Tale of the 2 laptops

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Hi folks

Need some advice about a laptop with a broken factory seal. We got a
toshiba laptop from bestbuy a few days ago. However a few days later we
found a better deal on the same laptop at CompUSA and bought the same
model toshiba. The latter laptop seems to have the toshiba factory seal
broken and then *cleverly* resealed. Now I am in a dilema about which
one to keep. The difference in price is 10%. Anyone has the inside
scoop on this ?

In one scenario I can think of, the CompUSA laptop is a returned item -
maybe due to too many dead LCD pixels. The store decided to simply
reseal and resell. Here's some pictures :

CompUSA laptop with broken seal - resealed:
http://imagedeposit.com/ad_images/ [...] D35C02.jpg

BestBuy Laptop shows how toshiba seal actually looks like

http://imagedeposit.com/ad_images/ [...] BDBC02.jpg

Together
http://imagedeposit.com/ad_images/ [...] B56702.jpg

2 more shots of the broken seal
http://imagedeposit.com/ad_images/ [...] 9BC502.jpg
http://imagedeposit.com/ad_images/ [...] CD5E02.jpg
Thanks for your time and knowledge !

Regards
Debjyoti