CI "Fake" Cigars?

[HabanoMan]

The man is a condescending self-important @$$hole. Always has been and probably always will be. That is IMVHO.

[Billb1960]

IMO some of the blame has to fall on David Blanco as well. What smart businessman would allow his name to be used on cigars that he had absolutely no control over? He'd have been better off recycling the old bands & boxes than selling them to CI and letting them put them on whatever cigar they felt like.

[Demuths1770]

IMO some of the blame has to fall on David Blanco as well. What smart businessman would allow his name to be used on cigars that he had absolutely no control over? He'd have been better off recycling the old bands & boxes than selling them to CI and letting them put them on whatever cigar they felt like.

the blanco website still shows THEY make them so have they changed the way the cigars are made for CI?? COs has no response from Blanco

[Billb1960]

the blanco website still shows THEY make them so have they changed the way the cigars are made for CI?? COs has no response from Blanco

Yeah apparently they haven't updated it yet which is even more confusing if you don't know the back story.

[Lapithicus]

the blanco website still shows THEY make them so have they changed the way the cigars are made for CI?? COs has no response from Blanco

David Blanco states in the video that he still has some of the original left in stock. If you want some, the promotion code "COFANS" still works for a 25% discount. Not a bad deal for a premium cigar.

[Billb1960]

David Blanco states in the video that he still has some of the original left in stock. If you want some, the promotion code "COFANS" still works for a 25% discount. Not a bad deal for a premium cigar.

Nevertheless it still doesn't explain why he would allow his name to be put on what are clearly low quality cigars over which he has no control. In an industry in which heritage and reputation are paramount why would you set yourself up for this kind of failure?

[Tman]

Nevertheless it still doesn't explain why he would allow his name to be put on what are clearly low quality cigars over which he has no control. In an industry in which heritage and reputation are paramount why would you set yourself up for this kind of failure?

Yeah, everyone's hindsight's 20/20. Blancos probably thought that selling off their low-profit line to CI would be beneficial since it wasn't doing well in the first place. On top of that, they can manage to make some profit by focusing on their main sellers.

Also, CI might have been the one surprised by the off-shoot quality of the cigars that the replacement factory produced. Who's in the wrong here? Who knows. What we can do is to vote with our wallet and not create a war where it's not needed.

[Demuths1770]

is there anything that shows before it was a long filler stick?? it looks like its now an exlusive to cigars international because it seems you cant find them anywhere else

[Tman]

Brian is a twat for wanting the readers to e-mail the manufacturers. Great, now we can enjoy a $20 premium cigars that's "guaranteed" to be long filler cigars so some asshat that can't distinguish good tasting cigar from bad can say it's a good cigar.

[jp1979]

Lets email all the vendors and ask if they sell fakes... What a joke