The soaring popularity of Cognac and related rising prices has tempted many to cash in on their investments. A popular way to do so is by using the auction site eBay.
But before you consider this option, be aware of the recent complaint filed by Hennessy against the theft of some of its more prestigious bottles – in particular Hennessy Ellipse, see here for bottle details..
Yesterday morning, a La Rochelle man found himself the subject of a police investigation after he advertised a bottle of Hennessy Ellipse and a bottle of Richard Hennessy via eBay, see here for details on Richard Hennessy. Duly selling his wares he also agreed to provide the purchaser with authentication numbers for the bottles.
Cognac Trafficking Network
But it seems that his buyer is actually e a policeman from Cognac and with the aid of another dozen officers appeared at the vendor’s house with a search warrant. He was taken into custody for a period of 24 hours and told that he was being investigated as part of a cognac trafficking network.
He has been fully exonerated but is furious about what he describes as an ‘unacceptable’ experience. The unnamed man says that what bothers him the most about this is that the LMVH group who sold him the bottles originally is not able to trace that he was a genuine buyer.
It appears that there have been several copies of Hennessy Ellipse. The high end bottles have been sold worldwide but some boxes have arrived at their destination with the protective plastic film intact but no cognac inside or being replaced with dummy plastic bottles.
Hennessy reported the thefts a couple of weeks ago and a full on investigation is in place to find out who is involved, both in the taking and receiving of the stolen goods.