Studio Display XDR outer shipping box question

[Blaine]

I’ve e never seen an Apple product that had no perforated piece of cardboard to pull and break the seal on the outer box before you get to the products box. I received my Studio Display XDR today and the box was just open. There doesn’t appear to be any seal of any kind. Was curious how others boxes arrived. 🤔

Edit: I ordered it directly from Apple and it was shipped via UPS

 

[BeatCrazy]

Depends on where you got it from. Some places (like Best Buy) will take them out of the outer brown box before they ship. Doesn't make sense, but it happens!

 

[Blaine]

I got it via UPS from Apple.com

 

[ElGrandisimo]

I also ordered mine from apple.com and it was delivered via UPS; my outer brown box had a perforated pull tab piece to open the box.

 

[tothemoonsands]

I also ordered mine from apple.com and it was delivered via UPS; my outer brown box had a perforated pull tab piece to open the box.

Copy that - same perforated pull tab from my Apple.com->UPS order.

 

[Blaine]

Man someone opened mine then

 

[tothemoonsands]

Man someone opened mine then

Inner box was all good though? At least you got it! My UPS driver was super nice, but also clearly indicated he knew what it was. It's definitely no secret when Apple launches new products and the flurry of identical AI boxes start appearing at local depots.

 

[Blaine]

Inner box was all good though? At least you got it! My UPS driver was super nice, but also clearly indicated he knew what it was. It's definitely no secret when Apple launches new products and the flurry of identical AI boxes start appearing at local depots.

True

 

[Blaine]

I’ll have to check my inner box to see if it’s been opened too. I wasn’t going to open it until my M5 Mbp arrived

 

[ElGrandisimo]

For what it’s worth, once I pulled open that pull tab, the entire outer box just flopped open. That tab was holding the box together, so if someone had pulled that tab open, the outer box would’ve been destroyed.

The Studio Disolay box will give you a lot of info as well. That thing is such an elaborate contraption that you’ll know if anyone was poking around in there. Reassembling that box for storage was a nightmare.

 

[xraydoc]

I’ll have to check my inner box to see if it’s been opened too. I wasn’t going to open it until my M5 Mbp arrived

Definitely inspect to make sure it's intact. You've got 14 days for returns, so you don't want to delay while waiting for other equipment to arrive (in case that significantly eats into your 14 day window).