Quote Originally Posted by Ropey View Post
Actually if Cigars International threatened to sue Byran Glynn and he backed down, then that makes both parties look terrible.

First off, CI has the shadiest marketing and advertising practices I've ever seen on the internet, with perhaps the exception of some eBay merchants from Hong Kong. For example, calling cigars "90 Rated Masterpieces!!" when in reality the cigar merely uses the same band as a cigar that was rated 90 a decade ago, strikes me as outrageous (and likely illegal). Implying that the Greycliff cigars you see on Cbid are rolled in the Bahamas. Etc etc etc. I could go on and on.

If I were Glynn, and CI threatened to sue me, I'd gladly let them, and then use the discovery process to gather information about their marketing practices and ship it all to the feds. Then I'd hit 'em with an anti-SLAPP countersuit and collect legal fees. Might even turn it into a class-action and then retire. But then I'm an attorney, not a lot of people have the stomach for that.

Anyway, the point is that Glynn was either wrong or he's a pansy. And Cigars International was either unfairly accused or it's a morally degenerate bully. I'd like to know which, and the fact that nobody will talk about it makes me believe they're all corrupt.
Amen!!! I'm like you. It's not that I like lawsuits over the tiniest infractions, but I love justice with all my heart and soul, just because there is so much injustice in the world. So if CI is a scam that practices fraudulent marketing strategies, and Glynn has a half decent attorney, he should go after them. It's worth a try. Just because CI is some big online retailer with deep pockets, they can bully some little dope on Youtube who opened up a cigar they sold to him, shut him down, humiliate him, shame him and, for all intents and purposes, utterly undermine his credibility; that doesn't seem right at all.

I'm not a big fan of petty litigation. If some dipshit rearends me at 35 MPH and my neck and back are a little sore, I'll shake it off. I literally love-tapped a guy in a parking lot once. No damage to either car. Gave him my information. A week later I get a call from an attorney, telling me I'm liable for injuries. The guy all of a sudden developed a herniated disk (yeah right) and I needed to pay for it.

But I think in this case, Ropey, you are correct. I'm so tired of the big guy bullying the little guy in this country. America, at one time, was all about the success of the little guy. Now these big corporations with their Ivy-league legal teams are pushing everyone into the same corner. Where's Uncle Joe who owned Uncle Joe's Hardware store on Main St.? He's working for $8 an hour at Home Depot because he didn't have the power to fight back. And before you know it, Uncle Joe's gonna be eating spicy Won Ton soup in Beijing because he can't find work in his own country at a decent, livable wage.

Okay, done extrapolating here. Bryan Glynn, if you have half a brain and half a pair, go after these scum and take them down. Expose them for what they are: a fraudulent organization that peddles garbage for the same price as gold. But I really like the class-action idea. Brilliant. I've ordered from them. Where can I sign?