Habanos warranty seal no longer has UV coat of arms?

[mike.misc]

Hi there,

I purchased a few boxes of varied Habanos from [moderated] recently. 

The lastest boxes sent show no coat of arms under UV but the serial code checks out on the official Habanos SA website. 

I queried [moderated] and they said they contacted their distributors who advised some boxes no longer has the UV coat of arms. The microcodes are all correct, holograms look legit, and the Habanos cellophane paper curls in your hands as its supposed to. 

I asked if there's a way to confirm that the warranty seals aren't fakes that have duplicated the bar codes from an original box, but [moderated] kept assuring me they're legitimate. They're unable to advise who their distributors are. 

I compared the latest boxes to the one I bought previously and the previous one definitely has a coat of arms. I read on another thread they stopped putting UV coat of arms from around May 2023. Weird thing is my box with the UV coat of arms was stamped 2023 and the recent ones stamped 2022...see the pics

Does anyone know if Habanos stopped putting UV coat of arms on the warranty seals? I

[ha_banos]

Looks like we're going to get loads of these from now on. Buckle up.

[ChicagoRob]

Mods forgive me as I don’t intend to break the rules here if to say something negative would be to? All I’ll say to OP is that you should probably just google information regarding that website as you will learn a lot by doing that.

RIP

[Fuzz]

Firstly, welcome to FOH. It is customary to introduce yourself here, before requesting assistance from the Forum.

Further to this, I suggest you familiarise yourself with the rules of the Forum. You would then know that mentioning vendors is not allowed.