Mold or Plume????

Darktower007

So I got some smokes from another online retailer. When they came in I found this. What do you think?

MorganGeo

Looks like mold to me. little fuzzy wuzzy

jliu

spotches of cocaine. you know what do to

catfishbluezz

I think you should never buy anything again from that retailer lol... That's just terrible.

pross

Wow, worst it have ever seen.

rsherman24

That is nasty. Which retailer so I know never to buy from them

jd50ae

TUBOs....?

jd50ae

rsherman24:

That is nasty. Which retailer so I know never to buy from them

AMEN

wwhwang

Definitely mold. Plume looks crystalline and would be all over the cigar. Mold is white or blue and patchy.

jd50ae

Is that 2 different cigars? Please post the name.

Darktower007

Damit!!it was BnB tobacco! Throwith under the bus! Calling them now. I fell for the group on $50 for $100 Rest look good just These two.

Lee.mcglynn

Darktower007:

Damit!!it was BnB tobacco! Throwith under the bus! Calling them now. I fell for the group on $50 for $100 Rest look good just These two.

sorry to hear this! I always stick with a handful of places online I trust

wwhwang

I would also just segregate the other sticks from the humi if they were transported in the same bag at least for the next few days. Mold spores are a pain. Make sure that the rh in the segregated container is less than 70.

Chemnitz

Lee.mcglynn:

sorry to hear this! I always stick with a handful of places online I trust

Like Ccom!

jd50ae

Chemnitz:

Lee.mcglynn:

sorry to hear this! I always stick with a handful of places online I trust

Like Ccom!

If that had of been a CCom (never happen) order they would have already called you falling all over themselves to make it right. And probably held a public tar and feathering. TUBOs...?

Darktower007

Lol they don't answer the phone! It says leave a msg..Ughh..quarantine in process. Probably the dang Tubo it came in, although never seen this from usual online sources. The rest look okay...for now they go in a saparate humi. So what the Heck do you do with a moldy cigar? Trash?

wwhwang

It's up to you, but I would say it depends on how deep the fungus goes. If you wipe it off, it should normally be ok. However, if you cut the cap and still find mold, toss it.

slamb@cigar.com

That just looks like some simple surface mold, you should be ok. You should be able to just wipe that off with a damp paper towel. I would still segregate them just to be safe, but if it's only those two, whipping it off and smoking it, you'll be fine.

rsherman24

Darktower007:

Lol they don't answer the phone! It says leave a msg..Ughh..quarantine in process. Probably the dang Tubo it came in, although never seen this from usual online sources. The rest look okay...for now they go in a saparate humi. So what the Heck do you do with a moldy cigar? Trash?

ah, tubo. makes a little more sense. give them hell and get new ones. then smoke the ish out of them

danielzreyes

Does it smell or taste like mushrooms?

0patience

hairy, fuzzy, bumpy, blotchy = mold.
Glittery, powdery, fine sugar look crystals or like very fine salt = plume.
There was a picture of an opus with a great example. I think it was a post on cfed.
If I'm not mistaken, I am pretty sure it was one that catfish posted it.

Under a magnifying glass, it becomes pretty evident.
It's amazing how easy it is to spot once you understand what it is.
Although in this instance, it is easy to tell it is mold.

kuzi16

absolutely mold

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Gray4lines

Damn! Sucks... you can definitely wipe em off and smoke em if youd like. And I hope you get some freebies. Mold, even in a tubo, is totally unacceptable from a retailer in my opinion.

Rhamlin

Bummer man. Hope they make it right. If they start the ole it's not mold it's plume line I'd never use them again. I had one donkeys butt told me mold was a good thing because that's what causes plume. He wasn't happy when I told him he didn't know what he was talking about.

Darktower007

Don't bother calling BnB tobacco. I was on the road for 6 hours today for work, and I started calling them at 9:00 AM est. I CALLED THEM 42 TIMES before I reached someone at like 10:30AM! Each call as three minutes or so then you get.. "we're sorry you missed us at bnb tobacco please leave a message!" Jackasses! When she answered, poor girl walked right into a buzz saw, I let em have it. Some how I didn't cuss her out entirely, I said. "Hey lady, look..my dang cigars are a freaking mold factory!" "What the hell is the RH in that place?" Stunned she had no idea what i was talking about. she said "Sir, I'm going to need you to take a picture of your receipt, the affected cigars and email us the photos, so we can process your complaint." Really?? Good grief I'll give them a little bit to make up for their carelessness, if not I'm posting all kinds of moldy nasty cigars on their Facebook page!

Gray4lines

Darktower007:

Don't bother calling BnB tobacco. I was on the road for 6 hours today for work, and I started calling them at 9:00 AM est. I CALLED THEM 42 TIMES before I reached someone at like 10:30AM! Each call as three minutes or so then you get.. "we're sorry you missed us at bnb tobacco please leave a message!" Jackasses! When she answered, poor girl walked right into a buzz saw, I let em have it. Some how I didn't cuss her out entirely, I said. "Hey lady, look..my dang cigars are a freaking mold factory!" "What the hell is the RH in that place?" Stunned she had no idea what i was talking about. she said "Sir, I'm going to need you to take a picture of your receipt, the affected cigars and email us the photos, so we can process your complaint." Really?? Good grief I'll give them a little bit to make up for their carelessness, if not I'm posting all kinds of moldy nasty cigars on their Facebook page!

Thats bullshit. They don't even believe you without a pic?? Yeah... I called 42 times to try and scam you out of 5 cigars.... Lol! I guess send em a pic. Totally post it on Facebook too. Sounds like a terrible place to buy from

pelirrojo

I had a similar experience with a B&M in Santa Fe back in April. I bought a couple cigars while walking home one evening and didn't inspect them that well until I got back to the room. I went to fire up the AVO I had bought and found several white spots of mold on the wrapper. I wiped it off, didn't see any on the foot of the cigar and figured I was good. It tasted like crap and I tossed it. I inspected the other cigar I had to find no mold on the wrapper but a hairy growth on the foot.

I took the cigar I still had back to the shop in the morning to get my money back. I showed him the mold on the foot and told him his AVOs are moldy as well. He of course pulled out an AVO with no sign of mold, but it revealed one under it in the box that was covered in it. I told him his shop was moldy and that I wasn't going to ruin his business by broadcasting it, but he should get the problem taken care of. He said "oh mold is normal for cigars, it's perfectly fine." He must have realized I knew he was full of *** by the look on my face and he quickly refunded my money. Some people eh?