Update on this.
My Goldies arrived today. The first thing that I noticed was that a "Best Cigar Prices" sticker was placed over the box numbering. Upon removal, which was NOT easy, I found the numbering had been sanded off entirely. There's also no signature on the box. Also, three of the fan cap was broken off of three of them.
They tell me that they had to remove the box numbering because they buy them from a third party, and that it's required. I'm not sure why that would be required, regardless of from whom they were bought, but I was assured they were not seconds.
I realize the box is not the most important thing, but I'm not gonna kid 'ya, I'm not too happy. I was actually going to pay more to get them from Serious, because I was leery of the low price, but Serious sold out before I was able to pull the trigger.
It also concerns me that some unknown "third party" may not have stored them properly. It seems to me they would have had to have been pretty dry for the caps to break off while in the box. (The broken off caps are still in the box.)
What do you guys think? I'm considering returning them.