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akumushi 03:02 PM 08-15-2009
I find it pretty hilarious that someone actually bothered to counterfeit Swisher Sweets and Black and Milds. I didn't think that cigars got any worse than that, but apparently the "Dank" from India is an obvious fake to the Swisher connaisseur. And I thought fauxhibas were frightening! :-)

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/07/...cover_cig.html
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Poe 03:16 PM 08-15-2009
I was worried about this story when I first heard about it a few weeks ago, then I found the details and which cigars they were counterfiting and couldn't help but LMAO.
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The Poet 03:49 PM 08-15-2009
Makes perfect sense to me. Not only are these 2 big sellers (not to us, mind, but still), but the customers who purchase them are likely not as knowledgeable as we feel we are, and further may not even care as long as the price is right and the taste is comparable to their "unsophisticated" palates. If the market is there, someone will exploit it if they can. Just :-)
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Dunkel 04:45 PM 08-15-2009
Most of those cigars get gutted for you know what anyhow. How could a machine made El Crapola get much worse?
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theonlybear4CORT 05:50 PM 08-15-2009
No wonder my swisher last night was a little off :-)
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Steve 08:05 PM 08-15-2009
Wow...don't tell GGainey :-)


Originally Posted by akumushi:
I find it pretty hilarious that someone actually bothered to counterfeit Swisher Sweets and Black and Milds. I didn't think that cigars got any worse than that, but apparently the "Dank" from India is an obvious fake to the Swisher connaisseur. And I thought fauxhibas were frightening! :-)

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/07/...cover_cig.html

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WildBlueSooner 08:50 PM 08-15-2009
Just goes to show you...people will counterfeit anything they can make any money off
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ucla695 09:18 PM 08-15-2009
Originally Posted by The Poet:
Makes perfect sense to me. Not only are these 2 big sellers (not to us, mind, but still),...... If the market is there, someone will exploit it if they can. Just :-)
:-) You beat me to it!!


Originally Posted by sonic_mike:
No wonder my swisher last night was a little off :-)
:-) :-)
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Silound 11:28 PM 08-15-2009
Originally Posted by :
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The Jefferson County investigation began in March when a consumer that purchased them recognized the lack of quality and sent them back to Swisher International, said sheriff's spokesman Lt. Randy Christian.

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This is the part where I died and went to hell for laughing so hard I fell off my chair. :-):-)
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Steve 08:57 AM 08-16-2009
Swisher and quality. Not exactly what you expect to hear in one sentance...



Originally Posted by Silound:
This is the part where I died and went to hell for laughing so hard I fell off my chair. :-):-)

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Snake Hips 11:54 PM 08-17-2009
"The customer unknowingly purchased a counterfeit Swisher Sweet Cigarillos Cigar, found it to be of poor quality, and became disappointed with the Swisher Sweet brand," Ryan said. "That disappointment in Swisher has the potential to ruin the brand's reputation."

Really? I wonder what the counterfeit tasted like to be disappointed in a Swisher...
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Genetic Defect 12:40 AM 08-18-2009
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J. Thomas Ryan, president of Swisher International, said the real victims are the customers.
:-) true on many levels
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Silound 12:55 AM 08-18-2009
Originally Posted by Snake Hips:
Really? I wonder what the counterfeit tasted like to be disappointed in a Swisher...
Dead grass rolled in a greasy paper grocery sack?












Oh wait, that's Gurkha's I'm thinking of, my bad!
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