When to Keep the Box and When to Toss it
Mar 17, 2017 12:52:14 #
Lots of things come in nice boxes. When should you keep them, and when should you toss them? Here's a guide.
https://www.howtogeek.com/298075/should-you-throw-away-all-of-your-tech-product-boxes/
https://www.howtogeek.com/298075/should-you-throw-away-all-of-your-tech-product-boxes/
Mar 17, 2017 21:36:07 #
My wife is constantly bugging me about all of the box's that I have kept over the years. They are all on a shelf nicely ordered and easy to find if I ever need one, which I will probably never use - but I have them. Every camera that I have ever bought in the last 20 years, every box for all of my ham radio equipment and other misc. items that I just might need (sure). I just keep them all - never know, just might need one some day.....!
Mar 18, 2017 09:03:49 #
jim10ec wrote:
My wife is constantly bugging me about all of the box's that I have kept over the years. They are all on a shelf nicely ordered and easy to find if I ever need one, which I will probably never use - but I have them. Every camera that I have ever bought in the last 20 years, every box for all of my ham radio equipment and other misc. items that I just might need (sure). I just keep them all - never know, just might need one some day.....!
Boxes for photo gear that I might sell are inside a large box upstairs in the garage. Many boxes are now beautifully designed and manufactured, and I save some of them for storage.
Mar 18, 2017 15:45:21 #
I save a lot of boxes and the wife is always after me to get rid of them. As soon as I do, she asks if I have a box that will fit this?
Mar 19, 2017 00:55:41 #
jim10ec wrote:
Every camera that I have ever bought in the last 20 years, every box for all of my ham radio equipment ...!
Are all senior photographers also amateur radio operators, or just you and I? 73 de Lee NV8YH
Mar 19, 2017 02:26:18 #
Popeye wrote:
I save a lot of boxes and the wife is always after me to get rid of them. As soon as I do, she asks if I have a box that will fit this?
DE Walt N9FR 73
Mar 19, 2017 17:30:37 #
Mar 19, 2017 18:25:23 #
I recently sold my film camera and lenses with flash grip filters etc. I had original boxes for each one. The buyer didn't want any of the boxes, so out they went. My wife had a very extensive empty box collection, that took up a lot of space in the dumpster when we moved, along with 38 years of other junk that we never threw out.
Mar 19, 2017 18:47:03 #
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Mar 20, 2017 13:58:36 #
PRodacy
Loc: New Mexico
I've never kept a box. My way of thinking is that if I buy something, its because I want it, so don't need a box to return it. The difference in resale with or without a box is so miniscule its not even an issue. Once an item has served my purpose, its paid for itself. If I then decide to sell it, that's just bonus money. I have enough worthless junk without keeping boxes.
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