• Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club
    5·
    2 个月前

    Out of all the boxes I keep (like GPUs, PC cases, but not fridges, etc) phone boxes are so smol nowdays.
    I also gift by phones to friends & family and when I pass things to someone I need them to be clean - the boxes just somehow (for me) add to that (like, kinda, sorta, to the clean look & feel).

    Boxes of old phones from the olden days are legit collector pieces.

    Also, reading other comments, I’m glad it’s a controversial topic.

  • notsure@fedia.io
    13·
    2 个月前

    …i threw the box out after 12 years, and the next day I had to wrap a new <something> that fit perfectly in that box…

  • miguel@fedia.io
    56·
    2 个月前

    Sold my old electronics at easily a 20% premium because I had all the box and packins. My xbox with the box, materials, and everything (all nicely cleaned) sold for more than I paid for it - inflation being what it is, that was quite nice.

    So, this is poor advice.

  • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works
    14·
    2 个月前

    I sell my old electronics and I get good used prices compared to others. I think it is partially because I have the original box to sell it in.

  • LavaPlanet@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    2 个月前

    They aren’t built to last long enough to go back in the box, or is that just me disabling and destructing phones all about the place?

  • Gurei@sh.itjust.works
    11·
    2 个月前

    My insurance wanted to receive my broken phone back in its orthogonal box if possible.

    It was shipped back in the box for my last phone before it.

      • Log in | Sign up@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 个月前

        Planes are orthogonal if their normals are. The top and bottom halves of the box both feature a surface which is orthogonal to the sides. Simples.

  • BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world
    6·
    2 个月前

    Some of those boxes are very nice. I’ll paint them, decorate them, and use them for storage. Add some custom-cut foam inserts and they make excellent storage solutions for minis.

  • Kokesh@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 个月前

    I definitely need it. I save it and after 3 years when I’m selling my phone for about 1/3 of the original price to someone on the internet, I can present it in pristine condition, with original packaging.

  • Wolf@lemmy.today
    2·
    2 个月前

    Millennial? Gen X’er here. I have the box for every piece of electronics or appliance, and I have an extremely limited amount of space. If you like to resell things when you no longer need them it really helps.

  • Fontasia@feddit.nl
    3·
    2 个月前

    It helps remind me that it was a significant, luxury purchase and I know just how much effort went into the designer should be appreciated