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[reiser219]

I just picked up some edicion limitada 2012 Cohibas as a gift. How are these cigars and how much do they usually cost, so I can see if I covered paid. Thanks

[ggiese]

I just picked up some edicion limitada 2012 Cohibas as a gift. How are these cigars and how much do they usually cost, so I can see if I covered paid. Thanks

Sorry, reiser - you picked up something that looked like a Edicion Limitada 2012 Cohiba. Looks can be deceiving...

[CptnBlues63]

Sorry, reiser - you picked up something that looked like a Edicion Limitada 2012 Cohiba. Looks can be deceiving...

LOL

I was thinking along the same lines. Whether real or not would depend on where you picked them up. If you bought them at a La Casa del Habanos store, they're probably real. If you bought them from some street vendor in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, they're fake!

I wonder if they came in glass tubes or a glass topped box..

[reiser219]

glass topped box

[MoeCizlak]

glass topped box

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[CptnBlues63]

glass topped box

That's a guarantee those are fake Cohiba's. I saw many boxes like that in Mexico when I went to Playa del Carmen area last March. The street vendors all had the fake Cohiba's in glass boxes and tubes for sale. To the best of my knowledge, Cohiba has never put out any cigars in a glass topped box. Or a glass tube.

I read your other thread and the responses there and I agree with what you've already heard from other members.

The cigars you bought are more than likely made with all Mexican tobacco. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing. I brought back a a bunch of Mexica cigars and did so because I enjoy them. So with luck, the ones you bought are decent and your father will enjoy them. You also paid a pretty good price for them (way to go bargaining!) so all in all, you did ok. You just didn't get real Cohiba's.

Being as how I live in Canada, Cuban's are available here so I've tried quite a few different ones and I don't honestly think Cohiba's are that much better than a lot of other Cuban cigars so I really don't understand why they're more expensive. I think that's just due to smarrt advertising by the Cohiba company.

[CoventryCat86]

I just picked up some edicion limitada 2012 Cohibas as a gift. How are these cigars and how much do they usually cost, so I can see if I covered paid. Thanks