UV squares are present but the CHBXXXXX not. Are you sure those bands aren't trimmed short? Cohibas missing the CHB are sometimes trimmed down to fit the cigar better if they use bands that are typically designated for a larger vitola. You can confirm this by removing the band and separating it and compare it to a band with the CHB. I can already see the bands in the photo above appear to be trimmed. On 10/26/2023 at 3:34 AM, Lamboinee said: How much time does it take for the professional counterfeiters to modify their packaging to account for these changes? Is habanos trying to cover-up a mistake with this explanation? Or, is this a viable strategy in the war against counterfeiting? How long till we have transparent bands with zero text? I can tell you from my own experience that It doesn't take long. About 3 months turnaround from the time the defects in counterfeits were exposed to corrected examples being found. This has happened 2-3x over the last 18-20 months. They change up quick. Makes public discussions about current counterfeit tells almost impossible now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vladdraq Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 I'm a member of a couple of cigar groups on FB (keeping a very low profile though) and I'm blown away to see the quantity of Behikes, Cohibas along with other high end Cubans being posted for sale. They look perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post El Presidente Posted October 30, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted October 30, 2023 It appears to be all over the place. The team checked this morning. Cohiba Robusto SLB 25's PTE ABR 23 No Blue Squares. No CHB Cohiba Robusto 3x5 Tubos ESM MAR 23 No Blue Squares. No CHB Cohiba Siglo II SLB 25's UEM ABR 23 Yes Blue Squares. Yes CHB Cohiba Siglo II 5x5 Cardboard GES MAY 23 Yes Blue Squares. No CHB 4 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B44 Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 24 minutes ago, El Presidente said: It appears to be all over the place. The team checked this morning. Cohiba Robusto SLB 25's PTE ABR 23 No Blue Squares. No CHB Cohiba Robusto 3x5 Tubos ESM MAR 23 No Blue Squares. No CHB Cohiba Siglo II SLB 25's UEM ABR 23 Yes Blue Squares. Yes CHB Cohiba Siglo II 5x5 Cardboard GES MAY 23 Yes Blue Squares. No CHB Wow, this is unreal. I wonder what PCC will blame it on - if memory serves the bands are (were?) printed in Europe. I guess the 3rd world has officially invaded the old country. 😂 Thanks as always @El Presidente! Hope you’re having a great trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Presidente Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 4 hours ago, B44 said: Wow, this is unreal. I wonder what PCC will blame it on - if memory serves the bands are (were?) printed in Europe. I guess the 3rd world has officially invaded the old country. 😂 Thanks as always @El Presidente! Hope you’re having a great trip. I honestly doubt PCC will care . This one is not on them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edicion Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 4 hours ago, El Presidente said: It appears to be all over the place. The team checked this morning. Cohiba Robusto SLB 25's PTE ABR 23 No Blue Squares. No CHB Cohiba Robusto 3x5 Tubos ESM MAR 23 No Blue Squares. No CHB Cohiba Siglo II SLB 25's UEM ABR 23 Yes Blue Squares. Yes CHB Cohiba Siglo II 5x5 Cardboard GES MAY 23 Yes Blue Squares. No CHB We didn't need it, but here's another reason why... With all these irregularities ... Only buy from a trusted source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicalBikeRide Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Very confusing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brassyhorn Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 On 10/26/2023 at 3:49 PM, El Presidente said: I will have the team take a peek tomorrow/Monday. I am currently away for a few days. Any follow up on this? I have some robustos from a grey market retailer that do not have the codes either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSXCIGAR Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 2 hours ago, brassyhorn said: Any follow up on this? I have some robustos from RSVP that do not have the codes either... Box date? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brassyhorn Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 3 hours ago, NSXCIGAR said: Box date? I emailed and I'm awaiting a response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ryan Posted May 9 Popular Post Share Posted May 9 The word from Habanos, not in print, is that some batches of bands got out without the UV security details. And that the UV features have not been discontinued. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brassyhorn Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 On 5/9/2024 at 12:41 AM, brassyhorn said: I emailed and I'm awaiting a response. July 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSXCIGAR Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 On 5/10/2024 at 5:18 PM, brassyhorn said: July 2022 That would be far earlier than anyone has identified to this point. If the blue squares aren't present I'd say these are cut down bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brassyhorn Posted yesterday at 05:54 AM Share Posted yesterday at 05:54 AM Blue squares present Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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