I'd say unbox for safety check. Of course, if I were moving tomorrow, maybe not... Having said that, I have a brand new high-priced ham radio amplifier sitting in the garage (still boxed) and I really need to check it for damage. Box looks great but who knows it's not full of bricks and no amp?
I had many moves while I was in the military. On one of the moves, I "lost" a rifle the wife had got me for my 25th birthday. I had carefully oiled and wrapped it in a rifle storage cloth and had meticulously stored it in the original box. When we got to our destination, I was there with the inventory list and gleefully checked off that item when they took it off the truck. A month or so later, I picked up the box and it didn't feel right.... I opened it up and found that somewhere along the way, someone took out my prized rifle and replaced it with an old piece of tailpipe from a car!
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Randy
PA4X, SX900 (Baby Genos), Roland U-20, L1 Compact, Way 2 Many Saxes
"My computer beats me routinely at chess - but it's NO MATCH for me at kick boxing!"
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