Storage boxes. Can I discard high end shipping boxes, and still sell in the future?


It’s become very unwieldy to keep all my equipment shipping boxes. It’s also quite expesive to store them - a few hundred a month. Any suggestions?

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Save your boxes if you can. It is very important for selling and shipping. I have mostly McIntosh and the boxes are critical. 

Flattening a sophisticated dedicated packing is often impossible.  Where it is possible it will certainly reduce the integrity of its structure and invalidate any warranty given by the manufacturer, thus probably negating the benefits of having retained it.

I am fortunate to have ample attic space, but the problem is that boxes for big kit do not fit through the entrance door.  I keep the wooden crates for my Krell KRS200s in the gargen shed.  They have moved with me through three homes.  Where you have no space to store this is indeed a big problem.  Being unable to create space, I cannot assist.

Will never be worth paying several hundreds/mth in storage fees for original boxes

Another consideration is that the boxes come in handy for your own moves from one residence to another. For me, this has involved several cross-country relocations. But they do take up a lot if space. 

 

 

fortunately it's no issue for me to keep all my boxes (and I certainly do), but considering I've had most of my main gear about 4-5 years, the thought of having spent $12,000 to store the boxes...