I haven't seen any fakes for long while, and thought I'd create a thread where people would post some images of fake CCs. I'm not trying to duplicate the cA's Counterfeit Gallery, but rather have some fun, and perhaps contribute a little to education of CC noobs.
This is what I think should be the "rules" of posting:
- pics of boxes, cigars, bands or smth else that shows the "authenticity" are welcome; - post images with quality enough to clearly see the "fake features"; - explain why they are fake; - do not post any online sources where the fakes come from, but you if you wish, you can write about B&Ms; - stories of how you (or your friend) got the fakes are welcome.
Thanks in advance for your contributions.
I'll kick this off with my next post.
------- "And it is not just a business. It’s a love affair." Paul B.K. Garmirian about making cigars
Originally posted by Boknows: V.O., I'm going to Punta Cana for my honeymoon in late February. I'll be sure to get a ton of fake CC pictures for ya!
Enjoy Punta Cana. And my deepest most sincere apologies about the whole marriage thing; I'm so sorry for your loss.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The Forum Hippie" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Favorite Every-Day Cigar: Arturo Fuente Short Story Favorite NC: Arturo Fuente Between the Lines Favorite CC: Ramones Allones Specially Selected
Posts: 417 | Location: Long Island, NY | Registered: January 11, 2009
Originally posted by Boknows: V.O., I'm going to Punta Cana for my honeymoon in late February. I'll be sure to get a ton of fake CC pictures for ya!
Congrats on the marriage Bo. Don't listen to DC666.
Been married 25 years. She smokes my cigars, drinks my aged rum, bore 3 kids, and does all the accounting for my software company. And she puts up with my knuckle cracking ways, occasional drunkenness, belching contests with my teenage sons, verbal jesting with my teenage daughter, and my obsession with work outs and developing software. Definitely love.
You can do it Bo.
Cor: Steve, you have proven yourself to be a tremendous whack job.
Originally posted by Mr Illegality: Could you post some pics of the cigars or have you smoked them all?
I still have the Esplendido. I don't think a camera phone photo would be of much help though, so I was going to see about borrowing a digital camera from a friend to get a hi-res picture of the band and the cigar.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The Forum Hippie" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Favorite Every-Day Cigar: Arturo Fuente Short Story Favorite NC: Arturo Fuente Between the Lines Favorite CC: Ramones Allones Specially Selected
Posts: 417 | Location: Long Island, NY | Registered: January 11, 2009
Originally posted by Boknows: V.O., I'm going to Punta Cana for my honeymoon in late February. I'll be sure to get a ton of fake CC pictures for ya!
Congrats on the marriage Bo. Don't listen to DC666.
Been married 25 years. She smokes my cigars, drinks my aged rum, bore 3 kids, and does all the accounting for my software company. And she puts up with my knuckle cracking ways, occasional drunkenness, belching contests with my teenage sons, verbal jesting with my teenage daughter, and my obsession with work outs and developing software. Definitely love.
You can do it Bo.
Thanks Steve, although I hope I don't turn into my wife's client.... she's a psychologist! Unless what DCrist said is true about marriage.
Originally posted by Boknows: V.O., I'm going to Punta Cana for my honeymoon in late February. I'll be sure to get a ton of fake CC pictures for ya!
First of all I wish you and your wife happiness together and forever.
Enjoy your honeymoon trip and thanks in advance for any pics you'd bring back.
I intend this thread to be as my collection accesible to everyone, so that it help more people identify the fakes. Of course there are some fakes that can't be positevely IDed by pictures only, so this is more for relatively blatant ones to which many people still fall victim to.
------- "And it is not just a business. It’s a love affair." Paul B.K. Garmirian about making cigars
Originally posted by Boknows: Thanks Steve, although I hope I don't turn into my wife's client.... she's a psychologist! Unless what DCrist said is true about marriage.
I'm just joking around. Every guy knows that when you get married you lose somethings, but you gain a lot more. I hope you never lose you happiness together. Just a note: Something like 80% of couples get in a big fight on their honeymoon, so here's a word of advice: let the wookie woman win.
It's kind of unfortunate that she's a psychologist though, you're going to have a hard time getting away with any thing. I can picture it now...
Bo, a happily married man has just come home from the sleezy gentlemen's club downtown. He carefully closes the front door so as to not make any noise and he turns around only to be met face to face with Mrs. Bo. Mrs Bo: Where have you been?! You said you would be home by 12! Bo: I'm sorry baby, the poker game ran late at Johnny's place. Mrs. Bo: Due to your rapid blinking rate, the hand to head contact that you've been making, the lack of eye contact, and the fact that your feet are turned away from me, there is a 97.4% chance that you're lying to me. Bo [thinking]: Dan told me this would happen...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The Forum Hippie" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Favorite Every-Day Cigar: Arturo Fuente Short Story Favorite NC: Arturo Fuente Between the Lines Favorite CC: Ramones Allones Specially Selected
Posts: 417 | Location: Long Island, NY | Registered: January 11, 2009
Oh man, that's priceless. Glasstop Cohiba is classic. Especially EL 2007. The one next to it is nothing short of masterpiece - glass tubo RyJ in glasstop Esplendido box; mmm...
Thanks for sharing, Boknows.
------- "And it is not just a business. It’s a love affair." Paul B.K. Garmirian about making cigars
