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There was a time recently when many boxes at LCDH had the cozumel (mexico) distributor seal (some tubos still do but they are still fake in any event), and I have been told the former habanos distributor in Panama closed some time back, thus cozumel is now the theoretical distributor. The only...

what i have been told by staff at one store (not the lcdh) is that it is the cuban embassy running/delivering these fakes. impossible to verify, but it would explain how they can do this with impunity. Given the completeness of the fake line of products available (I have seen something like 80...

Visited the LCDH in Multicentro Mall today for the first time in a few months. The last time there were some definite fakes in the store but there were a few boxes which externally at least looked correct, correct-appearance code, etc. Today I will say with 100% certainity that not a single...

I know for a fact I saw a partagas EL 2006 in a gold/blue/red paper box there in October or November, don't recall what the vitola name was but the 2006 EL (SD#3) comes in a wooden box afaik.....

Worth noting that even a LCDH does not guaranty authenticity. I have seen all kinds of things at the local one in Panama, including Cohiba Esplendidos boxes side by side in different shapes/designs of wood, boxes from a known-fake series of fakes here that have unusual wood grain and no factory...

I think one thing worth mentioning is that the huge fake-cigar enterprise (I have heard the cuban embassy is the supplier of the very extensive line in panama, I assume it is a transshipment point given that the large confiscation in france came from panama) is going to enter the US as well as...

looking at some boxes (some known fakes, others in doubt or old), I find that the green label that goes around the top, facing side, and on the bottom of the box says either 'made by hand' or 'hand made' in black ink between the cigar size name and the quantity. the 6 sample boxes I am...

Hi, have a couple of punch BP boxes bought back when (from boxdate late 2000, dont recall details though I do have pics), and recently found a 2001 box from a reputable online dealer. something which immediately strikes me is that while my 2000 boxes do not have any raised lettering/design on...

"I think the cigar shop owner is lying out of his ass but was giving you a good story so you don't report him - you absolutely SHOULD report him to Habanos SA or Altadis." this was a staff employee i have dealt with in the liquor department for years. the store doesn't really have a dedicated...

As a follow-up to the proliferation of fakes in Panama, up to and including the LCDH franchise store, I spent some time with a salesman at a local store with the largest range of the current fakes, those with no factory codes and over-burnt box bottoms with illegible microprint on the seal, as...

store is in panama, have seen the box at 2 stores carrying known fakes. the LCDH here has some fakes also but not this one IIRC. curiously all these fakes have smaller than normal size warranty seals. surprises me that with all the trouble they go through they wouldn't copy the seal size...

hi, if you pm me i might be able to track down a sample....fwiw it did have an i not a y, my error, but I was pretty sure this was bogus. i also am pretty sure i have just bought a fake siglo vi there, last 3 inches reveal no whole leaves and a lot of loose cut filler. 3rd store i have found...

right, but do they make a cigar with the name (not style/size) 'pyramides?' that is what I am seeing; I am familiar with belicosos but have never seen this 'pyramides' before and am not seeing it on any of the mail order sites either, thus wondering if it is a fake size. I don't have a pic...

A couple of store here have a normal-looking r&j box of 'pyramides' for sale; pretty much looks like the belicoso. this is NOT the EL Petit series. I cannot find any info on this, and wonder if these are a new product, a renamed belicoso, or a scam. Are these a legit R&J size?

thanks, which forum should i post an introduction into?

Are you seeing fake seals which are replicating the microprinting legibly? The lack of exact precision on valid seals and the variability may have made this feature almost obselete for competent forgers at this point.

Should the cedar sheet inside normal cuban boxes have a curved cut in the corner, a straight cut, or either, or should certain brands have certain cuts, etc.? I have read that at one point in the past there was a problem and straight-cuts were used for a while (I don't know when), but for boxes...