Tubos and Mold

[Isaiah]

So I was at my local B&M and was looking over a few cigars. I was going to buy a Monte white in one of the tubes and I opened one and it was covered in white mold. Thick white puffy spots everywhere. I opened a second one, same thing, opened a third one, same thing. It even had a thin cedar strip around the cigar and still there was mold. I let the owner know.

I have never seen mold on any of their other cigars but I have never purchased a cigar in the tube from them.

Is it the poorly constructed tube that doesn't allow air flow or the humidity in the B&M?

 

[SeaGarr]

Oh man... that's go to hurt. My guess isn't that it's a poorly constructed tube - my guess is that the tubes are not to be opened until smoked. Once opened - all the value of the tube is mute.

At least that's what I have heard.

 

[ChefBoyRG54]

I've opened some tubes in multiple stores and have seen the same thing plenty of times. Not always or anything, but definitely enough to know to open tubes any time I consider buying one

 

[Catawbamatt]

Did the store owner say it was plume???

 

[Isaiah]

No he said " awe shit " grabbed them and walked away.

 

[Whtwtrman79]

Did the store owner say it was plume???

It's always plume, white fluffy fuzzy plume

 

[Catawbamatt]

It's always plume, white fluffy fuzzy plume

Yea that's what I was getting at. I can never imagine a store owner admitting to plume lol