Bolt, Black or White box???

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I ordered a Bolt last week from Best Buy and received it in the mail on Tuesday. Unfortunately, they didn't double box it and the unit came with something rattling inside the Bolt. That outer cardboard box was black as were others I've seen at Best Buy.

I quickly reordered another for pickup yesterday and picked it up today. To my surprise, the box is completely white. Does anyone know about the white boxed version? Is there a difference?

The box says 1000GB instead of 1TB on the black boxes. I looked on the bottom of the units and the old one was also made in the fall of last year in Mexico so I'm not sure what the deal is?

 

Hmmm..anyone else see white boxed versions? I would hope that it's the case. I sure wouldn't want to have a refurb or gray market item. Although there's probably little chance of that coming from Best Buy?

 

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Ah! I see that there's a gray label on the side of the box that says "TiVo Service Required" No mention of 1 year of service. That must be the reason for the new white box. I never realized that the old black box had that 1 year of service included printed on the box...are you sure that was printed on the box?

 

Thanks, I guess that clear things up. It looks like the white boxes are in fact the new packaging. Thanks everyone!

 

No no no...the free 1 year service was available to me when I registered the machine. I don't think that's attached to the machine themselves, just when you register?

But you bring up a great point. If I'm looking to buy lifetime service should I have waited until after May 2? Would the price drop after that? I wonder if I walked into Best Buy next week and asked for a refund of the difference would they give it to me? Sort of the best of both worlds!