Cause of darker color under cigar band?

[inter4alia]

I am new to the forum (and somewhat new to cigars), so hopefully the picture I tried to attach to this post actually comes through.  I bought a cigar from a new B&M over the weekend and took it home to smoke same day.  Once I removed the bands, I noticed that the wrapper (Cameroon if that matters) under the bands was much darker then the rest of the wrapper -- see photo attached.  I have never seen this before.  Being that I am new to cigars, I am not sure but I got the sense that this cigar was drier than it should have been and that maybe the B&M's storage conditions are not ideal.  I figured that might explain the difference in the color under the bands, but I don't have enough experience to know whether that could be the case.  Any ideas on what could have caused this?    

[kalibratecuba]

Fading from excessive exposure to light?

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[El Presidente]

I am guessing wrapper fade due to sunlight or  fluorescent light.  I haven't seen that extreme before. 

[Fuzz AI]

Reverse tan lines!

[prodigy]

I would not buy from that source again. That is a heavily neglected cigar...

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[Booyaa]

Is it a Rocky Patel cigar?

[inter4alia]

6 hours ago, Booyaa said:

Is it a Rocky Patel cigar?

Good eye -- it was a vintage 2003 Cameroon.  

Thanks to everyone else for the responses.  Sounds like my suspicion of bad storage conditions was correct.  Scratch that B&M off my list.

[garbandz]

how was the cigar?

was it in a full box or at the bottom?

 

investigate before you walk away from your B&M, it could be an anomaly...…..

 

or, you could need to avoid the place...………..

[inter4alia]

26 minutes ago, garbandz said:

how was the cigar?

was it in a full box or at the bottom?

 

investigate before you walk away from your B&M, it could be an anomaly...…..

 

or, you could need to avoid the place...………..

I think the cigar was certainly on the dry side, but I do not have enough experience to know for sure if the cigar was really bad.  I can say that it did not taste as good as I expected, but it was not so bad that I was unable to smoke it.  But again, I am new to this.  

I grabbed the cigar from a somewhat full box.  The cigar I grabbed was on top.  

As I mentioned in my original post, I had some worries about storage from the start.  But this is the first time I checked out this B&M and I drove out there so I figured I would go ahead and grab a stick to try.  The A/C was not on in the shop, and it should have been given the temp that day.  There were no other patrons in the shop while I was there.  The humidor cabinets all along the wall did not appear to have good seals on the glass doors -- and with the temp in the shop I suspect the temp inside the cabinets was on the high side.  All things considered, I think I am still going to scratch this place from my list.  I have several other B&M options in Chicagoland where I've had good experiences.

Thanks again to everyone for your input.  Hopefully my next post will be much more positive than this one.

[Booyaa]

Good eye -- it was a vintage 2003 Cameroon.  
Thanks to everyone else for the responses.  Sounds like my suspicion of bad storage conditions was correct.  Scratch that B&M off my list.

They have had history of rumours of dying the wrappers which could mean over time a fading.

[Fugu]

Problem of open display of boxes....