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We all know the story so I will paraphrase;
Friend – You like cigars don’t you
Me – Their fake
Friend – no, no their real
Me – tell me about them
Friend – A guy at work gets them from Cuba so their real
Me – Their fake
Friend – no, no their real. We get loads of them, give them to clients, smoke them at company events, their 100% real
Me – Their fake
Friend – NO, THEY ARE NOT
Me – Tell me about them, what are they, what is the contact, how much
Friend - Cohiba “esplindidos” and “Robustos” I think…
Me – Their fake
Friend – “Vegas Ribeana” and “Trinidad” I think
Me – That’s interesting, what’s the deal?
Friend – As you know we work in comidities trading, we do a lot of business with Cuba and our guy there sends us anything we want for ?150 a box…
Me – Their fake
Friend - they are not
Me – explains about the world of fake cigars, the cost in Cuba, diplomatic gifts, official receipts, factory structures etc
Friend – Do you want some, it is just a punt on ?150
Me – I will look at a box but I won’t take a punt as tome they are 99% fake (being generous) so the odds are against me ever spending ?150
Friend – You can’t look as they are sealed, they guy says take it or leave it
Me – they are fake, no one would ever have a real problem with a broken seal
Friend – I tell you what, I am getting a box Esplendidos (he likes cigars as well) for my Cousin, you can look at them and see they are real
Me – OK, but be prepared to be disappointed. BTW if they are real I will take 10 boxes
…………yada yada yada, you get the picture.
Many thanks to Jean at JJ Fox for allowing me to photograph their (real) Esplindidos for reference.
Real box on the right (if it is not obvious).
Friend – You like cigars don’t you
Me – Their fake
Friend – no, no their real
Me – tell me about them
Friend – A guy at work gets them from Cuba so their real
Me – Their fake
Friend – no, no their real. We get loads of them, give them to clients, smoke them at company events, their 100% real
Me – Their fake
Friend – NO, THEY ARE NOT
Me – Tell me about them, what are they, what is the contact, how much
Friend - Cohiba “esplindidos” and “Robustos” I think…
Me – Their fake
Friend – “Vegas Ribeana” and “Trinidad” I think
Me – That’s interesting, what’s the deal?
Friend – As you know we work in comidities trading, we do a lot of business with Cuba and our guy there sends us anything we want for ?150 a box…
Me – Their fake
Friend - they are not
Me – explains about the world of fake cigars, the cost in Cuba, diplomatic gifts, official receipts, factory structures etc
Friend – Do you want some, it is just a punt on ?150
Me – I will look at a box but I won’t take a punt as tome they are 99% fake (being generous) so the odds are against me ever spending ?150
Friend – You can’t look as they are sealed, they guy says take it or leave it
Me – they are fake, no one would ever have a real problem with a broken seal
Friend – I tell you what, I am getting a box Esplendidos (he likes cigars as well) for my Cousin, you can look at them and see they are real
Me – OK, but be prepared to be disappointed. BTW if they are real I will take 10 boxes
…………yada yada yada, you get the picture.
Many thanks to Jean at JJ Fox for allowing me to photograph their (real) Esplindidos for reference.
Real box on the right (if it is not obvious).
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