Two reasons
1) second hand buyers like the box (and will haggle down anything without a box)
2) its a lot easier to pack and ship items when you have the original packaging
Two reasons
1) second hand buyers like the box (and will haggle down anything without a box)
2) its a lot easier to pack and ship items when you have the original packaging
also I find that generally people who have the sort of mindset to keep boxes, like me anally retentive, tend to take better care of their kit.
Two reasons
1) second hand buyers like the box (and will haggle down anything without a box)
2) its a lot easier to pack and ship items when you have the original packaging
2) its a lot easier to pack and ship items when you have the original packaging
Slightly off topic - when I got my new computer from Mesh a couple of weeks back there was a text document, ‘Important. Please read!’, on the desktop stating that Mesh would not accept any warranty claims if the computer was not shipped back in the original packaging. I‘ll be keeping them boxes extra safe then....
Some original Leica boxes go for crazy money. One collector whose collection came up for sale recently actually had custom boxes made in the style of the originals for his boxless pieces. I tend to keep boxes, but it doesn't really bother me when something comes unboxed, and I wouldn't pay a significant premium for one.I understand it can be a big issue to sell Leica kit without the box and even then the box has to have a matching serial number. There's also a school of thought that having the box makes it more likely that the item was legally bought, since I doubt burglars are going to go up the loft to find the boxes!
Oddly enough, I recently returned a laptop for service by Lenovo, and they told me not to ship it in the original box because I wouldn't get it back. So I used an old box and, sure enough, it came back in a different one that was nothing like the original.This. If I get rid of gear it usually goes to MPB. Afaik, they’re not bothered about the original packing but it saves me having to buy loads of bubble wrap to ship the camera etc in a box that is oversized.
Slightly off topic - when I got my new computer from Mesh a couple of weeks back there was a text document, ‘Important. Please read!’, on the desktop stating that Mesh would not accept any warranty claims if the computer was not shipped back in the original packaging. I‘ll be keeping them boxes extra safe then....
Oddly enough, I recently returned a laptop for service by Lenovo, and they told me not to ship it in the original box because I wouldn't get it back. So I used an old box and, sure enough, it came back in a different one that was nothing like the original.
I endorse this message If it arrived in my possession in a box, I'll have the box (in my case in a bigger box in the garage)Kept them all. To the annoyance of "Er Indoors"
Two reasons
1) second hand buyers like the box (and will haggle down anything without a box)
2) its a lot easier to pack and ship items when you have the original packaging
I keep my boxes. Mainly because I move a lot and it makes it easy to move. And when I figure at some point in the future I will resell them when they are replaced. At that point I have a box I can ship them with and users like getting the box. Keep in mind this is only for lenses and cameras. Everything else is in the bin.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?