My work pays for my phone I just need to return it after. I keep the box for that. It is very convenient!
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Some of those boxes are very nice. I’ll paint them, decorate them, and use them for storage. Add some custom-cut foam inserts and they make excellent storage solutions for minis.
People are selling them on my local market place. Not sure if any of them sell but they have all sorts of boxes for sale.
Akshully...... I use all of them to keep little treasures. That I need. For keeping. Like phone boxes.
It's for me.....id upvote but..... ya know
There is a lot of validation in this thread.
Never!
I only keep the boxes for things I intend to eventually resell, or are valuable enough that I would want to repackage it in the event of a warranty return.
Everything else is fair game for the recycle bin. We have limited space in the garage, can’t take it all up with useless crap!
Funny story, today I met someone that was using their phone box as a case for their phone
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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.
I still have the box for my Treo 650.
I definitely need it. I save it and after 3 years when I'm selling my phone for about 1/3 of the original price to someone on the internet, I can present it in pristine condition, with original packaging.
I usually send my broken phone to one of those places that buys it off me, so the box totally helps ship it.
It is also where I keep the SIM card key.
Boxes stack better than lose phones with various different sizes and shapes of camera bumps.
I keep random small things in the boxes and forget what's in them until I open them once every year or two.
But it's such a nice box. Someone probably worked really hard on it.
They said that about the big box full of cords too, but I saw what happened to Gen X.
Won't be me.
I've also got that big box of coords. Got some gems in there, too. I mean, who knows when I'll need to pull out this bad boy from forever ago:
50°00′38.20″N 110°06′48.32″W
See what I mean?
I didn't throw it out, but I did reduce the amount a bit. I think 4 SCSI terminators and 2 LPT cables will be enough for the near future.
I have a large box in my garage labelled 'product boxes' that's full
What about my GBA game boxes? Do I need them?
Legitimately GBA game boxes are much rarer than other game boxes because they were cardboard and not very portable so people more often threw them away.
If you ever sell the games, having the box for a GBA game is a significant bump in value for some games
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It's easier to resell the phone later on if you have the original box. Why throw it away if it takes up practically no free space?
It's 8 years old. Who's gonna buy it?
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At this point I think my OG Droid box is almost a family heirloom.
It helps remind me that it was a significant, luxury purchase and I know just how much effort went into the designer should be appreciated
I like to keep the boxes of everything I ever bought and I hope that triggers him.
You can also sell it on eBay. It’s not much, but it’s honest work.