Fake Monte #2 from DR?

[mrklma]

I am newbee to this forum, but I have been a cigar smoker for many years. For at least the last 7-10 years I have been fortunate to obtain my cigars from Asia and a few years ago, my ex-wife went to Cuba on a missionary trip and her whole group bought me back a dozen boxes of Monte #2 and churchills. Recently I found myself down to my last few. I have been searching online for a decent, non-wallet busting replacement. I was told that the Monte#2 from the DR should be OK.
This is where I need everyone's professional opinion.
I bought a box of Monte#2 DR from niceashcigars.com. when the box arrived I found that these cigars came a box that had them stacked on 3 layers instead of 2. I compared the ring size of these cigars and found that they are much smaller than the 50 ring that they should be. The most that they are is a 48, but more likely a 46 ring. The cigar is has a funny taper to them. Before I accuse the retailer of selling me fakes, I would like to know what everyone thinks.
I have photos of the cigar and box if anyone can help.
Thanks

 

[Blue Dragon]

Glad to see you got this topic in the right forum. :thumbs:

I'm with Gonz; I can't see why anyone would want to fake a NC either. But I guess if you can make the box for $15 and sell it for $200, then you made a huge margin on the deal. So who knows ... I bet some people sell fake cubans in places where they are legal too.

I guess even in this scenario the phrase, "Know your source" applies. I have never done business with the retailer you mentioned, so I cannot comment on his products. And I don't really smoke Montecristos so, I'm no help there either. GL.

- C

*edit to add:

http://www.abcactionnews.com/stories/2006/...504cigars.shtml

This seems like an old story to me, even though it was published today. What is relevant is the second paragraph: "some even pretending to be authentic Cubans", which I take to mean that there has been seizures of non-cuban counterfiet cigars as well.