A few days before my birthday, a gigantic box arrived. It was one of those super thick, stiff boxes used by the military for storage. I imagined it came from some place like they put the Arc in Indiana Jones.
Inside was a sealed envelope with a Tektronix 2235 manual, and a huge box that had been vacuum sealed in thick, metallized laminate. As I cut it open, air hissed in -- I felt like an archeologist opening a precious, sealed sarcophagus! Sure enough, inside was a factory sealed Tektronix box. Inside was the scope and all the accessories in original, sealed packaging. I opened up the scope, and looked for swollen or leaking caps. Didn't find anything obviously wrong, so I plugged it in. It was fully functional and in calibration!
Turns out my wife purchased the last one they had. Best birthday present ever. I don't even care that it cost way more than it should have. Soooooo Shiny!
I figure I'll replace the caps. Not sure what else needs to be done.
-mitch