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I don't buy Padilla stuff anymore, and haven't for years. On multiple occasions I picked up some supposedly-Padilla cigars from the mothership, complete with Padilla bands, that were total crap in my opinion. They looked, burned and tasted terrible, so from that point on I stayed away. Draw your own conclusions about what happened, I have no idea and am making no speculations, all I know is that they were terrible in my opinion, it wasn't just one time, and therefore I won't buy the brand again.
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