Hmmm I have no idea. thats just plain strange. I am betting they are simply lying when they say "sealed" if the were actually "STOLEN" enmass they would be caught selling them so publicly on ebay which is very easy to "track" to its source. not easy for you and me but very easy for ebay and the police.
Not sure. $247 is a bit steep though. I would not pay over $200 and it would have to have a good ESN and be mint for me to pay that.
I just got a near mint minus 8gb card EVO in box for $160 the other day on craigslist. good clean ESN (I met him with the guy he was buying the TORCH he wanted with the money I gave him for the EVO
he wanted a trade so I got us "together" so we all got what we wanted. I made sure he transferred service over to the torch so clear up the ESN on the EVO