I received my 2 CPUs from the original seller and they looked fine except for the fact someone with really dirty hands packaged them. The bottom of the CPU, contacts side, had black fingerprints but it was easily removed via a cutip and some rubbing alcohol. Everything looks fine in booting them up in my new motherboard.
Good to know a few of us didn't get any junk yet..... once a while you see a real good deal and it turns out to be crap or fake...
run the benchmarks and see how you like it... for the price of $120 or less, it's by far the best cpu deal right now for any generation i think.... too bad it all gone.... but it's crazy with regard to the appetite still avail for this cpu... that people were buying like 40 at once...