Agreed; keep the box sealed...for the reasons mentioned. Some of your fellow drone pilots might laugh at you or mock you for keeping unopened drone boxes squirreled away for the future but never mind them, they can't see what is going on right...
Keep the box sealed. You can bank it for resale down the road ... or if you find parts sources drying up. In the meantime, each time you need spares you can continue to shop via Amazon, Ebay etc while they are still cheap and available. Down...
Purchased a M4P (>250g) in mid - December. Because of all the uncertainty issues surrounding DJI and the FCC closed list and what it is or is not going to do, I purchased a 2nd one, (thinking for parts) thought to be identical, but found out it's...
I'm not the experts on M5P RID but perhaps you can start here and decide if any of it applies to non-US locations:
https://mavicpilots.com/threads/mini-5-pro-is-broadcasting-rid-with-all-batteries-including-the-mini-5-pro-standard-battery.153947/