Davidoff's AVO Unexpected Scam (Likely)

[atllogix]

Wondering what your thoughts are on this. As a regular Davidoff consumer I feel some type of way about this, maybe others do not or will not. The jist of it is the 4 new blends of AVO Unexpected were in fact not new blends at all they are all the Toro size from one of the core lines. Charging more and billing it as a limited edition. This isn't hearsay as 3 Davidoff employees revealed this on Cigar Dojos Smoke Night Live. It's a pretty long listen if you want to get the full context of it, titled AVO Unexpected Reveal.

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[redneck_toy]

Doesn't surprise me. It is disappointing though

 

[bostoneo]

wonder which ones, as none of them reminded me of any core lines

 

[CigarGavin]

wonder which ones, as none of them reminded me of any core lines

Passion=classic
Celebration=XO
Moment=Domaine
Tradition=Heritage


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[bostoneo]

lol there is no way the passion = classic, two different blends. I just smoked a classic yesterday and today, MUCH lighter in body than the Passion is

The celebration is wayyyyyy to light to taste anything like an XO as well

 

[Mossome]

lol there is no way the passion = classic, two different blends. I just smoked a classic yesterday and today, MUCH lighter in body than the Passion is

The celebration is wayyyyyy to light to taste anything like an XO as well

You smoke seven cigars a day. Do you actually taste anything anymore?

 

[bostoneo]

Hmmmm picked up the no 2 classic at shop and compared veryyyyy similar. Cold draw and aroma is identical.

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[CigarGavin]

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[Nacho Daddy]

That was Unexpected...……….

 

[Palama]

Can’t say I was ever a fan of Avo cigars but that door has now been shut.

 

[BasicTek]

So how many other Cigar manufacturers are pulling this???

 

[CigarGavin]

Probably more than you wanna know, but most are smarter about the rebranding/tweaking and don’t openly admit to it like it’s no big deal.


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[Boudie]

It will be interesting to see if the people embarrassed by this revelation exact revenge against the revealers. Not often that company personnel speak so openly about their employer without being where they can maintain some type of deniability. Even Jeff is taking a chance. He could have been a bit more discrete in explaining how he got duped and why the "special release" is on sale. Curious to see if he has trouble getting AVO in the future.

 

[jvd1230]

Damn thats pretty crazy. I would expect more of a brand like Davidoff, but then again maybe I shouldn't. Another sign of the lack of integrity in modern corporate culture

 

[OneStrangeOne]

That’s pretty disappointing, seems like a year or two ago there was another brand that did this as well.

 

[atllogix]

That’s pretty disappointing, seems like a year or two ago there was another brand that did this as well.

Ohhh

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[Rupe]

This same scam was basically the reason I stopped supporting Caldwell.

 

[OneStrangeOne]

This same scam was basically the reason I stopped supporting Caldwell.

That’s the one! Couldn’t remember who It was.

 

[VeLoRoK]

This same scam was basically the reason I stopped supporting Caldwell.

Is that when they were doing the Lost and Found, or was there something even worse?

 

[Rupe]

Is that when they were doing the Lost and Found, or was there something even worse?

No just the lost and found thing.

Made me think of them as the Milli Vanilli of the cigar world. (Sorry if that analogy dates me)


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