Factory boxes

[42769vette]

There are a ton of those little baggies downtown...you just need to be in the right neighborhood!

I dont go "downtown" often, but did this summer for a graduation. I crossed the street by, and wehn I got to the other side, there was a small purse laying there. I started yelling at the people who I had passed asking "did anyone drop this" thinking the person couldnt have gone far. I decided to open it quick to look for an ID and mabye recognize someone. I opened the purse, and there were probably 0 of the same little baggies full of ????? (not pot). My son in law walked up (state cop) and I threw it in the trash. He knew it wasn't mine, I knew it wasn't mine, but standing beside a cop holding a lot of dope will scare the hell out of you, even if he saw you pick it up and find the right owner.

On a side note, I bet someone's friday night did not go as planned. I dont know much about drug prices, but he said it was probably a couple grand.

 

[BGDave]

Keep it All.
And the first question when buying: Do you have the box and paperwork?

That's the truth. Next question is "is that your best price?".

 

[seldon14]

No. It's a cardboard box. It's trash. You guys are all hoarders.

 

[Thor]

No. It's a cardboard box; I'm buying a gun. That crap will go out with the first trash cycle. It may mean something to you...it means jack diddly boo to me; keep it if you want but I won't pay more for it. If I kept all the trash associated with my weapons I'd have to build a new garage; and that ain't gonna happen.

 

[STFU]

FIFY... It's the same as OCD, but in alphabetical order like it should be.*

Thank you for correcting that. It was driving me crazy too! ;-)

 

[Vigilant]

That's the truth. Next question is "is that your best price?".

Pretty sure you’ve got the two mixed up...

 

[JettaKnight]

You guys get your guns in a box?



You're not INGO'ing right.

 

[obijohn]

no

 

[Sniper 79]

Nope only thing I keep is the gun rest is for the garbage man. Neighbors just had a pile of hard rifle cases and long gun boxes out for pickup.

 

[Sigblitz]

I save the boxes, and they do take up some room. But a 1 of 350 6920, or an old unfired A2, or a limited edition S&W, I also want to hang onto the box. And as noted upthread, the paperwork stays with the box out of harm's way.

 

[71silverbullet]

Who doesn't like to play with the box the baby came in?
I keep all hand gun boxes, I've seen some Smith revolvers bring as much as $400 more with the box, especially the older cardboard boxes. I've also seen a few forgeries on ther old Snakes.

 

[indyjohn]

All that came with the firearm, always. So when it becomes an icon, I can sell it for a massive profit.

Problem is, I will never sell it. Ever.

 

[88E30M50]

Depends on the box. If a factory plastic case, then of course it’s saved. If it’s a surplus gun that came in a generic box, and the box is nicely padded inside, I’ll hold on to it if I don’t already have one or two. Those boxes are nice to have when doing a face to face sale of a gun that you don’t have a case for.

I don’t buy many long arms new but the couple that I did, I saved the box just to make shipping easier if I ever need to. Same goes for plastic cases on long arms as with pistol cases. Those always get saved.

 

[Ziggy01]

Yes, I personally save box and everything that comes with a new firearm. I also prefer purchasing a used firearm with a box. I wouldn’t walk away from something I wanted but I definitely prefer having the original box.

 

[Clay Pigeon]

Just checking on INGO gun buying habits. Do you save the factory box and or shipping container when you buy a new gun?

I have every box if it was available when the firearm was purchased. Including the outer box...

 

[Ggreen]

I take money off if I'm buying a used common rifle and the seller makes me haul cardboard to the dump.

 

[doddg]

One of the first questions I ask if it is not in the ad: "Do you have the original box/case, manual/paperwork it came with?"
I feel a tad more secure about the gun if it does.
I have not bought a gun before b/c a person had nothing and it raised a red flag.
Also, if the handgun or rifle does not come with the original materials and is not priced where I want, I use that for leverage in my counter, unless it someone I know on INGO, then I am not concerned about it.

Every rifle I have ever bought (except from the shop), has not come with a box.
I had to buy 3 rifle hard cases in the last few weeks & 1 before that when I started my rifle journey.
One was for a rifle I sold and another for one I'm going to sell, and will eat the $30 cost.
Even when I sell a handgun, I'll buy a softcase for it (Cabelas usually has a shopping cart full of them on sale; Point Blank in Greenwood has the same).

I think it's tacky to sell a gun in a sock or just hand someone a rifle, but I'm guilty of it myself when it comes to handguns before I started putting them in a soft case.
Just the other day I bought 4 used hard cases for handguns for my own use for guns I'd bought w/o any cases.

 

[rhino]

I've saved some boxes, but I never gave much thought to them. Before this past year, I had not considered that I would be selling a significant number of personal possessions, so retaining the packaging for a potential buyer who prefers to receive it was never on my radar. I now regret that I didn't save more boxes and store them in a place where I could retrieve them when needed. Of the boxes I was able to produce for recent sales, it has been pure luck that I still had them and that I was able to get them.