Quote Originally Posted by AuTechCoM View Post
Totally agree with you. I had never thought of it until this happened. And I have bought a ton of Sealed boxes from BOTLs. In hindsight this was my bad. I should have had him open to inspect before shipment. The BOTL and I have already talked about the situation and he is an awesome dude. He offered to refund completely without having to deal with DE. however I wanted to return the favor by attempting to go this route first and see if it can be a win win situation for both of us
A box of DE cigars were admittedly purchased a year and a half ago by someone else. They were obviously not cared for properly and you don't have a receipt. Did you put this information on the return form you filled out?

You admit... "In hindsight this was my bad. I should have had him open to inspect before shipment." YES, it was your bad and you should take responsibility for it. Your pal was selling you BAD cigars. DE was not selling you bad cigars HE WAS. Very simply the guy who ruined the cigars is the one responsible.

Now you want DE to make good on new cigars so you and the guy who sold you crap cigars can have a "win/win". What the heck?? You don't want him to have to pay for the cigars he ruined. No, for some reason you think he's an "awesome dude" so now you try to get them for free from DE so you can "return the favor". Come on man!

You, and some others here, seem to think it's an acceptable practice to try and get over on them even though they have done nothing wrong. Shameful.