Originally Posted by well biked

Shimano may have some drunken folks on the assembly line. I received a UN 73 recently (bought from Performance I believe), and it was in a box labled ES71, which is a part number for an Octalink mtb bottom bracket..........Or maybe places like Performance buy unboxed stock (OEM surplus, etc.) and then put the bb's in whatever boxes they can find. But in your case, are you saying the bb itself was labeled wrong, or the box?-