Hello everyone,
There was a thread a while back that I could not find that talked about this site as a "source" for ISOMs. After reading about how you could buy in singles, I decided to try six sticks that I had not had yet as a test.
Sorry fella's, so far, all three I have lit have been fakes. I wrote an e-mail to the site and am waiting to hear back from them. Don't know if I will. I dropped about $95 on this experiment and I don't want anyone else to make the same mistake.
I do not hold myself out as an ISOM expert, but through trial and error and with some help from my Bro's here and elsewhere, I'm pretty good at telling the diff. One of the cigars was the Cohibal Esplindido (sp) and it was horrible. Very spongy, big hole down the middle when lit, very poor roll. I have tasted some bad fakes and this particular one was one of the worst. Gotta put that one back on the pay it forward list.
Anyhoo, if someone else has had a positive experience with these folks and you are sure you got the real deal, I'm sorry, I'm not trying to tell you that you are wrong. Needless to say, I won't be buying from these folks anymore...buyer beware.
Thanks for letting me vent a bit.
Joe I. ???
There was a thread a while back that I could not find that talked about this site as a "source" for ISOMs. After reading about how you could buy in singles, I decided to try six sticks that I had not had yet as a test.
Sorry fella's, so far, all three I have lit have been fakes. I wrote an e-mail to the site and am waiting to hear back from them. Don't know if I will. I dropped about $95 on this experiment and I don't want anyone else to make the same mistake.
I do not hold myself out as an ISOM expert, but through trial and error and with some help from my Bro's here and elsewhere, I'm pretty good at telling the diff. One of the cigars was the Cohibal Esplindido (sp) and it was horrible. Very spongy, big hole down the middle when lit, very poor roll. I have tasted some bad fakes and this particular one was one of the worst. Gotta put that one back on the pay it forward list.
Anyhoo, if someone else has had a positive experience with these folks and you are sure you got the real deal, I'm sorry, I'm not trying to tell you that you are wrong. Needless to say, I won't be buying from these folks anymore...buyer beware.
Thanks for letting me vent a bit.
Joe I. ???