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Okay, so I was all excited for my new purchases coming today. Each box was purchased from a different vender. I opened the Hemingway box and it looked beautiful as ever. I was well pleased with this box. :-)

However, I then opened up the VSG box and was horrified to see this :-)

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I won't mention who they are from. Hopefully I will find out that they will do whatever it takes to replace/refund me. Please take a few moments of silence for these fallen sticks... :-)
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Based on that pic, they look ok to me :-)
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Surface mould? NP, wipe it off and you're good to go.
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Mold? Can't really tell from the pics. Even if it was mold, I'd wipe it off and smoke one to see how they are.
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:-)A few white spots maybe?
Wipe em off..... Or is that one on the end demolished near the cap?
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Look at the top left of the third stick in.
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Are you kidding, smoke those bad boys! Just mold...
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I agree- no problemo with those!(From what is shown in the pic.)
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Does surface mold not affect the taste of the wrapper/cigar?

I've always heard to just wipe it off..
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Well, from the picture you can only see some of it. However, it is spread on the foot of the cigar all the way to the top in patches. Yes, I could wipe it off... and I know it will come back from past experiences, but the point is when you pay for something this nice it shouldn't come this way to begin with. Maybe I'm just picky.
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maybe contact the vendor, or wipe it off its probley good to go
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The cigars are probably fine but, if your not a satisfied customer, Send em Back.
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Isn't that just plume? :-)
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ditto
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Bought a box of Cusanos three years ago with about with about the same amount of surface mold. As they were carried back from the States, I couldn't send them back. Wiped them with paper towel and the spots never came back. Think I still have two in the humi and they're still fine. If the mold is in the foot, it's a different story, but if it's just on the surface, a wipe should do it. Still let the vendor know, though.
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Called the vender and the sales rep was rude. She insisted it was plume and wanted to argue about it over the phone. Thankfully the customer service rep she transferred me to was great. He said that it was no problem and that he will send a prepaid return label and either credit me or exchange the box. I'm very happy with that minus the first sales rep. :-)

Honestly I have wiped others off and have closed the box only to open it in a months time to find it again. I appreciate all your input but I will be sending these back. Thank everyone. :-)
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Man, I understand how you feel but hell, would rather take them than they be destroyed. Who knows what will happen to em at this point.
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You made the right move. Hope everything turns out okay.
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for the price of those smokes, i wouldn't want mold on them either. i would also send 'em back.
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"She insisted it was plume" Of course...
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