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BLUE...regarding the VR 5th Anny sale.
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 4:19 pm
by grateful1
At which national events were these differences noted?
"I have a few VR 5th Anniversario for sale - 1 Clasico, 1 Familiar, and 2 Famosos. (thes:e particular cigars have been sampled at several national herfs and were consistently judged as darker, richer, and sweeter than production VR's) In addition , i am including a 1999 VR Unicos for comparisons sake. $120 shipped. ck/mo"
Great price by the way.
Are these from the Humidor? I didn't know they had the Familiar.
Do you have photo's?
Wow...sold 4 minutes after I posted this!
If you bought these cigars...please PM me.
Re: BLUE...regarding the VR 5th Anny sale.
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 4:49 pm
by AlohaStyle
You are correct, there is no Familiar in the 5th Anniversary Humidor. I hope the buyer knows what they are getting...
Re: BLUE...regarding the VR 5th Anny sale.
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 4:53 pm
by grateful1
[quote author=AlohaStyle link=topic=10087.msg55511#msg55511 date=1309366181]
You are correct, there is no Familiar in the 5th Anniversary Humidor. I hope the buyer knows what they are getting...
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It seems blue updated the sale and said it was actually the Maestro(sp).
That's cool, mistakes happen. Now about the national events.
Funny too how a sale in June of 2010 also listed a 'Familiar'...must be the same mistake.
Re: BLUE...regarding the VR 5th Anny sale.
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 11:44 am
by massphatness
Just chiming in here as I'm the buyer.
Smoked one of these sticks with Blue at a PPP at last year's Shack Herf, and I have no worries as to their authenticity given that experience combined with the other transactions I've had with him.
I've been fortunate enough to smoke a half dozen or so of these sticks over the past year and a half or so. As such, I'm comfortable in knowing what I should be getting out of the cigars. Should they not be as purported, I'm happy to report that experience, but I have little doubt that I'll need to do that.
As for the Familiar/Maestro thing ... I'm just going to chalk that up to human error. I will say, however, that once he was made aware he had misidentified one of the vitolas, Blue did the following:
1. PM'd me to inform me of his error
2. Gave me the opportunity to back out of the deal without prejudice
I thanked him and dropped my check in the mail.
Re: BLUE...regarding the VR 5th Anny sale.
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 1:02 pm
by Sandman
Sounds like Blue is a stand up guy. Nicely handled.
Re: BLUE...regarding the VR 5th Anny sale.
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 1:14 pm
by Addiction
[quote author=grateful1 link=topic=10087.msg55505#msg55505 date=1309364386]
At which national events were these differences noted?
"I have a few VR 5th Anniversario for sale - 1 Clasico, 1 Familiar, and 2 Famosos. (thes:e particular cigars have been sampled at several national herfs and were consistently judged as darker, richer, and sweeter than production VR's) In addition , i am including a 1999 VR Unicos for comparisons sake. $120 shipped. ck/mo"
Great price by the way.
Are these from the Humidor? I didn't know they had the Familiar.
Do you have photo's?
Wow...sold 4 minutes after I posted this!
If you bought these cigars...please PM me.
[/quote]I've smoked these at Shack, I'd agree these are a significantly better than regular VRs which for the most part I dont really buy/.
Re: BLUE...regarding the VR 5th Anny sale.
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 1:55 pm
by randomhero1090
Sounds like a fantastic seller to me.
Re: BLUE...regarding the VR 5th Anny sale.
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 5:23 pm
by TheLostGringo
[quote author=massphatness link=topic=10087.msg55717#msg55717 date=1309520668]
Just chiming in here as I'm the buyer.
Smoked one of these sticks with Blue at a PPP at last year's Shack Herf, and I have no worries as to their authenticity given that experience combined with the other transactions I've had with him.
I've been fortunate enough to smoke a half dozen or so of these sticks over the past year and a half or so. As such, I'm comfortable in knowing what I should be getting out of the cigars. Should they not be as purported, I'm happy to report that experience, but I have little doubt that I'll need to do that.
As for the Familiar/Maestro thing ... I'm just going to chalk that up to human error. I will say, however, that once he was made aware he had misidentified one of the vitolas, Blue did the following:
1. PM'd me to inform me of his error
2. Gave me the opportunity to back out of the deal without prejudice
I thanked him and dropped my check in the mail.
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Unfortunately I was not the buyer, but like Vin I have dealt with "Blue" many times and everything is always perfect.
Re: BLUE...regarding the VR 5th Anny sale.
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 11:53 pm
by grateful1
[quote author=massphatness link=topic=10087.msg55717#msg55717 date=1309520668]
Just chiming in here as I'm the buyer.
Smoked one of these sticks with Blue at a PPP at last year's Shack Herf, and I have no worries as to their authenticity given that experience combined with the other transactions I've had with him.
I've been fortunate enough to smoke a half dozen or so of these sticks over the past year and a half or so. As such, I'm comfortable in knowing what I should be getting out of the cigars. Should they not be as purported, I'm happy to report that experience, but I have little doubt that I'll need to do that.
As for the Familiar/Maestro thing ... I'm just going to chalk that up to human error. I will say, however, that once he was made aware he had misidentified one of the vitolas, Blue did the following:
1. PM'd me to inform me of his error
2. Gave me the opportunity to back out of the deal without prejudice
I thanked him and dropped my check in the mail.
[/quote]
Thanks for the update.! :bigup:
@thelostgringo....don't burn a hole in that shirt with the ninfas!
:gotcha: