Mold or Plume?

[mmburtch]

I recently received a "special" of ten cigars from one of the well known vendors. At least one of the ten cigars has a splotch of white on the end that appears to be mold. I wrote to the vendor and they were sympathetic to an extent:

The only color mold would be on a cigar is green. If it is green, I'd be happy to setup a return for you.

It seems that mold can also be white.

Link - Background material on white mold

I would like to hear the learned opinion of others - Is this mold or Plume?. Here is photo I took of the cigar. I don't have a telephoto lens, so the photo is not as good as it could be. With a hand held magnifying glass, it looks like little white threads:

Thanks - Rick

I wouldn't smoke that cigar with Tom36's mouth!

 

[moki]

Mold. Anyone who tells you any different should be ignored with extreme prejudice.

 

[calstogy]

Thanks for all the opinions and suggestions. The vendor has also agreed that it appears to be mold. I'll let you know how it finally gets resolved.

- Rick

 

[one sock]

tomthirtysix is right

Forget about all the plume / mold responses. This guy is obviously head and shoulders above the rest of the class.

Aaaww. I bet you say that to all the boys.

When's the LI herf?

 

[BlindedByScience]

I'm late to the party but that is mold, 100%.

No question - B.B.S.

 

[Shooter]

you're screwed

 

[MOBIG]

Hey give to mikey he smokes anything. :whistling:

 

[calstogy]

A final note on these cigars with the mold. A few folks were curious where I got them from and I was reluctant to share that information until I gave the vendor a chance to work with me on a return.

The vendor was Cigars International, www.cigarsinternational.com, and I'm happy to report that after a couple of emails they sent me a free return mailer and credited my account.

In general, I check all cigars before I buy them, or after I receive them in the mail. Perhaps I'm too cautious, but I rather not introduce mold into one of my humidors.

Except for this one incident, all of the cigars I have received form CI have been in good condition.

- Rick

 

[moki]

A final note on these cigars with the mold. A few folks were curious where I got them from and I was reluctant to share that information until I gave the vendor a chance to work with me on a return.

The vendor was Cigars International, www.cigarsinternational.com, and I'm happy to report that after a couple of emails they sent me a free return mailer and credited my account.

In general, I check all cigars before I buy them, or after I receive them in the mail. Perhaps I'm too cautious, but I rather not introduce mold into one of my humidors.

Except for this one incident, all of the cigars I have received form CI have been in good condition.

- Rick

Mold happens. A vendor selling you cigars that have mold on them doesn't mean a whole lot. What matters is what they do after the fact in terms of taking care of you.

 

[themoneycollector]

Definitely mold, good that they are accepting them back

 

[Brickhouse]

Glad to hear it was handled professionally.

 

[wavescrashing]

CI's customer service seems to be pretty good to go as I've had a fiver damaged in shipping before and they took care of me.
The worst case of mold I've seen was an Opus X that someone wanted me to "revive" for them. The white hair on the foot is not a sign that it's aged, just porous and moldy. Glad they took care of ya.