Gary Bohn
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 8:47 pm
I know the old school way to do things is to leave drama from other places where it originated. IMO, that applies less and less these days because people operate on multiple platforms and many of the same cigars posted for sale here are also posted on FB and vice versa.
If you're not aware of Gary Bohn, he is a seller who operates a page on FB called "Cuban Connection." He sells for some of the highest margins on FB and in the past has claimed to sell only the highest quality stuff, even though he was purchasing from the same sites everybody else does. Imagine the used car seller of cigars (or for those that remember, any TL sales pitch)...that's Gary. But the large issue with Gary is when he sold fakes.
Proof here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Hp6Ab8IC-tFUsOM_YgVGYVPQfnz0389w?usp=sharing
Included are screenshots of Gary's posts selling MUO ENE 14 Siglo V and VI. These cigars have a large array of issues:
1. There was no MUO run of Siglo V.
2. These cigars are from January of 14, yet they have the new bands which didn't debut til May.
3. None of the boxes have transit seals.
4. The wax paper has a Cohiba logo with white around the edges.
5. The ribbon is a lemon yellow color, far off from the school bus yellow that the ribbon should be.
6. Most damning of all is a screenshot from CTO, a known fake outlet. They list MUO ENE 14 Siglo V being available and that proves provenance of these fake cigars.
I'm posting this because his name has been mentioned several times in the BZ and there was a request for background info.
If you're not aware of Gary Bohn, he is a seller who operates a page on FB called "Cuban Connection." He sells for some of the highest margins on FB and in the past has claimed to sell only the highest quality stuff, even though he was purchasing from the same sites everybody else does. Imagine the used car seller of cigars (or for those that remember, any TL sales pitch)...that's Gary. But the large issue with Gary is when he sold fakes.
Proof here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Hp6Ab8IC-tFUsOM_YgVGYVPQfnz0389w?usp=sharing
Included are screenshots of Gary's posts selling MUO ENE 14 Siglo V and VI. These cigars have a large array of issues:
1. There was no MUO run of Siglo V.
2. These cigars are from January of 14, yet they have the new bands which didn't debut til May.
3. None of the boxes have transit seals.
4. The wax paper has a Cohiba logo with white around the edges.
5. The ribbon is a lemon yellow color, far off from the school bus yellow that the ribbon should be.
6. Most damning of all is a screenshot from CTO, a known fake outlet. They list MUO ENE 14 Siglo V being available and that proves provenance of these fake cigars.
I'm posting this because his name has been mentioned several times in the BZ and there was a request for background info.