keeping the original box?

If you have just one doll than is easy to keep the box.
If you have 30 dolls....the boxes would for sure take a lot of space.You can always untie a box in order to save space.
My personal opinion is that in the case of a future sale the most important document would be the CoA and not the box.

 

I keep all the boxes I have received for my dolls. I think this started out as a habit from collecting so many other types of dolls over the years. When I finally made the plunge and got my first bjd, and many others after that, I just automatically saved the box. I honestly had not thought too much about throwing the boxes away. Personally when I buy a second hand doll I prefer to have the box but, if the previous owner can fully prove it is legit I will sometimes get the doll without the box.

 

I keep all the boxes I have received for my dolls. I think this started out as a habit from collecting so many other types of dolls over the years. When I finally made the plunge and got my first bjd, and many others after that, I just automatically saved the box. I honestly had not thought too much about throwing the boxes away. Personally when I buy a second hand doll I prefer to have the box but, if the previous owner can fully prove it is legit I will sometimes get the doll without the box.

 

There was a time when I threw them all out, but now I prefer to keep them. If/when I decide to move, it’ll help with transporting them. Also with as often as I sell and trade, the box helps prove legitimacy. When buying secondhand, it’s not a deal breaker if the doll doesn’t have a box, but I very much prefer that it does. Space isn’t an issue as I keep the boxes on the top shelf in a spare room where I don’t need to store anything else.

 

I’ve kept all of my doll’s boxes, except for one (I used the box to ship a doll I sold as that doll didn’t have one). I keep the boxes just for resale purposes, but I would rather not have them take up the space. My storage is pretty much filled up as I also have a good sized action figure collection with their boxes. All in my bedroom, in the closet, or under the bed.

 

If I have the COA I toss the box at this point, I really despised how much space they took up, aheh. If someone decides to sell a doll that has the COA but not the box I honestly breathe a sigh of relief ^^; They become too much of a burden after five SDs... @_@

 

If I know I'm keeping the doll for the foreseeable future, yeah I do not care about boxes. I guess on one of my purchases I probably should have as the doll herself had no CoA, but they just take up so much space.

I do still like having a place to put them, so I'm always on the hunt to get nice soft carriers for them. It just makes more sense to me. Or maybe I've gotten really tired of doing box jenga. Also, I just like the idea of getting carriers that are somewhat reflective on the doll's personality.

 

I live in a tiny house, so no room for shipping boxes. I only kept one box for a doll that I knew there’s high probability of having to sell her

 

@ultrapandachan Oh!! I’ve watched a lot of things about tiny houses. Can I ask if that plan affects your collection size?

I hold onto boxes because of resell value and all the ones I’ve gotten I’ve liked the feel of. The satin texture on Volks boxes is really nice.

 

I love the boxes. I use them to store dollie supplies. I do see myself in the future selling some dolls... So I keep them for that reason also

 

My boxes are stored away in a closet along with whatever parts I’m not using. If I have to move to someplace smaller, it could be an issue.

 

Hmmm so far I mainly keep the boxes the dolls came in but that's part of my storage solution currently. Of the secondhand dolls I get, I don't care if they have their original box but it's nice if they do.
Not sure if I would part with the boxes later since they are nice but they do take up space. But I think I'd still keep a hold of them.

 

I will almost never keep a box. One, I buy primarily secondhand and often what I receive is not the original box anyway. Two, there's just not enough room for close to 50 doll boxes in my apartment. And three, once a doll comes in, it doesn't have a tendency to leave. I do buy large plastic bins with lids and put all their cushions and any dolls that aren't on display in there for safer and sturdier space-saving storage!

 

I have my original boxes and still use them for storage. I shipped my Shushu back to the US by ocean when I moved home from Japan and was glad to have her box to pack her in. I packed it in a crate of my clothes and she got home without a scratch.

 

I keep boxes for everything so I can keep their resale value up in case I ever need to sell anything for whatever reason

 

I've destroyed all my doll boxes as I had a bad habit of selling my dolls quickly on ebay, for half what I paid for them, just so I could buy a new doll I know they will be very hard to sell without a box now, so they are KEEPERS! (phew)

This has put a stop to my 'revolving door' dolly habit, but it was challenging moving house twice with them recently! I swathed them in bubble wrap and used their padded bags from the boxes, and took them personally using wheeled luggage, rather than entrusting them to removals company. It took a few trips as they are all big dolls, and very heavy, but they survived unscathed.

 

I have most of mine, but they just kind of live in the attic. I used them while moving to make sure the dolls were safe, so that was great to have.

 

I’m keeping my dolls boxes, but all other boxes from my collections went to the garbage when I moved. ( I collect a lot of stuff)

 

I kept the box my first doll came in, but she's pretty rare. I don't have a lot of doll space in my apartment, so i don't think i'll be keeping any other boxes.