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This is both OT and Discussion, but what the heck. Do you hoard stuff? I know that it's very similar to collecting, which is what I think i'm doing to an extent.

I'm surrounded by boxes, boxes for consoles that I'll never put into that box, yet it keep it. Why? It's mad. I know i'll never ever sell my Panasonic Q but I just have to keep the box for it, the bags inside it, the instruction manual, everything. Same for my Dreamcast, N64 and PAL GC. And my XBox. (if i had a ps2 i'd keep that too).

The other day i bought a GC controller from Comet, and straight away I found myself putting the empty box in the cupboard. There it has sat for 3 days, but I'm now having a clear up and i've just ripped it to shreds <_< Why the fuck did I want to keep a controller box for something that will never go back into it?

Same with a steering wheel i've just bought, was gonna keep it, but now it's trash. I can't bring myself to tear up my console boxes though....

All i'm saying is that i'd never keep the box for a hoover, a tv, and dvd player or whatever. Straight in the bin. Yet when it comes to games, i open it carefully, get pissed off it i tear it or whatever. And keep it.

I suspect alot of us are like this with our gaming stuff, but do you do it with overstuff too? Or do you chuck it all out whatever it is?

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Ack, I'm a boxphile too, I just can't get rid of them! I think I've still got my Megadrive box too from back when I didn't even really care about that sort of thing, but now it's the stage where, for no real reason, I keep the boxes. And it's very strange.

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I do exactly the same thing, I've got loads of boxes under my bed for consoles, pads, memory cards etc, including all the plastic bags and stuff inside.

I do it with other stuff as well, I bought one of those replacement all in one remote control things ages ago and I've still got the box for that. Wierd.

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I keep them so when the console is packed away, it doesnt just go in a bag, it goes in the original box, plus the boxes have memorys related to them, such as when buying them or pictures of games on the back.

I keep all my stuff, it doesnt take up too much space but still its nice to have. Ive still got my Panny Q box, just something different, exotic and nice to have. I have doubles of a few games i love as well.

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Thinking in purely practical terms though, the boxes stuff comes in is usually the best for transporting it around....

And if I want to pack away stuff (like my N64 or Saturn) I can just put it back in the box and stack it in the cupboard rather than endnig up with a mass of tangled wires....*

*Of course I have to spend hours untangling them BEFORE I can put them away but what the hey....

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I have this glass doored cabinet in my lounge, meant for displaying stuff like ornaments really.

However, it has N64 games in it - and the box for my GC component lead! I feel compelled to keep it cos it has lovely Japanese writing on it. Same for the memory card box. And GameBoy Player box.

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rllmuk

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I do it becuase I know i'll end up selling some of my stuff.

Fully boxed items fetch more money, obviously.

You see this is where it all started i think, keeping in the knowledge that i may want to sell it on later. This has happened in the past. ish.

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I'm much the same, I keep everything. I still have boxes to DC memory cards and so on, I even have the box to my 3DO sitting around (I don't have poor taste, it was free). I'm even worse when it comes to actually selling stuff. I lost my job recently thanks to that delightful postal strike so until I get a new one, I've been forced to start trading games in, which was a tough decision. My mate had to drag me into Game kicking and screaming because I didn't want to trade in crappy games I knew I'd never play. I think I need help.

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I keep boxes for everyhting from new toasters to videogames. I think I have this paranoia that if something goes wrong I won't be able to take it back. Hence my other absurd collection - receipts. Everywhere. And most of them don't even say the shop name or item name so they're useless anyway!

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I have the exact same thing, in the loft I have boxes for not just the consoles, but for extra controllers and official cables. I even have the box from Lik sang that they sent a few set of maraccas in because on the customs declaration it says "Dancing accessories" which always makes me smile.

I told my wife I'm keeping the boxes as the consoles are worth more if I sell them, but she knows I'm never going to sell them, and I know this as well, and yet I keep the boxes... why <_<

I also have boxes for DVD players, VCR's, TV's etc in my loft... just in case we move, though I intend never ever to move again.

I've never thought about this before, but now I feel like I should see a shrink or something.

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