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  2. Judging based on this, he very well could've bought it from someone in Cuba. The sticks look quite good and are could very likely be Cuban tobacco. With that being said, do you really wanna pay 1800 for some farm rolls with cohiba bands slapped on.
  3. HUGE red flag. No one is giving away cohibas for discounted prices like that. While they do not officially release factory codes/announce when they change it is totally possible to piece together information to get a general idea as to when codes change/which ones they are using. MAR has not been seen since the beginning of 2021 and start of 2022. (This is when it changed to GES). Take it.
  4. I would take it, i'd always have a doubt otherwise but that's just me. Personnally I don't buy Cohiba but if i did, it would be from here or from a trusted shop with the additional official importer seal on the box. It's a shame but looking for cheaper Cohibas nowadays is like fighting windmills.
  5. I'd imagine there's some pretty hefty get-out clauses for insurance companies if the questions about poor quality fuel or maintenance are true
  6. Thank you! The boxes around the head to not seem to be cut to match the silhouette and the spacing around the silhouette seems to be very lopsided. I hope that I'm wrong because I thought it was a trustworthy source but after reading some of the other posts, I'm now in doubt.
  7. I have had one plant based burger a few years ago that was genuinely delicious, tasted no different to a real one, in fact I would have said it was a brilliant meat one if no one had said. Thick and juicy, tasted like rump mince, it even had some kind of beetroot juice in so it looked pink inside, certainly better than a budget meat burger No idea what was inside it beyond the beetroot juice, I'm guessing a pretty hefty concoction of various things Probably would rather that than a lab grown meat tbh
  8. Well Maersk makes between $3B and $10B a quarter in EBITDA, so they’re not a financially unstable company. For anyone who actually ships a container on a vessel, you’re actually entering into an adventure and if that adventure is disastrous you become liable to pay to cover it. Of course, you take out cargo insurance and that also covers wider liabilities like your stake in the adventure. We had containers on the Ever Given that blocked the Suez canal, and the Egyptian government wanted $1B for loss of canal fee revenue. The shipping line went round with their hat out to everyone who had cargo on the ship. The insurance companies picked up the tab. As mentioned elsewhere, it’s the London insurers who will pick up the bill. It’s not that significant in the grand scheme of things; imagine the other stuff they cover like hurricanes and oil spills. As it happens, we had cargo on this vessel in Baltimore, but it was unloaded 2 days prior. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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  10. Famoso was correct, although the last portion of it did not come across like one.
  11. Thanks for the discount; have picked up a slew of 5ers. Happy Easter [emoji41][emoji869] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  12. From seller : The Esplendido a purchased from a Habano Sommelier in Havana. They regulary get boxes and samples from the factories and Habanos SA. That box is 100% from the El Laguito factory, which is the mother factory of the Cohiba brand. The factory code of the El Laguito was MAR, now it is GES. It is hard to say when they changed it, because it does not happen from one day to another. With the code of 000050791106, I agree with you. This barcode was used on 2021 boxes. Maybe they stamped the box later, and that is why the inconsistency between the date stamp and the barcode. I sent you meny photos, when I offered the box to you. I did not want to hide any detail. What you can be sure, that the box is from a reliable source, and the content of the box is 100% authentic Cohiba Esplendidos cigars. This box is over 2500 USD in Havana in the shops, and over 3000 in Europe. I could give it to you for 1800 because I could buy it from a Habanos Sommelier, who would never sell non factory cigars. He is willing to arrange for a refund.
  13. Always. Holds even more weight in today's cc world. Yes there is a tax stamp underneath the green warranty seal. @HoyoDC you could gently rub your finger over the green warranty seal (near the edge of the box where it starts to fold) and see if you feel another 'sticker' or 'stamp' underneath. Again this is something counterfeiters have started applying, but if there isn't anything underneath then it certainly be another indicator of a fugazi.
  14. The heads on those Monte 2s look off. If one's a fake, it is likely the others are also.
  15. Welcome to FOH. What makes you think they're fake?
  16. I do expect an investigation to take forever. The lawyers will be laughing all the way to the bank I guess. I fully expect cover up/spin mode set to full. I was reading 1-3$bn in insurance liabilities. Will heavily hit London brokers. I've referred on another thread to the UK post office Horizon scandal. Started in the 90s ongoing. That's about the cover up of a faulty IT system. It was misaccounting caused innocent people to be bankrupt and jailed even led incident people to suicide. The whole thing has been a cover up operation by RM. And it's still ongoing. Funding, millions raised for the court case. Still very little compensation. And no heads have rolled. No. Accountability. Let's see...
  17. They are great fun, and like cigars variable and unpredictable! We had one that flowered almost continuously for about 12 years, then sadly passed away. Others flower once and then go to sleep until you give up.
  18. Another Sig IV here, from AMP ENE 20. Very dark wrapper, full of oil. This is only just about ready to smoke and I’m sure will improve. Right now it’s a rich, strong and tasty cigar, with more of the Linea Classica flavours than the Linea 1492. So more bean, mocha and molasses, not really any grass, honey or citrus. I’m not sure this box will ever evolve in that way tbh, but I’m sure they will be good nonetheless. In value terms definitely not worth the current asking price to me.
  19. Good Friday with Siglo 4 OMS May 17 from our host. Suffice to say it really is a Good Friday
  20. The vitola de galera is the exact size (110x42) and the common name rather gives you the "family" the cigar belongs to, a minutos and a mareva (129x42) both have petit corona as common name. But wait, there's more... Petit Corona is also the vitola de galera AND the common name of the Partagas mille fleurs but not of the Partagas Capitols which is exactly the same size but referenced as a Mareva 😅😅😅 At the end of the day, these are just words and you're right, for this kind of exercise it would be more helpful for those who try to guess the stick if the smoker gave us the vitola de galera but technically speaking @eaglebear29 gave us the vitola although not the precise one 😅
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