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I knew Keith was gonna throw that in there. :r :r :r

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hahaha....home state pride brother! :r

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Thanks for the replies!!!

Yeah I do like me a diesel! :ss

I smoked one ROTT and it was nice, good burn line but not quite as tasty as the first one I had...

These need to sit for a while although that may not be such an easy task. :D

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I had never heard of Diesel until I joined here. I have looked at them on CI before and they look good. I need to get my *ss in gear and try one already.

Nice snag Tony.

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Love those Viaje Holidays! Nice pick up! Where'd ya get them if you don't mind me askin?

aj

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:tpd: Yes..., please do share. Love to grab some more. They are delish!! :tu

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been shoppin boys!

Last night went into a b&m that i've only been to twice
and found some OR La Ricky's with a lot of plume! Also
shown here: Miami FF's, and OR T-110's and new T-110's

http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/a...Rha2UuanBn.jpg

601 Blues
http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/a...3Rvcy5qcGc.jpg

La Floridita Premium Maduro Robusto (short gordo if you ask me!)
http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/a...2J1c3RvLmp.jpg

Perdomo Lot 23 Maduro Robusto
http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/a...Vyb3MuanBn.jpg

Alec Bradley Tempus Quadrum
http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/a...cHVzLmpwZw.jpg

and some (continued in next thread post...)

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EP's and T-52's
http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/a...dDUyLmpwZw.jpg

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another pic of the T-110s
http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/a...TAncy5qcGc.jpg

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:jd

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Holy Crap, man! lol And... umm are you sure that's plume on those la riquezas??

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WOW! :dr

Now that's an amazing grab!!!

As if the T-52s weren't enough, the T110s are a real treasure (unattainable in my neck of the woods)!

Enjoy them. :ss

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Amazing Tony

Nice Pull :dr

Appears you have quality smoking in your future :tu

Enjoy! :ss

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Sorry, Sir. From that pic, I would bet that's mold. In a BIG way. :2

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AWESOME haul there whodeni!! :tu

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:tpd: Very Awesome!!!:tu

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+1! First thing I thought when I saw that pic. Those definitely look like they have been stored wayyyyyyyy to wet. Nice grabs on everything else but those La Riquezas should go back in a hurry.

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:tpd: Sorry the store screwed you on those.

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At first I thought... hmm that's weird, never seen LR in foil wrapped before. To be honest with you, not sure from the picture if that's plume or mold. ;s if I offended you but looks weird to me.

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agreed, it's mold, not plume. i would take them back ASAP. if they try telling you it's plume then i don't think i would keep shopping there.

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Yeah, if they try to pull that crap tell them to smoke one on you and let them tell you later in the day how their feeling. Seriously though, if they refuse to refund your money I would snap close-up pics and send it to Pete Johnson and let him at least see how his product is being sold. If they order from him direct I bet they will get a phone call letting them know what he thinks of their so called plume, but with the amount of coin you just dropped there they should have no problem keeping you happy.

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:r
I had a similar thought, Huy. My first reaction was that they looked like those NC ERDMs that are wrapped in tissue paper.

Plume? It looks more like a mold culture that has a cigar in it. :D

I would most certainly be looking for replacements or refund.

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I though they were the CC Fonseca's with the paper they wrap them in

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If it wipes off easily it is mold. It does look like way to much to be plume though...

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Thanks guys! You're right, it is mold and i'm headed over there to take them
back now!

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:tpd:

...and let us know how things turn out for you...

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:tpd:

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Yikes! Good luck with returning them. How could they sell these with all that mold to begin with? :confused:

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Knowing they can use the Plume Gimmick rather than pull them off the shelf and lose money on the inventory. I would love to find these sticks in a local and have them try the whole Plume spiel. That would make for a fun afternoon.:D

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good luck on getting those sticks returned

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tell us how it went.

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I'd be Irate as A newB (im talking about me being a newB not you) if I bought those them came here and found out they were moldy!

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To be honest, I'm impressed/digusted by the amount of mold on them!

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:tpd: Those should have been in the trash weeks ago :td

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Aww c'mon! If anything those babies would help you fight a small infection when you smoke em! They look "rich" with Penicillin!

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seriously, they are the prime example of a moldy cigar. Someone should take a macro shot of them and post them to the internet showing the difference in mold and plume! LOL

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Am I the only one who has heard of the new La Riqueza that is coated in powder sugar? They are great with syrup:tu

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Must be another one store only special! :dr I gotta get a fiver!

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They deep fry them first, then coat them with powder sugar. Kind of like a cigar funnel cake.

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Another purchase I made tonight at the CAO Liberty event at Tampa Humidor:

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/pictur...pictureid=3597

The hat the shirt came with the box along with 10% off and a five pack sampler (I smoked most of the sample though) :).

With my 10% buyer’s club discount, this wasn't a painful one. :tu

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Nice purchase!

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Thanks and with all the discounts it came out to $5.20 a stick with a free fiver!

These babies are stronger than I remember!!!

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The only LX2 that I have tried was a bit of a let down I hate to say. It had such a tight draw I could hardly take a pull on it. I should revisit one, as I think I just picked up a dud.

Heck of a score though, $5.20 apiece with some swag and freebies, not a bad deal my friend.

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Hey Brothers, Just wanted to update you and let you know that I went back.
Above the counter they have a no refund/no return policy. The wife brought
that up, and the husband stated that he didn't know me and that i possibly
could have done something to the cigar, and he wouldn't be comfortable putting it back in his humidor and reselling them.

There were other unbanded cigars that had the same moldy look to them, and they both swore up and down that mold is blue or green. NOT WHITE!!! (Go Figure Right):rolleyes:

So his offer in compromise was to "Split it and give me a refund of 25.00"
I paid 55 and some change and half would have been 27.50 but I just said
Fugh It!:r

I explained to him that I had over 1000.00 worth of boxes (of cigars) sitting out in my truck and that I wasn't some petty NEWBIE smoker, but i opted to just part ways and never go back.

He gave me a beer, and a punch maduro rothschild to try and win me over as
a remaining customer, but it's not going down....

So the cookie crumbles... You win some, you lose some!:td

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Hey, you went back there and did what you should have done, which was to return those cigars and get your refund. Although you didn't get your refund, letting them know that mold is not okay to sell to customers, was the main thing. Good job, I'm sure other stores would love to have you as their customers.

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That is definitely disappointing to hear. Someone earlier made the comment of taking a picture and forwarding it along to Pete Johnson to show what condition his product is being sold in. It might not be a bad idea.

Edit to add: Yeah what Huy said.

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I would definately recommend sending a picture of the cigars to Pete and informing him of the store that sold them to you. There is no way a cigar manufacturer would like to have their products sold in such a manner. Bad for business and has reputational risk as well.

Sorry to hear that they didn't treat you well. Should warn others not to frequent their establishment, seeing the way that they store cigars and treat their customers.

Good Luck.

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Done!

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Good work, Who. This is the best option if the local vendor will not make things right.