When you buy new effects pedals ?

[Dave Lewis]

Do you keep the boxes ?
I have always kept them just incase the day comes when I want to move them on.

 

[TSJMajesty]

Yep.
I always keep them in case the time comes when I move.

 

[joezlo]

Some yes, some no.

If feels like superfluous storage.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

I gave up on that shit a few years ago. I ain't got space for that, and I don't thin I've ever gotten more money flipping a pedal because I had the box...certainly not more than a few bucks. If it's something that I'm going to need to ship and I'm at all worried about shipping it, maybe.

 

[Fishbulb]

I never used to, but now that there are so many pedals out there and nowhere to really just try a lot of them out, I end up buying some just to hear what they sound like and keeping the boxes in case I want to get rid of them later. Anybody want to buy some pedals??

 

[HomespunEffects]

Yes, I have a box of boxes.

 

[Jazz Padd]

Box keeper here. If it has a box, I keep the box, including any instructions, cables, etc. I have a closet for guitar cases and my amp covers, with shelves for all the pedal boxes.

When it comes time to sell any pedals, I will include what it came with. In Japan, where I now live, it does seem to matter somewhat. However, I’m sympathetic to space issues.

 

[KingsXJJ]

Always.

 

[Mikael Dez]

Never!

 

[Sleezy E]

Always.

Never!

And there you have it!

 

[PLX]

You guys are buying stuff ?

 

[david57strat]

Always.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

You guys are buying stuff ?

You must not have heard that some around here are independently wealthy....

 

[eggpl@nt]

Yes, I have a box of boxes.

Box of boxes in the attic

 

[PLX]

You must not have heard that some around here are independently wealthy....

And hear I thought I was the only won.

 

[laxu]

Always. Box of boxes for me too. If I sell something it's just easy to ship when I can just dig up the right box, and probably helps the sale just a tiny bit.

 

[Zodiac]

I live in an apartment. Storage space is limited, so I'll only keep a new pedals' box for about a month, just incase I have to return it. I just don't have the space to store loads of cardboard boxes.
UK apartments are nowhere near as big as apartments in the US, or so I believe.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

In my world at least...finding a box is the least of my concerns. Getting the eternal churn of boxes off to recycling center is the struggle.

 

[DrewJD82]

I only started a couple years ago when I started ordering Lovepedals every time they had a sale. I really never buy stuff with the idea that it’ll ever get sold, but they’re nice to have in case you do want to sell it.

 

[DrewJD82]

I live in an apartment. Storage space is limited, so I'll only keep a new pedals' box for about a month, just incase I have to return it. I just don't have the space to store loads of cardboard boxes.
UK apartments are nowhere near as big as apartments in the US, or so I believe.

Depends on when the apartment was made and what state it’s in, overall. Newer apartments are MUCH smaller and some of my apartments back in New England were bigger than my first house, but those were all built in the late 1800’s-1920-ish. Everything here in South Florida, apartment wise, is generally younger than 40 years.