do you keep boxes

[TEDWARDS]

Usually keep them for warranty's or if I am selling it/transporting it to another location

[Real_PhillBert]

I voted no, but I will usually keep the box for a short while in case something goes wrong and I have to RMA it. But usually after a month or two I purge them all.

[NInety]

Yes because they look cool.

[2chriswy]

i throw out the boxes once i know that the product is working properly. luckley my local computer shop i can drive to and docent require original packaging  

[SSOB]

Yes, resale value and such, you should make a poll 

[MegaDave91]

Retail boxes yeah. Shipping boxes for a limited time.

[IdeaStormer]

Sure do, usually on initially building I keep the extras that came with that component in the box it came in. Then, eventually after getting sick of opening N boxes to find that part/accessory now that I need it I put as much into the mobo box or the box that can hold everything and then put the smaller boxes in the bigger boxes to save space. Eventually after I get sick of the mess I go through it again making sure I take out all the accessories I did not use and chuck the boxes but keep the parts, usually a few years after, depends how badly I need the space, because you never know and the boxes look pretty cool.

[JustTooDank]

Yup. For multiple reasons.

Sometimes the box looks cool.

Sometimes you need them for warranty/returns, and most of the time you need them for mail in rebates.

It makes it easier to find stuff if you're moving. I move like every 1.5/2 years, and it's much easier when everything already has it's own box. If I only want to unpack a few things on the first day in a new place, I can do it quickly without having to open every box to find a certain thing. I also keep the plain brown packing boxes for other stuff. Then I don't have to buy boxes from U-Haul.

And if you need space, you guys know you can flatten the boxes, right?

[Fred Castellum]

Yup. I keep them in case i want to sell them or transport them later on.

The larger boxes are usually used to store other boxes in though.

I use pretty much the same tactic. 

[Beskamir]

Depends. If they look good and aren't too massive I usually keep them.

[JAKEBAB]

Yes me and my gf love collecting boxes not only rma but just to have them they look cool.

[Heisenbleurgh]

Yes. For everything.

Help for transporting, in case I resell them, sometimes I simply like them.

[Askew]

I keep the motherboard box and the GPU/CPU boxes, all others go out especially the case box because they're normally massive.

 

I would also keep the box of a camera or phone/other expensive item, but nothing cheaper like RAM or mice ect.

[deafboy]

Yup, all stored in a big box in one of the closets... 

 

Great for resale value.

[Charger]

I voted no. Although that is not fully true I tend to only keep as long as return or warranty periods then trash them

[Argent]

I keep boxes for most things and then I have boxes for my boxes.  Sometimes I'll collapse boxes to stick them in other boxes.  

 

I have a shelf in my closet dedicated to my Lego boxes.   

[Tech_Dreamer]

for some crazy reason we all do ,

 

 

[MRL]

depends on the item. Nice boxes I keep them as trophies... stuff with less attractive boxes, I just throw them away...

[iceballfunela]

Anything that I treasure, I keep the box.

[Lays]

Yes,

 

 

[TheNinjaNextDor]

Yes,

 

 

 

Such organization...

 

You should see my closet lol

[リチャード]

I kept the ones from this rig for over three years before I needed the space and threw them away.

[Lays]

Such organization...

 

You should see my closet lol

 

it took forever to get the shelves in the right spot to make everything fit lul

[Kerplex]

All of mine are in the crawl space of my house with all of my gold bars.

[ericlee30]

Yes I do this is just some of the boxes I have, the two walk-in closet's you see in the photo with the bock self, are filled to the top full of boxes of PC components.