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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dgbjwc, post: 350582, member: 308&quot;]I didn&#039;t think my answer above completely through (which is happening more and more nowadays, sorry!).&nbsp; I was thinking of my experience as a collector rather than as a seller.&nbsp; As a seller original boxes can be quite helpful.&nbsp; It&#039;s really easy to ship a box already in an original factory box.&nbsp; I can just choose a larger box and pop the original box inside (with extra padding around the original box).&nbsp; Waterford especially is so much easier to ship this way.&nbsp; Don&#039;t use newspaper for the padding unless you wrap the original box in plastic.&nbsp; You don&#039;t want the newsprint to transfer to the original box.&nbsp; And my friend, komokwa, is right - you do get points for being able to list NOS (new old stock) or Mint in Box when selling.&nbsp; Thanks for the catch komokwa.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I also do save some boxes as a collector.&nbsp; If the item is going to most of its time stored I do keep the box.&nbsp; I&#039;ve got a boatload of Jim Shore santas that only see the light of day around Christmas.&nbsp; Since a lot of Jim Shore tends to be seasonal the original boxes do add value.&nbsp; They are so much easier to store in the original boxes, although the deteriorating styrofoam around some of the items will keep your carpet looking like Christmas for quite some time after the holiday is over.&nbsp; </p><p>Don[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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