This was a blast from the past…back in the early-mid 1990’s, when I lived in Yokosuka, at least once a month, I took the time to ride my bike to a stationary store that was off the Navy base to pick up a couple of boxes of O’Band rubber bands to use to wrap my newspapers. Each box was about $10 USD and they were worth it. They were the absolute best in terms of quality and durability–they could be used to wrap a daily paper and also the Sunday edition with all of the extra content and ads.
I remember one lady who kept all of the rubber bands and returned them to me when I came to collect monthly payments. The rubber bands were so good that they could be used multiple times.