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The sole reason why I keep my boxes, is because some people won't buy your phone unless you also have the box with it. Otherwise they'll rightfully assume that you stole it from some random person and want to pawn it off.

It's always sensible to keep the boxes for the stuff you're currently using. If you sell something, it'll fetch a better price with the original box. If you give it away, the recipient will also appreciate it more. Just make sure to throw out the boxes from stuff you haven't had around in ten years. Don't ask me how I know.

But it's better built than the phone is.

Reselling old but functional deveices in the original box

Not a fan of of just throwing things away

But when the old phone gets its final resting place in the cupboard, I want it to be in the original box.

Since I am Gen X I can safely ignore this and sit comfortably on my throne of old phone boxes.

Those boxes are VERY useful when you're buying a new phone by trading in the old one. Keep them.

Is this even legal?

No!

When I sell my 5 year old flagship phone I'll get $30 more easily if I have the box and the stuff that came in it. People see that and subconsciously think "this person has their shit together. buying their used phone isn't a risk."

Same goes for other stuff, too. I recently sold a synthesizer for $150 over the market rate because I had the box, manual (even though it was out of date due to firmware updates) and the stickers that came with it.

I like semi up-to-the-minute tech, so keeping things in good shape and giving someone the unboxing experience keeps my costs down at the cost of a little space in my closet.

I literally have all my small device boxes in a reusable tote box in a storage location at my house, and larger boxes for TVs and stuff sitting next to it.

I keep this stuff for warranty, resale, and a place to store any unused or unneeded additional items that came with the device. Maybe a cable or power brick, since I have most of my power/charging needs already solved, or documentation like receipts or included user manuals or something... Depending on what came with the device. Whether it's a cellphone box or something like a Google/nest home speaker thing or whatever.

This only serves as a reminder to go through it sometime. My SO sold her phone without me being involved (she's a strong independent person, so I'm not upset about it at all), but I know the box for the phone she sold is still in there somewhere. If I had known she was intending to sell it, I would have fetched the box for her to sell with it, and honestly that's the only part of that I'm somewhat disappointed with. Now I have to find the box and get rid of it.

Boxes for larger items like TVs are great to have on hand when moving, since I can care a bit less about what's placed in/around the TV, since I just pack it in its original box which has plenty of protection for the screen.

I may discontinue the practice in the coming years since, a few years ago, we moved into a property that we own rather than one we are renting. Once I feel established enough that we're not going anywhere, a lot of those larger boxes are headed for the shredder.

You say that, but then I throw away the box to my phone and suddenly my phone bricks itself and I need to find a box to send it back to the shop in.

What no. What? No.

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But that's where I keep the little pokey thing that I use to open the SIM card tray!

Sold my old electronics at easily a 20% premium because I had all the box and packins. My xbox with the box, materials, and everything (all nicely cleaned) sold for more than I paid for it - inflation being what it is, that was quite nice.

So, this is poor advice.

Don't believe everything you read on the internet. I will have a use for the box one day.

I put my phone back in its box when I upgrade. It’s like a little phone coffin…

BUT WHAT IF I DO SOME DAY

the phone box drawer is the new sauce packet drawer

Every time I throw out a box i have to end up returning the item for some reason and then I’m screwed

Not entirely true.

Several times aIready I have been glad having kept them when I had to return devices because of warranty stuff.

So it makes sense to keep the boxes for half a year or so.

Real problem is, in reality I still have smartphone boxes dating from 2005 lying around which I am just too damn lazy to sort out... 😒

At this point I think my OG Droid box is almost a family heirloom.

Never!

I mean like 4 times now though I've kept it and resold it in the original box

The box usually has the IMEI and serial number and stuff on it. Can be very useful when it gets stolen or something.

Hard disagree if you ever plan to sell your old phone. I always buy a used phones and I only buy it if they have the original box because it's a good way to show it's not stolen. Same goes for tools

Man I still have the box my fucking zune came in. It's where all my old microsd/sd cards and assorted small semi-valuables live.

A small nice box can be a useful thing to have.

You can take my phone boxes, but you'll never take my game console boxes

No. I'm using it to store spare cables, the plastic cover my sim came in (in case I'm forgetful...), some microSD cards, and the little sim removal pin.

Joke's on you, mine is filled with charging cables I've never unwrapped.

...i threw the box out after 12 years, and the next day I had to wrap a new that fit perfectly in that box...

Yeah, I just needed mine for a warranty return on my Pixel. It also had my sim ejector in it. Plus, as someone who worked retail for a few years, I can tell you that if you need to do a return on an item, having it in the box with all the packaging looking nice and neat gets a lot of rules bent about restocking fees, receipts, warranties, etc...