eBay fake rubbish - post here

[cj121]

Corker, and like you say, there's a 'humidor' in there too. Bonus!

[tippexx]

I've had the answer thrust on me before.. Twice.
They think it helps authenticate the story of the "connexion in the cigar factory."
Ya know, the whole: I took a box THEN took stickers and here's my proof.. Kinda thing.

Now. There are MANY boxes with the fake stickers on them as well. But they don't have such an elaborate back story.

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No. It's because if you leave the stickers OFF you've only committed a small crime (theft) and rolled a few cigars.

Stick the stickers ON and you commit a much bigger crime in claiming the faked products are authenticated and approved of by the Cuban Government .... caught the sentence will we longer and harder .... so they don't do it.

[butternutsquashpie]

No. It's because if you leave the stickers OFF you've only committed a small crime (theft) and rolled a few cigars.

Stick the stickers ON and you commit a much bigger crime in claiming the faked products are authenticated and approved of by the Cuban Government .... caught the sentence will we longer and harder .... so they don't do it.

that's a much more reasonable answer actually. and i'm guessing that the middlemen don't have that information to know that putting stickers on the boxes would actually make them seem a tad more legit. but i don't know.. stickers on or stickers off, they all come in such ridiculous patterns and shapes that are easily spotted now

[Stevieboy]

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=251373582055

Oh dear.... Spot the mistakes:





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[Sean]

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item...d=251373582055 Oh dear.... Spot the mistakes: Sent from my Nexus 10 using Tapatalk 4

Hmmmmmmmm unsmoked but box of 14 haha

[ValeTudoGuy]

For some reason I can't open the link, but from the picture I'm struggling.... I'm not very good a spotting these fakes.

[dazzer]

i will have some guesses as i do not know but my immediate thoughts are that I have only ever seen the Habanos d.o.p sticker on the right hand side, the government seal on the bottom left corner...if indeed that is meant to be the government seal as I cannot see the hologram or barcode in the end and it looks a bit narrow too?

Bottom layer looks loosely packed, and would the separating item be either greaseproof paper and thinner just covering the bands essentially, or if cedar, wouldn't that be a far bigger size essentially covering the bottom layer?

Tempted to say shade differences between cigar is quite large...but how much do you attribute to just a poorly lit picture?

[JoeyGunz]

haha I spotted these on gumtree earlier and e-mailed the guy that he had been sold counterfits when out in Cuba and that I was sorry to be the bearer of bad news but it would be unethical of him to sell them on.

[ValeTudoGuy]

haha I spotted these on gumtree earlier and e-mailed the guy that he had been sold counterfits when out in Cuba and that I was sorry to be the bearer of bad news but it would be unethical of him to sell them on.

So, go on then spill the beans... How to tell?

[butternutsquashpie]

So, go on then spill the beans... How to tell?

after dealing with so many boxes in your life, it's just second nature.....
and not to toot my own horn but: i've got 2 entries in the "blog" section of my profile if you will it

[butternutsquashpie]

i will have some guesses as i do not know but my immediate thoughts are that I have only ever seen the Habanos d.o.p sticker on the right hand side, the government seal on the bottom left corner...if indeed that is meant to be the government seal as I cannot see the hologram or barcode in the end and it looks a bit narrow too?

Yupp! Habanos White Sticker. Check!. Government seal not only fake, but placed atrociously wrong. Check!.
More in stickers: if they were bought in Cuba, they should have the MINSAP health sticker on the front as well

Bottom layer looks loosely packed, and would the separating item be either greaseproof paper and thinner just covering the bands essentially?
Tempted to say shade differences between cigar is quite large...but how much do you attribute to just a poorly lit picture?

These boxes normally don't have the greaseproof paper separating cigars. Montecristo normally does the strip of cedar that covers the WHOLE area of the box. It has a cut on the top right corner that is ROUND (not a flat cut).
And yupp, can't tell with the picture as of this moment...

These cigars are also round which is not what Monte 4s are. The typical 4s are box pressed and basically square! And i can bet you 20 quid that on the bottom of the box, there is no date code under the Habanos SA marking.

[cigarsam]

Fake cigars are better than no cigars!

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[butternutsquashpie]

Fake cigars are better than no cigars!

speaking of no cigars..... where the hell've you been, sam!?
Welcome back though,

[cigarsam]

Aha missed you too butters! I have no excuse other than this forum is the ideal procrastination and I have not needed escape from work until now! Also I am boracic lint so can't afford cigars and this forum is like a cigar tease

Suffice to say my last few months have consisted of winning a gameshow and smoking bensons!

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[Stevieboy]

I also wondered about what looks like a block of solid wood on the bottom layer.... surely it would be paper in a recent box ?!

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