Quote Originally Posted by Billb1960 View Post
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.