Just to close the loop on this part of the discussion, I picked up my new primer pump and the box has no seals and no holograms in sight.

As my local vendor could only source through WorldPac on this item, I highly doubt it's a knockoff.

So it would appear the genuine item comes in a 'plain jane' bosch box.

Cheers to all

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Mac
2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td
Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d

“Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

Good to know...I Did the same thing and bought 2 of the new style primer pumps keeping one as a spare...after getting glow plugs in the fancy hologram box, I wondered if those primer pumps might be counterfeits as the primer pump boxes had no fancy holograms either...just a plain Bosch box. No leaks after 2 years works good, mind you I think we've only used it once or twice...I remeber thinking that I got a good price for them up here...paid something like 21 bucks each.