Do you keep the boxes?

[Ganton Gunner]

Our boarded out attic is pretty much just box storage.
cameras, lenses, iPads, iPhones, PS4, and so on.

 

[cymruchris]

Boxes are kept for expensive items - things that'll wear out quickly - or be worth less than £20 in a year - those boxes go out....

 

[Harri]

Glad to hear it's not just me and the wife that keep boxes. We keep them with the intention of packing everything back in to them if ever we should move, T.V. screen boxes e.t.c.

 

[SFTPhotography]

Yes...keep boxes

 

[Lez325]

Just in the middle of moving house and my other half wonder's why I have kept all the boxes for my camera gear.
So my question is do you keep yours? Or do you bin them after the warranty expires. And does it add any value to the gear?

Yes I have the original box for EVERY piece of camera gear I persently own, with the exception of the Manfrotto Tripod

Les

 

[MartynK]

Not as a rule, no. I did keep the box for my Canon 70-200mm f4.0, because I bought it for a particular purpose and always intended to sell it afterwards. It was a lovely lens, but I had no further use for it.

 

[martin_h]

If ever there are two similar items for sale and one has the box and on doesn't, the preferred one will always be with the box. Which probably explains why I keep every single box (and have a flattened stash of odd bigger boxes for posting or when we eventually move house)! I think it's safe to say if we have a house fire, the loft will be adding to the fuel.

 

[Dave Canon]

Yes, quite handy when I sold a DSLR and lenses to WEX,

Dave