Can you bring yourself to throw away Apple boxes?

[mstudio]

I always save them until the Mac goes away. 'Course, I recently sold my iBook with the original box and all paperwork/disks/etc. inside and a few weeks later the person asked me if I had the video adapter. I told her it was in the box with everything else. She said, "Oh, I threw the box out the same day".

[karsen]

Carthaigh wrote:
[quote=karsen]
I always keep my boxes. They are add resale value and are great for shipping after the sale.

That may be true for eBay, but I sell computers on Craigslist (so I don't need to ship) and have never had someone ask if I had the original box.
It's true for Craigslist too.

If I put two identical computers for sale at a flat price, with the only difference being one includes all of the original packaging and the other one doesn't, I guarantee the one with the packaging will sell first. In an auction the one with boxes will receive more views and result in a higher sale.

Boxes give a "like new" feel.

[samintx]

I keep my apple computer boxes and usually other things like ipods...infacto....I have a difficult time throwing away boxes, plastic bags, twistem ties, string and bows from pretty boxes. I AM A PACK RAT.

[RAMd®d]

Probably.

Eventually.

Maybe.

I wish wish I had the box my LC came in.


...and have never had someone ask if I had the original box.

Well they *are* shopping Craig's List.

[GeneL]

I definitely keep all of my boxes for electronics and kitchen electrics.

IMHO, it really enhances the sale if you present what you're selling in its original packaging. It's a psychological thing.

I sold my old Sherwood receiver on CL for almost as much as I paid for it years before. The buyer told me that he had looked at another similar unit and had balked at the price, but seeing mine in the box had reassured him that it was in great condition.

But, as I always say, "that's just my opinion, I could be wrong."

GeneL

[Mac1337]

OK, OK. The MacBook box goes to the keeper pile! Although I have never sold anything Apple(I keep'em so long that they can no longer be sold), original packaging is definitely a plus.

[mrlynn]

Dakota wrote:
. . . Although I have never sold anything Apple(I keep'em so long that they can no longer be sold), original packaging is definitely a plus.

If I can sell a non-working SE, you can sell anything.

OK, I only charged the guy for shipping, but I sold it, sort of.

/Mr Lynn

[Mac-A-Matic]

SE? I still have my MacSE. And it still works.

The absolute wonder of System 6 fitting on a 3.5" Floppy Disc...

I usually end up keeping my boxes - at least until I've gotten a lot of use out of the machines. Laptop boxes I still have for the day I get rid of them. Anyone interested in buying a iBook 366 Graphite Clamshell? I think I still have the box around here somewhere.

[Carthaigh]

karsen wrote:
[quote=Carthaigh]
[quote=karsen]
I always keep my boxes. They are add resale value and are great for shipping after the sale.

That may be true for eBay, but I sell computers on Craigslist (so I don't need to ship) and have never had someone ask if I had the original box.
It's true for Craigslist too.

If I put two identical computers for sale at a flat price, with the only difference being one includes all of the original packaging and the other one doesn't, I guarantee the one with the packaging will sell first. In an auction the one with boxes will receive more views and result in a higher sale.

Boxes give a "like new" feel.
Wow a guarantee! You must be right then...

[Grateful11]

I have my Cube box, the Mini box and a 17" Display box.