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[tksamtec]

Its amazing to me that after the last Opus X debacle, that people here are so quick to forgive and forget that whole fiasco. To my recollection, the whole issue was ignored and avoided by VRAT and the recipient was never made whole.

[Stump]

Dude just listed more OpusX coffins. Get your popcorn ready.

[H Upmann]

Why wouldn't he. Dumb fuckers here keep buying from him.

[alwayslit]

[quote author=H Upmann link=topic=55303.msg211342#msg211342 date=1658011673]
Why wouldn't he. Dumb fuckers here keep buying from him.
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....this.

[UBB]

Dude is still slinging on Facebook.

[norton]

[quote author=StogieNinja link=topic=55303.msg211118#msg211118 date=1656970804]
In the early aughts I had more than a couple cigars with ribbon-caused deformation, so I did pull them for a while. Now I just cut them.
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This is absolutely true.  I've seen 10 y/o cabs with ribbons intact and some of the deformed cigars didn't draw well or burned funny.

[JL Miller]

[quote author=norton link=topic=55303.msg213883#msg213883 date=1668560723]
This is absolutely true.  I've seen 10 y/o cabs with ribbons intact and some of the deformed cigars didn't draw well or burned funny.
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I think I've cut every one of mine since early 2000s, but then again, I don't worry about being "intact" because I don't sell alot.  I think about how the cigar will be 20 years down the road...and that ain't with a ribbon binding on it...

[Pole Lock]

I think this is psychosomatic, but in every cab of Por Larrañaga PC I've burned through, the sticks deformed from the ribbon have almost always been exemplary for the cab.  Especially if other sticks in the cab were under-filled wind tunnels.

[Havanaaddict]

[quote author=Pole Lock link=topic=55303.msg213931#msg213931 date=1668960613]
I think this is psychosomatic, but in every cab of Por Larrañaga PC I've burned through, the sticks deformed from the ribbon have almost always been exemplary for the cab.  Especially if other sticks in the cab were under-filled wind tunnels.
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I have smoked 100's of cigars with the dent/ribbon crease and it is always the best cigar in the cab :bait:

[NeedaBehike]

ISO ribbon dented sticks