The Gutting of a "COHIBA SIGLO IV"

[kingcohiba]

Yesterday, I saw a thread of a guy who had some mold issues and gutted one of his cigars to show to the forum. This gave me the idea to gut one of my "cohibas" i recently got out of madrid.

Although I know you guys are already famaliar with counterfeiting, just thought I would throw some pics up.

If anybody would like these, they will go cheap! lol Just kidding!

Nothing pisses a guy off more than to have this happen to him.....

Next time one of you fellas go to Madrid, I would pay you to carry an asswhipping from me with you! lol

[Deano]

Sheesh where'd you buy those from?

[kingcohiba]

yeah i know! i was and still am pretty ticked off about it. i bought these beauties from www.habanodirect.com (http://www.habanodirect.com) . i figured i was safe. i bought two times from them before and got the real deal. Some upmann #2s and partagas tubed. This is actually the reason i landed here at this forum. i just wanted to warn others about this place and wound up talking to some cool people and decided to stay! Maybe it was fate? haha.... at least i can laugh about it a little now.

[matt257]

Wow, brings a new meaning to short filler!!

[jdawg]

Ouch...thats rough! Sorry that happened to you, cohiba!!!!

[kingcohiba]

ha! it sure does! i guess i could hand them out to my buddies who come over wanting to smoke all of my cigars. they would never know the difference! lol. anybody else have buddies who want to smoke all of your cigars? haha

[Kdot]

ha! it sure does! i guess i could hand them out to my buddies who come over wanting to smoke all of my cigars. they would never know the difference! lol. anybody else have buddies who want to smoke all of your cigars? haha

those look like some nasty sticks, have you emailed the retailer to get your money back or reported it to your card company to get a charge back?

I know what you mean about non cigar smoking friends that come over to smoke your good cigars. I dont mind sharing with a fellow brother of the leaf, who appreciates a good cigar but when you get the casuals round and find half smoked motecrisos the next day.

[kingcohiba]

i have tried and tried to contact them and they will not reply to me. do u think my card company would actually do something about it? if so i need to contact them.

[Nuno Sa]

Tough luck mate, this guys that do this kind of stuff should get one of those cigars that had a bomb to try to get Fidel Castro away for good.

[kingcohiba]

I know what you mean about non cigar smoking friends that come over to smoke your good cigars. I dont mind sharing with a fellow brother of the leaf, who appreciates a good cigar but when you get the casuals round and find half smoked motecrisos the next day.[/QUOTE]

I dont mind either sharing cigars with the guys who will smoke them. But like you some of my buddies will smoke an inch and decide they dont like them. These cohibas might be good for that bunch!

[Jimmeh]

I have a couple of friends i give cigars to that enjoy them , but cant afford to, or arent interested enough - so buy their own cigars - but i normally pass on NCs that are "OK" smokes. Could do with some "Cohibas" lol.

[kingcohiba]

i actually smoked one of these and it was pretty crappy. the one i smoked was long filler though. they are mixed up. some short some long filler. but none of them are authentic. they have not even been in my humidor. dont think they ever will be either.

there are only like two of my buddies i will give a great cigar to. the rest of them dont know poop from apple butter so i talk them into trying one of the cigars i bought that i dont care much for! haha

[cj121]

those look like some nasty sticks, have you emailed the retailer to get your money back or reported it to your card company to get a charge back?


What the man says KC. They are counterfeit and fake mate. Get onto it pronto, it has to be worth exploring.

What a shit deal mate, sorry to hear and see your experience.

CJ

[kingcohiba]

calling chase bank right now! i just figured since i am american and im not supposed to have them in the first place they might not help me....i will try anyway though.


What the man says KC. They are counterfeit and fake mate. Get onto it pronto, it has to be worth exploring.

What a shit deal mate, sorry to hear and see your experience.

CJ

[Habana-Habanos]

Great post by the way those cigars are actually decent counterfeits!

[kingcohiba]

yeah i think the bands are real and perhaps the box? to me there is no decent counterfeit though! i did smoke a "cohiba" from a glass top box about 10 years ao that believe it or not was a good smoke. before i knew any better though!

[Habana-Habanos]

Ohh right I was puzzled then thinking danng I have fell back on my knowledge of fake boxes and bands. But yeah there is that cohiba cuban taste which always proves if it is a real or fako!

[kingcohiba]

they said if i do not return the cigars i cant get my money back. i cant find their shipping address. I guess i need to talk a buddy into ordering a 3 pack or something so i can get their address. anybody know their mailing address?

[MaledettoToscano]

Just saw the pics, that's really disappointing kingcohiba! :mad:

Have you tried copying the Spanish branch of Altadis when you write to these guys? I am sure that as official Habanos distributor, Altadis would like to know about this... and maybe you'll push Habanosdirect into replying to you :smoke:

The contact for Altadis in Spain is: atencionclientehabanos@altadis.com (//atencionclientehabanos@altadis.com)

[kingcohiba]

thanks for the idea, i just sent the email with the pics from this post.


Just saw the pics, that's really disappointing kingcohiba! :mad:

Have you tried copying the Spanish branch of Altadis when you write to these guys? I am sure that as official Habanos distributor, Altadis would like to know about this... and maybe you'll push Habanosdirect into replying to you :smoke:

The contact for Altadis in Spain is: atencionclientehabanos@altadis.com (//atencionclientehabanos@altadis.com)

[Pantomimehorse]

sorry to hear you got screwed mate, try one of the suggested suppliers here next time.

[Kdot]

they said if i do not return the cigars i cant get my money back. i cant find their shipping address. I guess i need to talk a buddy into ordering a 3 pack or something so i can get their address. anybody know their mailing address?

have you done a "who is search" to get these guys details?

Also might be worth your while telling your credit card company that you did not receive the goods in the first place, after all you did not receive authentic cigars i.e what you ordered. so you may get a resolution on non receipt of goods. Does the website reply to your emails, as it may be worthwhile sending a few emails about non receipt to see if they reply, which you could provide as evidence to your card company that they dont reply to emails if this is the case.

the website then has 28 days i think to show proof of delivery and reply to your card companys requests and if they dont then u get a refund.

[kingcohiba]

well i screwed up there, told the bank i did receive them and they were counterfeit. they wont reply, i did send a cc to altadis though on this last email with pics. i will talk to a buddy to order something cheap from there and try to get their address. i also have sent their shipping agency an email to try to get their contact info. before today i just blew it off, didnt think there was anything i could do.

[Paulie]

Have to say that those pics are amazing for all the wrong reasons. I say give it your all to get this sorted out as best you can. Worse case you waste time on it, best case you get some money back!

Sorry to hear about all this. I hate people getting screwed in that fashion.

[Stevieboy]

dont know poop from apple butter

Hahahahaha....great saying :pound:

Sorry to hear about the fakes KC. I've bought from Habanodirect a couple of times and I'm pretty sure what I bought was the real deal....:confused:

As the others are saying, try your credit card co. and see if they'll help

S