cityboyyy Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 ok so i think ive been ripped off ..... i was at my local mid eastern mart and i bought a 250 gram tub of al fakher golden seal capuccino and when i opened it at home it was not like af at all ... it was sticky dry like nakhla and the smoke was terrible. the tub itself looked like it was cheaply printed on .... so my question is how can you tell if your buying a real tub of af or if its a fake any specific logos / marks to look for ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erica Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Well, For one, I don't thin AF makes a golden Capacinno...... But I dont know, do you have pictures? That would help a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityboyyy Posted October 20, 2006 Author Share Posted October 20, 2006 [img]http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c12/cityboyyy/fakfaker004.jpg[/img][img]http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c12/cityboyyy/fakfaker001.jpg[/img][img]http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c12/cityboyyy/fakfaker002.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 thats weird bro.. Never heard of a golden caupccino AF before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksblazer Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 [quote name='Erica']Well, For one, I don't thin AF makes a golden Capacinno...... But I dont know, do you have pictures? That would help a lot.[/quote] That's what I was thinking, capacinno is just part of their regular line. If you purchased a tub of "golden capacinno" it's probably is fake. One thing I don't understand is, if you were going to try selling a counterfeit product. Why try selling counterfeit shisha? The stuff isn't that expensive or illegal in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPR234 Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 People knock off almost every product available, its nothing new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erica Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 wait.. A few months back AF had labeled all of thier tobacco "golden" when you said "Golden AF" I thought you ment that it was in the square, plastic nicer looking box. This stuff that you have looks like regualr AF... the consistency looks exactly like AF and the color matches Cap. I think this is just regular AF and the person you went to is trying to get a few extra bucks because AF started labeling all thier tobacco "Golden" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erica Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 I do believe it's real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityboyyy Posted October 20, 2006 Author Share Posted October 20, 2006 no because when i compare it to my double apple al fakher its juicier less stems ... much bigger leaves ... and red as opposed to brownish.... plus it smokes better minus the headache Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erica Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 AF has differnt colored tobaccos... I LOVE AF Cap. That is how it looks. I am almost garentting you that it is not fake. The head is coming from the smoke being very stong... I know a lot of people that hate AF Cap because it gives them a head ache. and that is the normal cut of AF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mo Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 That's most certainly fake There are fake fakhers going around and for it to be labelled golden fakher means it's most definately fake. It may smoke etc, but it's not the original al fakher, more like al-fucked up. Just random companies tryin to cash in on the fakher name. It's still tobacco but not the same company. If you want a break down, here it is 1) Fakher do not do a golden cappucino 2) Fakher golden series comes in a different box, not the regular container. It's a clear plastic with a hinged cover. therefore, you have bought something that is fake. These random fakhers tend to be available in a number of 'unnofficial flavours' because fakher don't make these flavours. If in doubt, ask here and we'll try to help out. Texture is not an issue, different fakher flavours have different levels of wetness and/or texture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityboyyy Posted October 21, 2006 Author Share Posted October 21, 2006 thank you .... thats the answer i was waiting for ... but i dont know maybe what erica is saying is true ... that they now call all of their flavors golden fakher? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyehoud Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 I just received my 250g tub of cappacino yesterday and just compared mine to your picture: The placement of the logo is diffent - mines to the left, and the actualy word cappacino is incorrectly spelled on both our tubs, but theyre spelled wrong different ways. heh. I'm pretty sure it's fake, just based on my experience dealing with authenticating cigars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oggie505 Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 some normal AF tubs and the bags inside do say Golden, then the flavor. I believe there was a company in the US that had Al Fakher as their trademark, so AF put Golden Al Fakher on their normal tubs to bypass being sued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 In the past, Tangiers has used the number below the bar codes on shisha boxes to identify fakes, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persianhookah Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 It is real.. The distributors of Al Fakher in the U.S have gotten in trouble for labeling regular al fakher flavors golden by the factory in Dubai, thats why the cost has gone up on Al-Fakher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PersianPride Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 Holy crap man that tobacco is stem city. As for advice on spotting the fake my advice was going to be don't buy the version that has misspelled 'cappuccino' but from what the other poster has mentioned it seems the real Al Fakher doesn't appear to be able to spell it either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerorox Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 it looks real ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_D Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 Check [url="http://www.shishapipe.net/shopcart/home.php?cat=274"]here[/url] This is a uk based Hookah/Shisha company [I do not personally rate them] and they list two kinds of 'Al Fahkir' One copy, one original. It does appear there are two under the one name? JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingervoodoo Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 that 'uk based' shisha company should be strung up by their gonads for their ridiculous prices! I dont know about the US but where I am in Liverpool (UK) you can [i]only[/i] buy fake al fakher locally. Its the most rubbish printing job and inside on the tub it says 'el faker', they can't even spell it right! Doesn't smoke bad though, in fact I think better than nahkla. But its definately snide and nothing like the real thing. I think theres loads of blag al fakher about. anything thats popular is going to get copied I reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_D Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 I agree GingerVD. However we are both based in the uk and should be used to getting wallet raped. Someone has to pay for blairforceone [img]http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m273/Johnny_w_D/wanker.gif[/img] Back to the uk shisha. I love nahkla it's fine. But i suspect a lot of the us stuff is far better. If my health continues to improve i will re-order with hookahcompany.com JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmpeethree Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 i saw some guy selling "El Fakher" recently... that's weird. the container does look crappy. i can't see there being enough money in it to be making knock-offs though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingervoodoo Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 its actually not that bad you know, I got the mixed fruit and smoked quite a bit of it. I dont want to upset the nahkla fans (! ) but I do think its a touch better. I probably would have thought it was great, but then I went and ordered some real al fakher from the states and so far nothing else has even come close. Am going to visit my aunt in san fransico in a few weeks, and have ordered some havanna, romman, tangiers, sinbad, al qemah, al fakher and al fakher golden seal!!! If the UK people I've been chatting to want to tru a bit of mine I'd be more than happy to send out a bit for my english quality massell deprived brothers & sisters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerorox Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 ELFAKHER looks different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanguineSolitude Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 Carpoccino.... thats funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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