Apparently someone got shafted on Ebay with a counterfeit Zune...

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"Just received my 8GB Zune from Ebay. When I saw the box first I was kind of shocked. Text and Printing not aligned to the center of the packaging, no sticker with serial number and Barcode. As well there were no manuals and the earphones and synch cable were not in separate boxes. Then I thought "wonderful you've bought a fake Zune" but the Device looks fine (ok it looks like second quality, dented screw cover (or whatever the chrome cover covers Smiley and some errors in the laser engraving at the back) When I plugged it into my PC it started charging and a few minutes later it started up and shows correct firmware as well. So how can this be? Has someone embezzled second quality devices and made a new Packaging for them? Has anyone else the same experience?"

The post over at Zunerama details how he appears to have been juked. It's quite possible that this "is" a Zune, but one that didn't make it past QA to go to market and was snuck out of the plant under the shirt. :)

Source: Zune Thoughts