What happened to these cigars?

Goldy

I ordered the Arganese Uno daily deal a while ago and when I opened the box they looked like this....



They didn't come with a humi pack and a bunch of the bands were falling off so I was wondering if it was a humidity or heat issue. I didn't talk with ccom because I couldn't remember my password for the photo dumping site. Then I got sniped and had to make a new account so I figured I would ask you guys what you thought made those sticks go boom. They were really cheap so it didnt really bother me.

martymcg43

i'd say a combination of heat and humidity. they look terrible... at least they were some cheap smokes.

Diamondog

Did you get those from ccom??? They will handle that if thats the case...

stephen_hannibal

Wow those look nasty....

bacon.jay

I picked up a Hoyo Excalibur from a Cheap Tobacco about a month ago that looked like those.

Never again.

bigharpoon

It looks like your mailman had those in his back pocket all morning. I didn't think Ccom even sold Arganese.

MrMoke

Goldy:

I ordered the Arganese Uno daily deal a while ago and when I opened the box they looked like this....



They didn't come with a humi pack and a bunch of the bands were falling off so I was wondering if it was a humidity or heat issue. I didn't talk with ccom because I couldn't remember my password for the photo dumping site. Then I got sniped and had to make a new account so I figured I would ask you guys what you thought made those sticks go boom. They were really cheap so it didnt really bother me.

I got the same DD, it was back in the 2nd week in March, long time ago, when did you receive them? I know I got mine on 3/12, they are fine and heat humidity certainly wasn't a problem down here in SE Texas back then, someone (your mailman perhaps?) must have left the package sitting in direct sunlight, in a vehicle or something like that to do that much damage to them. You are right they are only cheapos, I figured they would be okay as yard gars, worked out at $1.43 a pop, I haven't tried one yet I might just fire one up this weekend and let you know if you're missing anything!

TGO

I got the same DD and one was a little rough but not that bad and the rest are fine (just checked)... I smoked one it was pretty good, the cognac didn't really come into play until the second half and it was not overpowering... good smoke for the $$ IMHO. Sorry yours turned out that way...

Goldy

I ordered two DD's so these are the worst of 10.

When I received these I put them in the humidor and they started to swell even more. Do you think its possible that the change in humidity (from 30-68) could make these swell and split? The shipping box was fine so I dont think the post had much to do with it, except maybe leaving it out in the sun.

Krieg

Damn, these smokes look like they were beaten like a red headed step child.

RampMonkey

I'm at a loss for words here...only one that comes to mind is "damn!". Hope they can be replaced by the vendor that you had gotten them from.

leonard

I got the same deal. Smoked one last night and it was fine. All the rest look good.