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unless you are a buisness, otherwise you shouldn't have to.
you are selling what you purchased some time ago. you bought it for a higher price and now you are selling it for a lower price, so if you are going to file it into taxes, you would have to include how much you lost from your transactions.
i bought open box before. good experience. i've heard many saying that they received accessories with theirs, but most just receive the board. Mine came without a back plate, but that didnt effect the oc. I was able to oc pretty well. Got 3.4ghz oc on my q6600 with the asus board, didnt have the...
i just opened my brand new sealed in box q9450 i ordered from microcenter (that was before i got my computer running... few hours ago).
the top looks just like the one you have, with the markings (course i didn't have to clean any thermal paste :D ). i forgot to look at the bottom...was too...