Do you keep your boxes? [Archive]

captoats85

Dec 4, 2006, 01:13 PM

I'm wondering - is anyone else like me and keeps the boxes their Apple stuff comes in? I know several people throw them out without a thought, but the damn things are so nice, I just keep them. The boxes to my Mini, Apple keyboard and iPod Shuffle are sitting on a shelf and are like new.

SpaceMagic

Dec 4, 2006, 01:15 PM

I do. I have no idea why. I think it's about re-sale, although I never would.

twoodcc

Dec 4, 2006, 01:18 PM

I do. I have no idea why. I think it's about re-sale, although I never would.

i do. i just like the boxes, and just incase i resell.

iGary

Dec 4, 2006, 01:19 PM

I do. (http://www.wired.com/news/culture/mac/0,68810-0.html?tw=wn_culture_mac_11)

bartelby

Dec 4, 2006, 01:21 PM

I do too!

I only recently got rid of my PowerMac 7500 box, it'd fallen apart.

katie ta achoo

Dec 4, 2006, 01:24 PM

Uhm, I believe the answer is HECK YEA!

I even brought two iBook clamshell boxes out of the heavy trash.
Why?
I dunno--it's a sickness! :eek:

zephead

Dec 4, 2006, 01:31 PM

I think I remember seeing a thread like this a while back, and yes I do keep my Apple boxes. I still have the boxes for my 5G iPod, Universal Dock, and In-Ear Headphones. :D

captoats85

Dec 4, 2006, 01:31 PM

I do. (http://www.wired.com/news/culture/mac/0,68810-0.html?tw=wn_culture_mac_11)

That's an interesting story... I had no idea it was carried so far. I certainly don't keep my plain jane brown PC boxes though.

Jasonbot

Dec 4, 2006, 01:45 PM

I once saw a documentry of some guy who made his furniture out of apple boxes:eek: he had a bed, couch even a Duvet all made outta old apple boxes, how cool is that!? I have no place to keep my new iMac box so it resides right in the middle od my room. It's quite an attraction:D

mac-convert

Dec 4, 2006, 10:36 PM

But - I might need it later!!! I do have lots of original boxes, stashed away in the basement. The next move though, they become recycled - probably - well maybe.

twoodcc

Dec 4, 2006, 10:40 PM

But - I might need it later!!! I do have lots of original boxes, stashed away in the basement. The next move though, they become recycled - probably - well maybe.

you know you can't recycle that pretty box

rockthecasbah

Dec 4, 2006, 10:55 PM

I do, we still have the original boxes at my house in near mint (and mint for the printer) condition of our old Performa (which the computer/printer themselves and every piece of paperwork is included with them). They were kept originally just in case of an issue then never discarded. My mom tried to toss it this summer but i fought her on it because of the quality and they are now sitting in our basement waiting... for what i don't know :p

imacintel

Dec 4, 2006, 10:59 PM

imac box, ipod box...powerbook box.

NotFound

Dec 4, 2006, 11:01 PM

I've kept my first gen. iPod nano box, and I KNOW I will be keeping my Macbook C2D box.

The wait until I can get it is really getting to me.

I feel like a druggie without any crack. :p

lamina

Dec 4, 2006, 11:27 PM

I have the box for my 4th gen iPod, 5th gen iPod, iMac, and PowerBook.

I am thinking of selling my 4th gen iPod box... think I'd get any money for it on eBay?

Silentwave

Dec 4, 2006, 11:47 PM

Me too. MBP box in the corner of my office (with camera boxes), iPod boxes in desk drawers somewhere...but I always keep them.

afornander

Dec 4, 2006, 11:51 PM

yup, and i keep my wii box, psp box, and soda box. (the soda boxes get a little messy though, i recomened cleanin them up every month or 2;) )

timnosenzo

Dec 5, 2006, 07:06 AM

I do. With Mac stuff and camera stuff. It definitely does help with resale, although I would be lying if I said thats the only reason. :o

Markleshark

Dec 5, 2006, 07:23 AM

Yep, for everything electrical I buy, well, not TVs and such, so thats a lie, but any Mac stuff and Xbox 360 stuff I do...

Queso

Dec 5, 2006, 07:26 AM

No, I simply don't have the space. We only have a small apartment and by the time we've found room for my diving equipment, bike stuff, musical instruments, clothes, the wine rack etc. there's only enough room for me, the boyfriend and the dog.

sushi

Dec 5, 2006, 07:31 AM

I do. (http://www.wired.com/news/culture/mac/0,68810-0.html?tw=wn_culture_mac_11)
Seek help! ;) :p :D

I am just about as bad. Until just recently, I had the boxes for my HP-71 computer system which I purchased in 1985. Unfortunately, the boxes had finally deteriorated and had to be thrown out. :mad: :mad: :mad:

Yes it was a sad day for me. A very sad day...

Much to my wife's dismay, I keep the boxes for everything electronic it seems. :eek:

Poeben

Dec 5, 2006, 07:59 AM

Generally, I keep all the boxes for everything electronic >$100-200 in value. The big exception are roadworthy items (PA speakers, rack gear and the like.) Yes I have a lot of boxes, but the thought of sending out a $3000 piece of gear for service in a box filled with peanuts and newspaper doesn't sit right with me. I would also never want to be one of the people who I've seen lugging their G5 into an Apple Store carrying it by the handles after removing it from their towel-padded passenger seat.

AdeFowler

Dec 5, 2006, 08:35 AM

I keep the boxes for all my Apple kit.

a) because they're great boxes
b) because when I hand anything on the new owner will get the 'unpacking a mac' experience
c) in case they ever need to be returned :(

zelmo

Dec 5, 2006, 08:46 AM

I remember with vivid clarity the alarm and dismay I felt when, in trying to slide open the box of my 4G 60GB iPod, one edge tore about an inch. I sat there, unable to continue the ceremony for about 20 minutes. :(

I still have the box, aesthetically-challenged though it may be.:o

bozigle

Dec 5, 2006, 08:58 AM

Arrrghh!
where did i land?
I tear of my boxes and keep the serial number if printed on the boxe and basta!
Last week i bought a mighty mouse wireless that didn't fit my bag... needless to say that the box left the store...

well now regarding that i'm outnumbered i should probably keep a low profile...

bozigle

iKwick7

Dec 5, 2006, 09:42 AM

I keep all boxes for "expensive" electonics in case they need to be returned and for resale value. In the case of Apple products, though, I keep them in tip-top shape and visible on a shelf. When I do eventually sell it (iPod, iBook, etc.) I re-package it the way it was when I bought it so that the buyer does, in fact, get a like new product. It's all in the packaging!

pianoman

Dec 5, 2006, 09:58 AM

i just sold one of my Macs (a PPC mini) in the original box with the original discs and packaging. i think it's nice to be able to offer the original packaging to the buyer. i don't think i'll be selling my MBP, though, as i will likely use it until it's completely worn out. but i don't know for sure, which is why i still have the box.

nightelf

Dec 5, 2006, 03:13 PM

I keep all the Apple boxes and bags!

sushi

Dec 6, 2006, 09:32 AM

i just sold one of my Macs (a PPC mini) in the original box with the original discs and packaging. i think it's nice to be able to offer the original packaging to the buyer.
Yes, that is a really nice way to do it for sure. :)

MrSmith

Dec 6, 2006, 09:44 AM

I thought it was common sense to keep the boxes in case things had to be returned (or, more importantly, you wanted to return them). Mother-in-law's loft still contains manga my wife read 30 years ago so that's where my boxes go. Of course there never comes the time when the possibility of having/wanting to return goods is over and the boxes chucked out. They just stay there until the goods are replaced...and so the box is replaced.

DrStrangelove

Dec 6, 2006, 10:01 AM

My initial response would be "easier to return/ship." But the fact of the matter is-- everything I have is beyond their ship date. I suppose, since they're so well constructed and thought out, that if I needed to take something to the Apple Store I'd repackage it so that I could transport safely. That's a good idea.

But thinking about it-- I have to say. Yeah, I may just be keeping them because I'm so impressed with the packaging. Most things that you buy (from companies other than Mac) the packaging is destroyed or worthless after opening. We all know this isn't the case with Mac products.

I've told a friend of mine, actually the friend that for years tried to bring me over to Mac and finally did, that opening the packages is almost near damn exciting as hooking the stuff up and playing with it, too. Well, maybe not quite. But I'll tell you-- I don't get a "thrill" opening any other packages-- even if what's inside is wanted very badly.

Apple is so skilled with their marketing that the experience from purchase to setup is a complete joy. Perhaps enjoying the opening of the boxes is some weird consumer perversion, but we all seem to suffer from the same one, huh?

princealfie

Dec 6, 2006, 10:03 AM

Kernow

Dec 6, 2006, 10:26 AM

I used to, but I have just moved house to somewhere with much less storage than before, so I was forced to break all the boxes down and recycle them. I tend to hoard stuff, just in case, but it was kind of liberating just chucking everything out.

Keebler

Dec 6, 2006, 10:37 AM

i do and my wife thinks i'm a complete nerd for doing it.

i've kept them b/c they look good and also, in case i resell anything...which will probably never happen, but it's funny to think.

MrSmith

Dec 6, 2006, 10:44 AM

Sell the boxes to nerder folk :D

Rodimus Prime

Dec 6, 2006, 11:54 AM

depends for me. For larger stuff I tend to keep the box. The big things I tend to keep boxes are my printer, computer speakers, monitor and computer tower. Reason being is because it is just easier to transport all that stuff in the boxes they came in that to pack it up and transport them with out it.

The iPod box was thown away in the first week to. Macbook box lasted about 1 month and it was put into the garbage because I never going to transport the thing in the box. I have a laptop back for transporting it and normally it is in there any way because that is where I store it any how.

My rule on keeping boxes is based on if it makes it easier to transport the object or not when I move. I really do not have the space to store large sums of boxes.

thestaton

Dec 6, 2006, 12:57 PM

if its something expensive that will have good resale I always keep the box and put the sales receipt in it.

or if its anything from apple I keep the box because they look cool :)

xsedrinam

Dec 6, 2006, 02:11 PM

Like a packrat. Trying to change that habit, but it does come in handy when moving, frequently.

gkarris

Dec 6, 2006, 02:56 PM

Apple computers are worth more if you have the original box and everything inside (even serial number matching).

I started saving when I got my LC II and started to collect old computers...

LC's on eBay go for about $30. The last LC Mint in complete box went for $795...

I got a 128K complete in box (box is sort of shoddy, everything inside is complete, computer works) and the guy didn't know the worth and I got it for $100!!!

KEEP YOUR APPLE BOXES!

Your better off selling it on eBay rather than throwing it out... (I've seen people just sell the boxes by themselves - for older computers though).

gkarris

Dec 6, 2006, 03:00 PM

Sell the boxes to nerder folk :D

Apple boxes, like their computers = cool.

PC Boxes = brown, not worth anything....

Look on eBay - ANYTHING complete in box is worth more than just the unit.

I have a friend who helped someone sell an old Lionel caboose, complete in box, on eBay. It sold at $450. The buyer said to keep the caboose and just send the box...

pknz

Dec 6, 2006, 03:12 PM

Yeah I do. Somewhere. They are such pretty boxes.

Sam*

Dec 6, 2006, 03:15 PM

I do but not just for apple stuff i do it for any expensive stuff

really just incase anything goes wrong? easy storage

and of course if i sell it

Sean.Perrin

Dec 6, 2006, 06:43 PM

I keep the boxes... why not? I paid for them!

mac-convert

Dec 6, 2006, 09:35 PM

As I read these I am getting this visual....

Lights - Camera - Action

Enter Mr. Bean (you Brits know who I mean)

Checks calendar - goes to closet - opens it - full of boxes - finds one eventually (the one in the back on the bottom) - puts all the other boxes away - takes the box he found - gets "item" from apartment - packs it into the box - looks like brand new - puts box on coffee table - leaves apartment - comes back - sees box - surprised - opens box - sees brand new "item" - puts it in proper place - stores box in closet...

They used to run him on PBS here in the states - I miss it! You maybe have to have seen Mr Bean a few times to see the funny in this - I hope you do!

kildraik

Dec 6, 2006, 09:49 PM

It'sactually a very wise thing to keep your box.

Not only does it add extra value, but if you lose / your laptop is stolen, and you notice somebody suddenly has a "new" laptop that was the same as yours, you can report it and ask to see the box. If you show your box and the Bluetooth/AirPort/Ethernet tags match, then you've caught the suspect, so KEEP THE BOXES FOR EXTRA VALUE AND SECURITY.

polevault139

Dec 6, 2006, 10:30 PM

I still have my 1st generation iPod mini box. It looks brand new, and I'm actually giving it to my sister for Christmas (along with some other things) w/ the box.

Grakkle

Dec 6, 2006, 10:42 PM

I most certainly do keep my boxes. Reason? Possible resale, maybe someday I'll sell my boxed apple as a collectable!:p

Plus, it's just...the thing to do. I can't imagine tossing it unless I was moving overseas and could only take a few suitcases.

zephead

Dec 7, 2006, 12:36 AM

Not only does it add extra value, but if you lose / your laptop is stolen, and you notice somebody suddenly has a "new" laptop that was the same as yours, you can report it and ask to see the box. If you show your box and the Bluetooth/AirPort/Ethernet tags match, then you've caught the suspect, so KEEP THE BOXES FOR EXTRA VALUE AND SECURITY.

Wow, I never thought of that. Good idea!

charkshark

Dec 7, 2006, 01:16 AM

Uhm, I believe the answer is HECK YEA!

I even brought two iBook clamshell boxes out of the heavy trash.
Why?
I dunno--it's a sickness! :eek:

I do it too, it's definitely a disease, the satisfaction of the boxes.....AAAAHHH....:)

It'sactually a very wise thing to keep your box.

Not only does it add extra value, but if you lose / your laptop is stolen, and you notice somebody suddenly has a "new" laptop that was the same as yours, you can report it and ask to see the box. If you show your box and the Bluetooth/AirPort/Ethernet tags match, then you've caught the suspect, so KEEP THE BOXES FOR EXTRA VALUE AND SECURITY.

Yeah....I do it for this reason as well.