I keep packaging. Is it just me?

[zapod]

I still have the box my old iPod came in. I think the box for the iBook is somewhere too. Do others keep stuff like this well after it's really needed?

 

[[zerophase]]

i keep it...

 

[iMacc]

i still have the packaging from my ipod, purchased almost a year ago.

aswell as the last four mobile phones i have bought. i don't know why i keep them for so long

 

[Doug Gilmour]

It's not just you. I still have my:

Game Boy Advance Box (3.5 years old)
Portable CD Player Box (3 years old)
1st Xbox Box, which broke (2.75 years old)
1st Mobile Phone Box (2.5 years old)
iPod Box (14 months old)
2nd Xbox Box (8 months old)
2nd Mobile Phone Box (4 months old)
iBook Box (3 months old)

And a bunch of old computer games and other video game boxes...

-Dan

 

[archurban]

I keep almost most boxes I pruchased because it's convinient if I would move out to go to another town. I saw that many people try to look for boxes when they move out.

 

[jwc110869]

There was a time in my life that I moved often, and nothing keep electronics safer then the origional box and packing material. I don't have any intent to move, anytime soon, yet I still keep all those boxes.

 

[DarkCat]

I keep all the packaging for my PC games, game consoles, and handheld devices. Stuff that has original packaging will sell faster on e-bay. Also, I have a mount in my room that has 2 glass shelves and 3 sword holders. On the glass shelves I have my most recent PC game purchases. Sitting up there now is Everquest 2, Doom 3, Final Fantasy VI, Warcraft 3 Battle Chest, and my iPod box.

 

[blazzinmatt]

I keep the packaging for everything I own. I don't know why I do it either. I am not going to go throw it out or anything so why not keep it.

 

[LadyLazarus]

I kept the packaging with my ipod, along with everything that came with it in case something really went wrong or if I have to send it in for some reason.

 

[Meowmix]

Me too. My iBooks box (2 years) sits in my closet, with my external hard drives, my WLAN rounter, my DV Camcorder, Digital camera...
I don't keep the plastic thingies that some electronics come in though...

 

[dwchin]

I'm a bit of a hoarder. I definitely keep packaging for things. Games (even though I stopped playing years ago), iPod, Gameboy, Palm Pilot, cell phones... You name it, I probably have it, haha. Some people hate me for it

 

[youm0nt]

i kept my 4g packaging because its nice . i still have my jam jacket package too.i think i should throw it out.

 

[Joshdude]

I keep the boxes for anything I buy, and I put the receipts in. I do this for 2 reasons: warrantee and reselling. If my item breaks, the company will often ask for an original sales receipt to fulfill the warrantee, knowing full well that most people throw theirs away. Also, if an item of mine outlives its usefulness, I can sell it on eBay as "in original box, with all packaging and paperwork," etc. My OCD-style hoarding has rewarded me on more than one occasion, so I literally have about 25 boxes for small consumer items with the receipts tucked in. Fortunately I have plenty of space.

 

[enjoilax]

I keep all my packaging, it increases the value of the player when it comes to resale.

 

[Jesse Hollington]

I used to keep boxes for just about everything I purchased, and then a couple of years ago it started to occur to me how cluttered my life was getting (30+ years of boxes for a guy who is a compulsive gadget shopper can amount to quite a bit )

At that point, I began to expunge my packaging collection by tossing out any packaging for lower value items (like video games, and other minor software packages).

I still tend to keep the boxes for my more expensive hardware-type items. The main reason for me is the ability to resell those items at some point.

Besides, the iPod box is just a work of art when it comes to product packaging....

 

[cheezhead999]

I keep all of the boxes, I guess I never really thought about why, why not?

 

[jedk]

I keep all my packaging for pretty much everything I buy that's worth $50 or over... I still have all my videogame boxes for my game systems / computer, I have all the boxes for my various Macs, my iPod box, etc. I enjoy having the box as well as the actual item, as it feels more complete

 

[Kristiano]

I still have my iBook and my iPod Mini box. When you have an object as beautiful as say the abovementioned than obviously you'd keep their beautiful boxes. As a rule of thumb, I generally keep my mobile phone boxes too just in case I need them for trade in or as such. But more often than not, the Apple boxes and the Sigames (Championship Mananger, Football Manager) game boxes are the only ones that I keep.

 

[macska]

I keep all of my electronic/computer moxes for when I move. Easier to carry. Things are safer in their original boxes. Good thing for basements.

 

[stinkiedmb]

im a package-keeper

i have the ipod box (of course!)

the package to my ipod armor

usually any major electronics purchase, the box remains with me.