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ISOM Box Sealed Twice?

rknicker

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Pulled this from an exporter site. Can anyone here verify that it is true?

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Q: I got a box with 2 Cuban seals, the one underneath has been cut and then covered with a new seal.

A: As far as we can ascertain the Cubans make one final quality check on some boxes. They split the seal , check the box and if ok reseal and then ship. From what we can see, about 30% of boxes have this situation. A case in point is the last 2 master cases (about 50 cigar boxes in a case) of Montecristo Robusto Edicion Limitada are being inspected at the time I write this. They are in the export hall in Cuba and are being checked. I assume this is what they will do. The boxes have been in the hall for over a year and they want to make sure they are fine before they ship.
 
Yes, I can confirm this to be true. I actually have a couple boxes that have come from a very reliable source.
 
Thanks Joe! The prices at the site were really good, and it's a fairly well known site. I was just put off by that question never having bought a whole box before.
 
If you examine a resealed box, the new warranty seal should have a serial number that starts with "XX". This indicates that the box received secondary inspection at the factory or central warehouse.
If the replaced seal does not have the double X prefix, you may have a nice box of fakes! ???
 
cbob said:
If you examine a resealed box, the new warranty seal should have a serial number that starts with "XX". This indicates that the box received secondary inspection at the factory or central warehouse.
If the replaced seal does not have the double X prefix, you may have a nice box of fakes! ???
Nice bit of info there. I knew that they did the double inspection sometimes but never knew about the XX meaning that box was inspected twice, I assumed it was just another seal put on top.


Mind if I ask where you got that info from?

Regardless go post in the lobby and introduce yourself to the guys!

Welcome!

Phil
 
Phil said:
cbob said:
If you examine a resealed box, the new warranty seal should have a serial number that starts with "XX". This indicates that the box received secondary inspection at the factory or central warehouse.
If the replaced seal does not have the double X prefix, you may have a nice box of fakes! ???
Nice bit of info there. I knew that they did the double inspection sometimes but never knew about the XX meaning that box was inspected twice, I assumed it was just another seal put on top.


Mind if I ask where you got that info from?

Regardless go post in the lobby and introduce yourself to the guys!

Welcome!

Phil
Unfortunately, it's not always xx .......
 
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