Well, a couple of long winded posts replete with huff and puff as per usual but in the end it amounts to another public fail with nothing to back it up.
Thanks to the confirmation from multiple members from multiple States as to the validity of my original statement. Bruce from AMD had confirmed this with me as well that it was now POLICY for ALL machines to be opened, inspected and repacked regardless of customer history. This was ONE of the deciding factors in holding off purchasing a NIB GB from AMD this time around or picking up one later as a HUO model - I chose the latter option whereas in the past was more than keen to pick up an actual NIB (rather than opened and then repacked) if the title appealed to me.
It does go to show which people on this forum have actually made contact in recent times to AMD about purchasing a NIB machine from AMD and how their policy has now changed and therefore have actual first hand knowledge of such matters instead of inventing fantasy on the fly.
