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i love there fan mail too, i have yet to see them post it from anyone who didnt think it was the greatest cigar ever made. i mean i guess thats what it is "fan mail" but id much rather have something like the amazon.com reviews on stuff. honest reviews from customers

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by j-easy

i love there fan mail too, i have yet to see them post it from anyone who didnt think it was the greatest cigar ever made. i mean i guess thats what it is "fan mail" but id much rather have something like the amazon.com reviews on stuff. honest reviews from customers

Check out the fan mail on these babies:

http://www.cigarsinternational.com/p...&stext=cremosa

[Whee]

Originally Posted by andysutherland

Check out the fan mail on these babies:

http://www.cigarsinternational.com/p...&stext=cremosa

Rp from Ohio says..."I was completely impressed with the amount of bloom on these cigars when I unwrapped them, and "...

Bloom?!? On a Cremosa?!?!

[BlackIrish]

Originally Posted by j-easy

i love there fan mail too, i have yet to see them post it from anyone who didnt think it was the greatest cigar ever made. i mean i guess thats what it is "fan mail" but id much rather have something like the amazon.com reviews on stuff. honest reviews from customers

Long ago, when I first unwittingly ordered some crap sticks from CI, naively believing they hype that they were a good value stick, I submitted an honest (read: negative) review. I thought the reviews were like Amazon, where they wanted reviews, good or bad. I got an email back telling me that if I didn't like the cigars they'd take them back and give me a pro rata refund. The email made me chuckle, because the CSR seemed almost offended that I'd submitted a negative review. I took him up on the offer for a refund -- I appreciated that. But now I know not to believe any reviews on CI.

[Nimbus]

I believe it is more hype and a marketing scheme than anything else. Now if they had some Anejos or Opus for MSRP then I would consider the sale legit.

Originally Posted by BlackIrish

Long ago, when I first unwittingly ordered some crap sticks from CI, naively believing they hype that they were a good value stick, I submitted an honest (read: negative) review. I thought the reviews were like Amazon, where they wanted reviews, good or bad. I got an email back telling me that if I didn't like the cigars they'd take them back and give me a pro rata refund. The email made me chuckle, because the CSR seemed almost offended that I'd submitted a negative review. I took him up on the offer for a refund -- I appreciated that. But now I know not to believe any reviews on CI.

I never believe any of their reviews - always finding hidden "gems" in some forgotten warehouse.

[groogs]

Sounds like pure hype to me. CI seems to say anything to sell some sticks.