Box still sealed 41 30.15%

Opened for inspection 42 30.88%

Makes no difference in what I'd pay 53 38.97%

Curious because I've seen full boxes for resale by members in various states of "openness".

Which is the preferred method when purchasing from others?

Sealed box
or
Opened for inspection

Does one or the other demand more monetarily? i.e. is an unopened box more of a "collector's item" than an opened box? etc.

Just curious what others thought.

M
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Open so I can see the lack of beetles and fuzzies! :-)
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Open hard to ask for a refund from a brother who is not to blame.
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Like to keep a box as perfect as possible. Sealed is sealed if I plan on letting it sit. Now if I am smoking them then open.
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When I buy from private sellers, I would prefer open so I can make sure there aren't any beetles or mold, but from a retailer, sealed since I can return them if it has those
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Makes no difference to me. I trust my sources.
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it makes no difference to me
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I voted for "Box still sealed" but a lot depends on what the specific smoke is. If it's a smoke that was released a couple of years ago, I'll still consider buying a box if it is opened and the seal has been broken, especially if it's an LE or discontinued stick. If it's a regular production smoke that is still being produced, then I prefer the seal(s) to be intact and the box to have been unopened. It's case-by-case on individual transactions and I assume/accept the risk of some beat-up sticks in this scenario. (However, for retailers, that box had better arrive sealed and unopened.)
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Lemon Pepper Chicken!
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Doesn't make a difference to me. I tend to open each and every box that I receive for inspection so I wouldn't let it effect price when buying a box from someone else. When the box arrives to my home it's getting opened either way.
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I think the question is Preferred resale type if I'm not mistaken that takes retailers out of the question. IMHO
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It does, but one needs to trust his/her sources in a resale transaction too.
That's one reason why I love this place.
Plus, a lot of the online retailers with wicked good prices are nothing more than resellers themselves. :-)
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oh, way to go me! Good thing my poll vote was still accurate, it wouldn't effect the price I expected, but I would prefer open since I would know for a fact what the cigars look like and any problems that may be had, but then again, I only buy from someone who I would trust to send what I paid for
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I don't care either way :-)
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Commie. :-)
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Yeah true, I would have trouble asking a BOTL to give me my money back if I bought a sealed box he had stored to long for him to go to the vendor is the only reason I mentioned it.

I also think from what I see being new or not that peeps here are trust worthy:-)

Dave

Good poll question dude!
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Depends on the source of the cigars, would prefer to have the box sealed but am now starting to open all boxes due to a beetle outbreak recently.
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woah now you can't just be dropping that kind of talk in here with out an explination. how bad were the beetles? do you know where they came from? what did you lose? how have you contained the problem?
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Open'em up


:-)


Chris.....
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My preference is for sealed, but as long as the cigars are fine it really doesn't make a difference.
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