Back to the question I posed at the beginning...would a majority of the cigars in a box have plume just inside the foot? Part of me wonders if I go back there if he went back in the humidor and removed the box and/or replaced it with a different one....or worse, brushed it off.

No question. Especially in the foot --- I can understand confusion at times, if on wrapper.

I wouldn't go back there...but if you do, make the clerk smell the foot. Mold in the foot reeks.

What if they don't come with cello? 😳

I'd go back to this place. It's close, reasonably priced, and has a decent selection. I just feel bad for any poor bastid that doesn't have a clue. I just don't understand why they don't just send them back to the rep/manufacturer and get credit. I assume I'm the first to notice this....but before the employees stock the shelves they label each cigar in the box so you would think someone would have noticed this while they were taking them out. 🤔

Yep.

And if the clerk insists that mold only comes in blue / green and plume is while, tell him to leave a slice of tomato out for a week or two. All kinds of white mold will form.

Plume is actually pretty rare, and it tends to form evenly rather than being localized to one area of the cigar.

The expression "a tiny bit of knowledge is dangerous" can be very applicable at many B&Ms.

About a zero % chance of "plume"

Yep...that crossed my mind too.

This may help.

http://www.cigarbid.com/Forum/c/posts/627098/Plume-or-Mold- 

Wait so you keep the bands and not the cello? 🤦