the hole with tags thing means nothing, so many people on here reattach tags and say it is new. If you want brand sparkly new jiberish theres this cool site where you can get it (www.jiberish.com) im not saying hoffm@n can't be a d-bag, but i think he is right here, either trust the seller that it is brand new, which this definitely is knowing his sales/feedback, or buy it someplace else,
my $0.02