I had a colleague who thought you had to ship something in original packaging if you needed to send something to get it repaired under warranty... He had so many boxes...
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When I upgrade to a new console, I put the old console in the original box. If I didn't have that box, the console would just sit loose on a shelf in the back of my closet literally forever!
Now it sits there in the box. This is way better.
Aren't green bins usually for yard waste and food scraps?
My town uses blue (normally recycling) for trash.
If you think of ever reselling it, having the original box is going to fetch a better price.
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Can't speak for the switch 2 but for my switch I still have the box and use it every time I pack up and stay in an air bnb or something
I usually hold onto the box of anything I buy brand new for about three months. After that you can get rid of it.
Electronics either work or they don't, there is seldom anything in between.
If your device doesn't fail or develop problems within a month or two, then it will last the warranty period and much longer if you take care of it.
I just hang onto the box for two or three months just to be sure.
The only other reason to hang onto the box is if you plan on reselling the device in a year or two. It's a lot easier to resell for top dollar or a higher price if your device is clean, undamaged, has original manuals and the original box.
Nah thats dumb take. The switch 2 just came out, so if you have any issues within warranty period, you will want to have that box. Wait until after the end of warranty to throw it away.
Tip: you don't need original packaging for warranty. You just need to send it in sturdy packaging.
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This post was written by Nintendo.
why would Nintendo actively tell people to follow up on their warranty?
I think I should explain. A post is the main, original content that someone uploads to the internet for others to reply to, supplying a separate space for people to discuss. It can be a picture, text, link, or some combination of the three. It is from a post that a comment thread springs forth.
A comment, despite being able to hold the same content, is not a post as it is not the main, original content someone posted. A comment does not create a separate space.
A comment is to a post as the red marks on your school papers were to your writings. Hope that helps!
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I can't throw boxes away because I've moved so many times to avoid rising rental costs. I'm packing again right now, and it's really nice to have the little inserts that kind of stabilize the consoles in their boxes
I've never repacked a console in its original box, even when I've had it.
Thank you. You just helped me get to the bottom of why I can't let these stupid boxes go. I used to move every year.
Now that I don't move so much, I think I can throw some out.
It's crazy how strongly the brain tries to protect us from old stresses, without us being consciously aware of it.
I'm glad you don't need to move every year anymore! It's one of those normalized things that truly shouldn't be. I mean, it's not the avocado toast that's keeping homeownership out of reach, it's the constant moving/application/deposit/etc fees we face so often
In the past 14 years, ever since becoming an adult, I have had to move 11 different times. I have learned just how useful good boxes are. I can't get rid of them, I'm gonna need them when I move again next year.
Yeah, the person in the picture seems to either not move often or not resell things. I've moved quite a bit and having the boxes for all my things has helped immensely. Instead of buying new boxes for everything, trying to fit stuff in there, unpacking and throwing away all boxes because "somebody held my hand", I just reuse.
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it gets harder to throw away the box after a few times of needing to exchange/return something, but you already threw away the box
I keep my boxes in two case : the warranty is still valid, or the thing is fragile and has a form that make it hard ti find a replacement for (usually large and fragile flat things, like screens).
All the other are waiting to be thrown away, in my garage.