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With Cuban cigars being sold all throughout Europe one would think that the consumers in Europe would be educated on counterfeits. One look at eBay Germany and you will see that there are a lot of unsuspecting buyers willing to throw money at very blatant counterfeits. Here is just a sample:

From eBay Europe here is an auction for counterfeit box of Cohiba Esplendidos. Yes, even the infamous glass-tops are sold there. It has an amazing 21 bids thus far for just under US$100.

Update: billfrog May 18, 2002(1)
We have corresponded with billfrog via email and he honestly admitted that he was not that knowledgable about Cuban cigars. After explaining to him what was wrong with the box that he had up for auction, he pulled the auction.

This just proves that not all sellers of counterfeit cigars are out to rip you off.

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billfrog has just listed a box of faux box of Cohiba Robustos. It already has 3 bids and is up to US$152.50.

Normally, we don't list empty counterfeit Cuban cigar boxes on our site, but this one is too funny. Check out the double Habanos sticker located on each corner of the box and the lack of a factory code on the back. Oh, BTW, we got an email response from the seller.

whyaduck00 has pulled his head out just far enough to respond:
From: whyaduck42@aol.com [mailto:whyaduck42@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 10:41 AM
To: habanos_r_us@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: Question for seller -- Item #2103365201

You may want to stick to subjects you are more knowledgeable about.

Update: mgluvic May 22, 2002(1)
We get a lot of email back from our readers and I must say that everyone is very appreciative of what we are doing. On the other hand, we do get emails from counterfeit sellers who are very upset at what we do. Here is email banter from one of those whom we've managed to piss off. This is a typical email that we receive from counterfeit sellers, although Mike is very civil in his emails to us, he nonetheless, tries to pull the "I can find out all about you through the interent" scare tactic. This usually happens when counterfeit seller begin feeling desperately hopeless. Like we even care.

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mgluvic has got five (5) different Cuban cigar auctions - problem is they are all counterfeit. Maybe it's just me - I am a cynical bastard - but doesn't that hand in the picture look familiar.

Update: loscostranostra May 29, 2002 (2)

loscostranostra has, again, relisted counterfeit Esplendido auction. With a little more than 2 days left he has managed to snag one unsuspecting bidder for US$249.00. Let's see if this bidder realizes his error and retacts his bid before the end of the auction.

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Update: loscostranostra May 15, 2002 (1)

loscostranostra has got a couple more counterfeit Esplendido auctions up. I guess that person who won the first auction never completed the transaction. Too bad.

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These guys always have additional boxes that they can sell you "off" eBay and usually for a better price.

loscostranostra has pulled his head out far enough to respond:
From: "Aaron Rasoli" <arasoli@onsitewi.net>
To: habanos_r_us@yahoo.com
Subject: RE: Question for seller -- Item #2102308722
Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 13:42:17 -0500

I have Romeo's, Cauba, H,Upmann's, Trinidad and more. I have attached
the pictures to this e-mail.

-----Original Message-----
From: habanos_r_us@yahoo.com [mailto:habanos_r_us@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 12:57 PM
To: arasoli@onsitewi.net
Subject: Question for seller -- Item #2102308722

unable to see the link for additional pictures. Can you send them via
email? also what other boxes do you have?

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loscostranostra has snared a victim with his auction for a box of Cohiba Esplendidos - the final bid was US $332.77!!! for a box that is probably worth US$50. That's over US$280 dollars profit!!! That's more profit than selling legitimate Cuban cigars, which is why the counterfeit market is so large. We requested that the seller provide us with additional picture of the box that he has up for auction and they prove that these are counterfeits. Check out the picture of the back of the box...Where's the factory code? Also, this box is shrink-wrapped! A pretty good indication that they came out of the Dominican Republic.

jride999 has an auction "Authentic Cohiba Box". Were assuming that he is not trying to sell this counterfeit box without the counterfeit cigars. He states that you need to email him for the details, but his pictures provide all the detail that we need to determine this as a counterfeit box.

Update: rll@priveye.com May 18, 2002(1)
With 20 hours left on this auction it looks like there are two people fighting it out still on this auction pushing the bid price over US$280 - that's over a 600% profit margin!

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rll@priveye.com has an auction for a box of counterfeit Cohiba Esplendidos. We have informed him that the box that he is offering is a counterfeit box.

After visiting their site www.priveye.com, which has a section on Cons & Scams, one would assume that they will remove their counterfeit auction. Right?

Update: montanoinc May 7, 2002 (2)
Failing to have ripped off someone the first time montanoinc has relisted his auction on eBay for counterfeit Cohiba Esplendidos.

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Update: montanoinc May 5, 2002 (1)

montanoinc has pulled his head out far enough to respond:
We can go back and forth with emails all day. To satisfy that they were authentic I offered to talk over the phone and sent the pictures you requested. I paid nothing compared to what their worth here now. Customs allows 2 boxes per person. This helps to pay for my trip, most of my family lives in Pinar Del Rio, Cuba.

Good luck Bidding.......

There are many Cubans living abroad who travel regularly to Cuba to visit friends and family. Many of them bring back counterfeit cigars to sell them at huge profits to help pay for the cost of their flight and more.

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montanoinc has pulled his head out far enough to respond:
I bought them myself in Pinar Del Rio Cuba, thats why I know their authentic. I dont know much about Authenticity or what exactly your looking at but if not sure about authenticity dont bid. I tried to satisfy your questions with the pictures. Happpy Bidding......

We've got some pictures that were emailed to us by montanoinc. He insists that this box is authentic. Take a look at the picture of the green warranty seal. It is very washed out and the red serial number is very poorly printed. Also, take a look at the picture of the back of the box. The Habanos Hallmarks are very poorly stamped, and the factory code is obviously incorrect.

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Yet again, another seller, montanoinc, proves his stupidity, by stealing the counterfeit picture of another auction. Not only that, but montanoinc is so stupid that he has to copy the description of the auction as well. Checkout his auction.

sohi99 has a couple of auctions currently up, both are counterfeit. We have emailed him an besides these boxes he has others that he would like to sell off eBay. Not only are both warranty seals placed on incorrectly on the boxes, they both do not have a factory code stamped on the back of the box.

sohi99 has pulled his head out far enough to respond:
I have two boxes of Cohiba Esplendidos and two boxes of Romeo Y Julietta Churchills. I am interested in selling the others off of E-bay if the price is right of course. I am sending you a few other pictures of the Cigars in question. Thanks for checking my ad out.

Dave

sohi99 has pulled his head out far enough to respond:
I want 300.00 per box. A very fair price for these cigars. As far as shipping goes I don't think it would be anymore than 20.00 from here to the states per box regular mail. Personally... I would recommend a courier company, which would be safer, like UPS for speed to get them back into a humidor rapidly because of the value of this product. As far as guarantee on shipping they would be packed for travel (bubble wrap & paper) and will be able to withstand a substantial jarring, but once I ship them I can not be responsible for what may occur when they are out of my posession. Are you also interested in the Romeo Y Juliettas?
David

Update: felitopaz May 2, 2002 (1)

felitopaz has pulled his head out far enough to respond:
Stop selling my cigars assholes. They are all counterfit.
FUCK YOU and the Yankee horse u rode in Mother Fucker

You, my friend, are not only very confusing, you need attend some anger management classes.

PS: My horse doesn't appreciate you calling him names.

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What is this be stupid week? Here is yet another loser, felitopaz, with the same damn photo. What is it with this photo?

Update: readi29 May 2, 2002 (2)

readi29 has pulled his head out far enough to respond:
Ok, asere no hay problema. Cheveron.

readi29 has pulled his head out far enough to respond:
That's right dick head.
You think u r the only one that can get the real stuff?
Ha, ha, ha. I can get them any time at half of what u pay for them> lol

No, dude, we're pretty sure you can get them for LESS than half the price we pay.

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Update: readi29 May 2, 2002 (1)

readi29 has pulled his head out far enough to respond:
What r u talking about?
These are 100% Cubans

El coño de tu madre.

LOL! I will give this loser credit; he responds quickly and with color.

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readi29 is a loser two-times over. Not only does he steal a photo for his auction, he steals a photo from a seller who was selling counterfeit Cohibas, who in turn stole that picture from someone who was selling counterfeit Cohibas. What a loser! Hey, but what to you expect, he's from Florida where a great majority of counterfeit boxes come from. "La cuna del coño, ORALÉ!"