CI "Fake" Cigars?

[HIM]

Well, on the one hand, they are not one of his advertisers and I'd be more impressed if he conducted the same experiment on one of their offerings. But on the other, I did see a video where he dismantled a Padron on the rumor some were filled with stems and he did prove it to be the case with that stick.

I wanted to point out that while leaf is frog legged part of the mid rib is left in the leaf to help give structure to the cigar. All cigars have stems in them. He could have saved the cigar and just looked up any video on youtube of people rolling cigars and watched the way they bunch the leaf.
I don't see why he's making such a fuss over a cigar that costs as much as a Dutch Master. My Big Mac doesn't look like the one in the commercials does either, is this really a surprise?

[Branzig]

My Big Mac doesn't look like the one in the commercials does either, is this really a surprise?

Great analogy. It's even better when you consider the fact that the Big Mac probably doesn't have hamburger in it either haha

Anyway, coming from this guy, I don't care. But man, what a great way to get hiw views up and nab a couple more subscribers!

(that's the business Brian is in)

[garublador]

My Big Mac doesn't look like the one in the commercials does either, is this really a surprise?

I'm a bit on the fence on this one. I totally agree that it's in the same ballpark as the McDonald's (and a vast majority of all restaurants) example, but I also think that we don't hold marketing to a high enough standard. While it isn't surprising, I don't think it's right. Either way, it probably isn't a huge deal and it won't affect how I purchase cigars in the least. It's also a consumer's duty to be informed.

The problem is that noobs will think they're buying premium cigars at a discount, will smoke them, dislike them, and swear off cigars forever. Then there will be one more person (or thousands, if it happens a lot) who doesn't care at all when cigars are legislated out of existence.

I suspect that doesn't happen all that much. It isn't really in anyone's best interest. What's the point in losing customers over minimal revenue?

Mostly I just like the irony that the guy in the video is critical of someone being misleading in their advertising, but then gave his video a misleading title.

[TCBSmokes]

I wanted to point out that while leaf is frog legged part of the mid rib is left in the leaf to help give structure to the cigar. All cigars have stems in them. He could have saved the cigar and just looked up any video on youtube of people rolling cigars and watched the way they bunch the leaf.
I don't see why he's making such a fuss over a cigar that costs as much as a Dutch Master. My Big Mac doesn't look like the one in the commercials does either, is this really a surprise?

Tell that to this guy. lol.

https://video.search.yahoo.com/video...&hsimp=yhs-004

[garublador]

My Big Mac doesn't look like the one in the commercials does either, is this really a surprise?

I couldn't not post this. It's from The Onion, so there's NSFW words on the site, but the story itself is fine.

GREENVILLE, SC—Expressing his disappointment shortly after sitting down for lunch at a local franchise location Wednesday, area man Peter Strauss told reporters that the customers at Burger King were actually far less appealing in real life than they were depicted in the fast food chain’s commercials. “The Burger King customers looked so good on TV, but when I got here they turned out to be kind of gross,” said Strauss, emphasizing that the sloppy, greasy customers at his local Burger King were considerably less photogenic and enticing than the patrons prominently featured in company advertisements. “They actually look pretty messy and sort of disgusting in person, and you can tell they’ve just been sitting out here all day. I guess there’s a reason they don’t show you these ones in the ads. Ugh.” Strauss added that he tends to stay away from fast food customers in the first place, as he can tell that they’re not very healthy.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/fas...commerc,38142/