You can view what CO posted just yesterday as their expose' on La Perla Habana Rojo Black Pearl. All I can say is - it appears CO had their minds made up to pronounce the patient dead even before they began the operation. Do you remember years ago when 20/20 or some show like them "exposed" how a rear-end collision made a particular car explode - only to find out that the show had rigged the "bad" vehicle with an explosive device to make certain of the outcome? Well - that's what I thought of after seeing CO's "expose'" of this cigar. It was so crispy sounding that I had to wonder if it was still warm after coming out of the oven! It certainly appears like a full-blown hatchet job on a 90-rated cigar, which then was translated into taking a shot at the vendor from whom it was purchased!?! Wha...???
If there's a "buyer beware" moral to the story - in this case it appears to be: Beware of bafoons posing as experts on YouTube!!!
Here's CO's dissection of this (rigged - IMHO) cigar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pmiTpPU4GE
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03-03-2015, 12:49 PM #51Bummin' Around
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03-03-2015, 01:01 PM #52Administrator
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I clicked on your link, looks like he has moved/removed the video.
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03-03-2015, 01:15 PM #53Bummin' Around
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I agree, although even though these didn't sell well, I'd still be surprised that they were short filler when they were offered for $6 each. I'm not accusing CI of foul play, but I'm also not ruling out the possibility that CI bought the right to this label and turned it into something completely different. We know CI does buy brands, and that the end product can change. Whether it's because, as Trish alluded to, there's just not consistency year to year in the growing and manufacturing processes, or something more sinister, I'm not sure.
Originally Posted by Slick
I have no axe to grind with CI, as they've generally been good to me. If they are buying brands and making changes to those brands, all unannounced, to me that crosses a line. Again, I'm not accusing them of doing that, just saying that's one possibility based on the evidence available.
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03-03-2015, 01:19 PM #54Bummin' Around
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LOL jhedrick83! It HAS been removed. THAT didn't take long. I was only the 2nd commenter - and the 1st commenter wasn't too kind, either. Basically called them out the same way I did.
When you're caught - you're caught. I bet they're glad they have the option of getting rid of they're own damning evidence. hehe...
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03-03-2015, 01:23 PM #55This is DEFINITELY me ↓
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It would appear so... Originally Posted by HIM
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03-03-2015, 01:32 PM #56Bummin' Around
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For my comeback on the Nightly News I will be doing an in-depth deconstruction of these cigars for the American consumer to see. For $1.60 I demand the quality of a $10 cigar!
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03-03-2015, 01:35 PM #57Cigar-Smoking Scum
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No, that's his twin brother from Ireland, Shea. Originally Posted by 04EDGE40
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03-03-2015, 01:52 PM #58will bum for cigar
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gee living proof that maybey CO is not the best sorce for your up and up on cigar info Originally Posted by theHammer56
Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle- George Burns
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03-03-2015, 02:14 PM #59Back from Ban Land
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DING! DING! DING!..... Ladies and gentlemen we have a winner! Originally Posted by Demuths1770
Nice try MF'r!
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03-03-2015, 02:53 PM #60Royal Bum
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LOL, way to burst my hymen. Originally Posted by jp1979
