I bought an iPod video about a short while ago from Bestbuy which I have opened and loaded up. I just received one as birthday gift as well. ( didnt think I would, so I went and bought one.) The new on came form apple.com, and I was just going to return it to best buy, as it is unopened, and they can just resell it, rather than sticking them with an opened, used iPod.
I didnt know if apple used different upc codes for products sold by them / retailers. I know compaq had completely different model #s depending on if you bought it form them or in a Brick & mortar store. I was hopin to get some info before I walked in to Best Buy and looked like a fool if they are different.