"new/NIB" but sus packaging (imho)?

Turbonium · Oct 22, 2024

So I got this sealed NIB networking gear (D-Link WAP) off eBay from a very reputable and communicative seller/business, but it came in with what I thought was sus packaging (one of the sticker seals, while technically perfectly sealed, was applied twice, meaning one sticker directly on top of the other... very odd).

They sent me a free replacement, but this time, both sides of the box have the problem (2 stickers superimposed, on each side of the box, so 4 total stickers). Super weird, no?

Like, is this just some weird packaging glitch? Or is it a sign of a refurb or something?

EDIT: if you need pics, let me know.

sdifox · Oct 22, 2024

There is usually a new serial number on return gear. Check the box

Turbonium · Oct 22, 2024

sdifox said:
There is usually a new serial number on return gear. Check the box

The serial numbers seem original print, but the UPC codes are covered over with stickers, but aren't unique and are just UPC codes.

Here is one of the boxes ("good" side followed by "bad" side):

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Just seems super sus to me.

Brainonska511 · Oct 22, 2024

But is the bottom sticker damaged? I feel like the boxes electronics come in are generally hard to open without inducing some sort of damage as you cut open stickers.

sdifox · Oct 22, 2024

usually refurb gear get a different UPC sticker as well, try to google the upc

Turbonium · Oct 22, 2024

Brainonska511 said:
But is the bottom sticker damaged? I feel like the boxes electronics come in are generally hard to open without inducing some sort of damage as you cut open stickers.

It's not "stuck" onto the surface with the same consistency as the other, better sticker (first pic).

And the other box (I didn't post pics) has damage a bit on either side, yeah.

I started a return/refund with eBay, whatever.

sdifox said:
usually refurb gear get a different UPC sticker as well, try to google the upc

Shows up as the product, nothing about a refurb. Just too sus to me though.

pete6032 · Oct 22, 2024

Looks like it has been opened for sure. If you aren't comfortable with it, I would return.

manly · Oct 22, 2024

Wireless N? At this point, it's kind of meaningless whether it's NIB unless you somehow overpaid.
This is ancient gear and the warranty ended a decade ago.

If it's cheap enough (and it should be), and what you wanted to buy in the first place, I'd use it if it looks pristine. Technically it could still be NIB even though the seal was replaced. Sticklers could argue that is new, open-box and they would be correct.

sdifox · Oct 22, 2024

LoL didn't even notice it was N

Lost_in_the_HTTP · Oct 22, 2024

And the word is either 'suspect' or 'suspicious'.

Lost_in_the_HTTP · Oct 22, 2024

From various search results of dLink pages:

DAP-1360 high-PerformAnce wireless networking wireless n rAnge eXtenDer ... release 01 (february 2013)

Date: 4/12/2015 Problems resolved:

Firmware Release notes included. 15/03/2017

So, I guess it depends on how you define 'new'.

Turbonium · Oct 22, 2024

N does the job I need (barely). And I got it for cheap. Plus, the actual unit looks cool to me. Not like the weird looking stuff they sell nowadays (often a contoured or "stylish" white box that tries too hard not to be seen, or a box with a bajillion antennas sticking out of it, all of which look like individual abstract pieces of art with the weird shapes).

Lost_in_the_HTTP said:
And the word is either 'suspect' or 'suspicious'.

This sounds sus to me.

Brainonska511 · Oct 22, 2024

Turbonium said:
N does the job I need (barely). And I got it for cheap. Plus, the actual unit looks cool to me. Not like the weird looking stuff they sell nowadays (often a contoured or "stylish" white box that tries too hard not to be seen, or a box with a bajillion antennas sticking out of it, all of which look like individual abstract pieces of art with the weird shapes).

This sounds sus to me.

idk, my Asus RT-AX3000 looks perfectly normal to me, and blends in easily with my stereo equipment under my TV. Also, nothing wrong with having external antennas, given that it is supposed to be sending and receiving wireless signals.

BudAshes · Oct 22, 2024

Buying irrelevant tech from decade plus ago and using the term "sus"

Red Squirrel · Oct 22, 2024

ngl that does look sus. Scammers be yeeting trojans in the unit and slammin the box back shut no cap.

darkswordsman17 · Oct 23, 2024

OP, the NSA is intercepting it so they can snoop on you. You been making terrorist threats? Selling secrets to the Chinese? Or maybe the FBI, been doing that and also are a white supremacist and/or waggy/Ars'DrPizza CSAM?

BudAshes said:
Buying irrelevant tech from decade plus ago and using the term "sus"

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Turbonium said:
So I got this sealed NIB networking gear (D-Link WAP) off eBay from a very reputable and communicative seller/business, but it came in with what I thought was sus packaging (one of the sticker seals, while technically perfectly sealed, was applied twice, meaning one sticker directly on top of the other... very odd).

They sent me a free replacement, but this time, both sides of the box have the problem (2 stickers superimposed, on each side of the box, so 4 total stickers). Super weird, no?

Like, is this just some weird packaging glitch? Or is it a sign of a refurb or something?

EDIT: if you need pics, let me know.

Wet Ass Pussy is only 4 years old? Also I think I just realized what the D stands for, hey-yo!

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