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bsharf said:FYI I always open the box and check before I buy it. Too bad if the stores don't like it, but I need to check the health of the bulb. Its a waste of money to get a bulb that was kept too long in a humid location or or was frozen during shipment. In both cases, the bulb may have started to rot.

It's probably better for the store anyway because it saves them from having to return it, which usually ends up costing them money in the form of a finance charge from the credit card company...not to mention it contributes to the cost of having employees process your purchase and return (which factors in if they have more returns and, thus, require additional employees to help). See, you help them by opening the bulb packages.