"Do you have the original box?"

[rfurtkamp]

Yea, on guitar stuff I don't care, but some of the toy stuff I get it. It's also occasionally the irrational "I didn't get a new one of these when I was 8 or 18" and the item with everything's as close as somebody's gonna get.

I see it more in irrational nostalgia purchases (toys) than I do with music instrument stuff. Gun market cares a bit but there it's only if it's a serious collector's piece (at which point it's also never been fired, etc. so "as new" includes all the bells and whistles).

For a guitar pedal, I just shake my head. Because those 1986 Boss catalogs that told you what pedals to use together for a particular sound...really make or break the deal.

[indianDYsummer]

To echo many responses in this thread, I like receiving them but won't pay more for one. They do affect the resale value for whatever reason, so I hang onto them. I keep a box of boxes in my basement. Aka tinder for when my hover board catches on fire.

They also make my life easier when packing pedals. I like to double box and having a snug fitting original box is nice.

[Dungus]

[Inconuucl]

Chase Bliss boxes > all other pedal boxes.

[fcknoise]

Chase Bliss boxes > all other pedal boxes.

This is the truth.

And maybe vidret is right, Swedish people seem to care loads about having original boxes. I get the storage/shipping argument, but in that case it shouldn't matter if it's the original box or not imo. But sure it's nice when it fits snugly into something though (TWSS)

[Eivind August]

Well, I keep my boxes, but mostly because they're neat for shipping if I flip stuff. I store my pedals on the floor/desk besides my amps.

I don't understand how it relates to resale value, though. It's a fucking box. You can't plug your guitar into it. It does absolutely nothing, other than contain whatever you decide to put in it.

[goosekevin]

need a company to start cloning pedal boxes

[Mudfuzz]

I use to keep pedals in the boxes but I never gave a fuck as to the pedal matching the box…so I ended up with all these boxes with different pedals names written all over them with a sharpy

[WORMDIRT]

I don't save boxes, I also don't tend to sell my pedals also. The only box I 've kept is for a black Russian muff, just because I wanted another muff.

Dat woood box

[univalve]

I still have almost all boxes. But it needs so much space in my basement that i'm thinking about throwing that stuff away.

Side note: had two pedals at Steve/Pigdog for repair and clone work and he asked me if i want boxes for them (i shipped the stuff to him without those boxes to save space). So it seems to be an important point for some people...

[Inconuucl]

I only keep boxes because people are so anal about it, but now I have a bunch of boxes form pedals I don't own anymore because I forget to pack the pedals in their respective boxes when I flip them.

[rustywire]

Most annoying when some1 asks this despite no mention of a box being in the listing.
For me it depends on the gear...I'm mostly a case-by-case box boy. Diff reasons dwai.

fucka box

[lost in music]

In my head, you're all brand new.

[Jero]

I use to keep pedals in the boxes but I never gave a fuck as to the pedal matching the box…so I ended up with all these boxes with different pedals names written all over them with a sharpy

Well, I keep my boxes, but mostly because they're neat for shipping if I flip stuff. I store my pedals on the floor/desk besides my amps.
I don't understand how it relates to resale value, though. It's a fucking box. You can't plug your guitar into it. It does absolutely nothing, other than contain whatever you decide to put in it.

This one happens to have had many good things put in it

[Willem]

I hope you weren't selling a Montreal Assembly pedal... The buyer will have issue finding one with orignal box