Got mine today from amazon and the box is perfect, hearing about all the dented boxes makes me not want to open it yet. Plus it's too distracting during finals.
look at the sony card thread on cag,http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=210332 you dont need to sign up for the card at all and you can get like 25 dollars off their store in like 5 mins.