Sealed containers can rupture, sometimes violently, from the out-gassing that occurs as a battery melts down.
The box I use is fire resistant but there is no rubber seal.
They sat on a shelf, somewhere, in that carboard box for a good while before they were shipped to you... nothing inherently dangerous about a balanced LiPo pack... that said, whatever makes you sleep easy. I keep mine in a metal box, because it makes me happy. :happy...