#Notebook
One advantage to keeping packaging (at least in my area and the dealer I go
to) is that I can often put things I no longer use, packaging and all, on
consignment and have it sold to someone who could use it. Games often fit
this bill but looking on my shelf and in boxes around me is that almost all
productivity software I've ever bought and quite a few games I still find
addictive (Lemmings, Railroad Tycoon, and Civilization to name a few),
their packaging is around here somewhere. I'm not sure WHY I do it
(outside of the possibility of using the boxes to ship something in or
selling on consignment). These don't sit on shelves bit in bigger boxes
and are in the garage. The manuals sit on the shelf among the RKMs and
whatnot.
What I object to is packaging (slick or not) that doesn't describe what the
contents inside does. Although my dealer doesn't object to returns, I'm
not about to buy something I know nothing about and can't tell what it
does. I've watched countless others put such packages down without
bothering to ask what it is. Impulse's scanned 3D object disk is a prime
example of very poor packaging. It can't be difficult to include
descriptive text nor should it cause "waste".
Dan McCoy – via Whap! and saving money doing it too!