Bands or No Bands

[Poni]

When you buy, do you order with the bands off or on?

 

[artie97]

I only order intact.

 

[cf2112]

95%+ intact

 

[km13]

70% intact

 

[Girardian]

Used to not care. Now I'm heavily in favor of intact ... but those damn vendor sales get me at times.

 

[40boy]

I order based on:

1. Date code
2. price
3. intact

Right now, I'm at about 50% - 50%, using 3 main vendors

 

[sb1396]

Cohiba's and EL's intact. The rest I don't give a shi!! whether they are banded or not unless they are a gift. :smile:

 

[GuyMcBeerdrinker]

I shop for:

1. box code
2. price

if I can find a better situation with rebands I buy them. otherwise I go with intact most of the time.

 

[jerdog]

most of the stuff I buy has the bands, but the bands do not make the cigar taste any better, as long as you can trust your vendor.

 

[mark5]

I only order intact.

Judging by your avatar I would say so

intact for me also

 

[Eric]

Bands are for collectors...
No bands are for smokers!

 

[David]

My ordering has consisted of 100% bandless.

 

[Jwrussell]

Reasoning for one or the other?

 

[Wasch_24]

I like bands. I think they are pretty. They are also more asthetically pleasing than the blank bands or homade bands.

 

[fitzonelove]

Mostly intact now, but for a long while, without bands. I do prefer intact, particularly when guaranteed!

 

[DRL1211]

I prefer the intact.

 

[jckposter]

no bands sucks....

 

[Jwrussell]

So why go without bands? Less chance of them being confiscated? What?

 

[Wasch_24]

So why go without bands? Less chance of them being confiscated? What?

That is what I've always assumed.

 

[40boy]

So why go without bands? Less chance of them being confiscated? What?

For me , the less chance of confiscation is secondary to the service and prices of the re-banding vendor ( especially the sales :mrgreen: )