Reselling old but functional deveices in the original box
Not a fan of of just throwing things away
Those boxes are VERY useful when you’re buying a new phone by trading in the old one. Keep them.
You say that, but then I throw away the box to my phone and suddenly my phone bricks itself and I need to find a box to send it back to the shop in.
I’m not sure about US, but in EU there is a law that makes companies accept products for warranty without original box. Saving every box is nightmare, so the law is basically common sense.
BUT WHAT IF I DO SOME DAY
the phone box drawer is the new sauce packet drawer
deleted by creator
No. I’m using it to store spare cables, the plastic cover my sim came in (in case I’m forgetful…), some microSD cards, and the little sim removal pin.
I used a cardboard once. This justify everything for ever
Since I am Gen X I can safely ignore this and sit comfortably on my throne of old phone boxes.
Since I always keep stuff forever, I’m not sure I can comfortably sit on the 6 phone boxes I’ve accumulated in my lifetime.
I believe in you
You have a cupboard with every console of the 90s and 00s stuffed back into the box awaiting Ragnorak right? Plus maybe some original Game + Watches.
What a nonsensical stereotype.
They’re in the attic.
I got my GCON-45s back the other day. I’m honestly tempted to see if the CRT still works for a bit of Point Blank 2.
Man I still have the box my fucking zune came in. It’s where all my old microsd/sd cards and assorted small semi-valuables live.
A small nice box can be a useful thing to have.
ZUNE!
Oh my god you just reactivated a memory and now you gotta deal with it.
So I had an iPod… nano? When I was a kid. The lil slim bitch. The top of it had a lil plastic cover with a hold button and that cover came off. Just fell the fuck apart. A friend of mine at the time had a Zune with the lil circular pad and all. Looked great, worked great, was durable as hell too. He chucked it at a wall and it still worked so I was sold.
I got my Red Zune. 80gb I think it was. Big chunky bitch. Square touchpad. Giant clear screen. Built in radio functions and special wallpapers and all. Leagues ahead of the shitty ipod I was using. Then the second I pulled it out in public? Derision. I didn’t get it and still don’t. As far as I’m concerned, it was the superior product and I used it until the day I was forced to sell it. I ended up homeless and I couldn’t justify having the zune for any longer.
I’ve regretted that sale every day since. The $50 wasn’t worth it. I miss my red zune. I miss listening to Godsmack on it followed immediately by the Fallout 3 soundtrack. I miss the nice wine red color with the silver metallic backing. I miss the big screen with the pictures of naked hairy men as my background to make sure that everyone knew I was gay and exactly who owned it. I miss the feeling of that metal backing sliding over my hands and catching a little bit because it’s almost like it was dusted with metallic powder to help with the grip. I miss the cool Z line-art logo. I miss the shitty software, blindingly white with splashes of oranges and pinks.
I am not kidding when I say that out of all of the regrets in my life? Selling my zune is in my top 5.
I actually feel kinda sad now. Treasure it, my friend… treasure it for me.
Don’t believe everything you read on the internet. I will have a use for the box one day.
- mouse coffin
- store cool dried flowers
- drugs
- smaller boxes
I could go on
Go on
Mine has phone repair tools in it
Done! Now what do I do about the closet full of Amazon boxes?
I only keep the boxes for things I intend to eventually resell, or are valuable enough that I would want to repackage it in the event of a warranty return.
Everything else is fair game for the recycle bin. We have limited space in the garage, can’t take it all up with useless crap!
Funny story, today I met someone that was using their phone box as a case for their phone
Modern life is driving everyone insane, each in our own unique ways.
It has all the important data like IMEI on the box, it stores the extra USB-C to USB-A adapter and USB-C cable and SIM tool, and it helps with carrying and eventually reselling the phone
I always get a good price when I resell my gadgets because I keep the original boxes for them.
They said that about the big box full of cords too, but I saw what happened to Gen X.
Won’t be me.
I didn’t throw it out, but I did reduce the amount a bit. I think 4 SCSI terminators and 2 LPT cables will be enough for the near future.
I’ve also got that big box of coords. Got some gems in there, too. I mean, who knows when I’ll need to pull out this bad boy from forever ago:
50°00′38.20″N 110°06′48.32″W
See what I mean?
But that’s where I keep the little pokey thing that I use to open the SIM card tray!
You mean your paper clip?
