Joe Cigar Selling Seconds?

I hate to be a cbid/CI basher, but I too have noticed that not everything on there is the same quality as what you get from other retailers. There is quite a bit of difference in the Pepin products I have bought from cbid/CI versus what I have bought at local retailers and smaller online shops. My Father is one of my favorite NC smokes. I bought a bunch of lanceros off of cbid at a steal....I smoked them, but they are like night and day compared to the same stick from a B&M....in terms of quality and flavor. Have had similar experiences with DPG black, blue, tobacos baez, and nestor miranda as well as padilla, alec bradley, oliva, et al. Now, if I see something that is not a CI exclusive advertised on the daily deal or cbid in mass quantities, I steer clear. With that said, I did get a killer deal from cbid on an outstanding box of DPG blue churchills once.