Throwing away factory boxes and paperwork? Why?

[Dirtebiker]

I take a gun out of the box and it goes straight into the trash. .

You must have money to burn!?
hell, if you’re throwing guns away, I’ll take them!!!

 

[DoggyDaddy]

You must have money to burn!?
hell, if you’re throwing guns away, I’ll take them!!!

Right?? He could've at least posted his address... and what day his trash pickup is.

 

[GrinderCB]

Boxes take up space, and paperwork gets lost in the shuffle. You put the gun in your safe/case/whatever and now have this box you need to put somewhere. Multiply that by however many guns you have and that's a lot of 'wasted' space.

The phrase, "in original box" means something toward resale value. Maybe not for the zillions of Glocks and Sigs out there after mass-production, but good guns that weren't well marketed or had technical issues that kept their sales from taking off can be affected by the lack of the original box.

 

[223 Gunner]

Again, if you have room keep them, if not throw them away.
Some of you younger guys might learn a little from us that have been around on the planet for awhile.
They do add value on a resale.

If you never intend on selling your guns, throw them away if you must.
But sometimes life happens, and oops I need to sell a gun to pay for a car repair so that I can keep my job.
That's when you hard headed guys will learn that the box could have gotten you some extra $$$$$.