With or without the box ?

Interesting, never really given this any thought. What kind of price difference are we talking about?

I always get rid of the box straight away, I know some people like to keep the bottles in them but I prefer quick access! Surely it would be more environmentally sound to offer bottles without. I'd choose the unboxed version on that basis regardless of price. Would say know to a price decrease mind!

Like Piero, I always get the dram directly out of the package and add only the bottle to my cabinet. That said, I do have a space in my study where I keep at least one of each packaging for my collection.

@Jean-Luc: did some more research ! Seems like the price difference is not that remarkable ... only €2 difference ...

Having a degree of environmentalist in me I'd prefer to see very little if any packaging. I'm only interested in what's in the bottle. A good bottle and label design grabs my attention. So scrap boxes save trees and all the carbon made in producing them and make the whisky cheaper!

@cave: Great topic. I didn't know that. Tx for posting.