Quote Originally Posted by Don Collins Cigars
Lets look at it this way. People only buy due to the hype of the name brand right? What I will tell you is this . When you buy tennis shoes you normally will buy Nike . Only because of the name. It doesnt matter if you have a fat foot and can't wear them, as long as they say Nike it's okay with you and those around you. Same concept for cigars. Even though we know there is no real cuban cigars out there , people purchase Cohiba even though it's made in Dominican Republic by BRAND NAME. People even purchase counterfeit Cohibas made out of cardboard, brown paperbags, banana leaves and still think they have a quality smoke. I'm not bashing anyone its just the plain facts. So all in our seeds were planted in Cuba and Dominican Republic and Tainos taught them how to grow tobacco. So where does the seed come from .?.. Right here. So If you like Dominican , Honduran , Nicaraguan tobacco.. you love these. Its okay to take a step and purchase an unknown name but I guarantee you will not be disappointed.

Thanks for your post!
Quite mad indeed. I don't think anyone on this board besides Don Collns needs me to explain that the bolded excerpt above is sheer lunacy. But I will.
Cubans do, in fact, exist. A lot of them. Some of the best cigars in the world come from Cuba, as do some crappy ones. They are illegal in the US, but even there they can be found. I'm Canadian and I will say that I have in fact smoked many genuine Cuban cigars. Dominican Cohibas exist, sure, and many people do buy them for the brand name. Cuban Cohibas definately exist as well. If you don't realise this I'm not sure you are too involved in the cigar industry. Does your company exist inside a bubble?