Why do people do this?

To rip people off who don't like to read.

easy way to scam some people.

but some people , myself included , just like to have the boxes. if i buy something used and it doesn't come with packaging i usually look around to see if anyone gives it / sells it. I currently have packaging of every computer part i owned in the past 7 years. And if I could , i would have the motherboard and gpu boxes when i first upgraded back in 2009 but i threw them away at the time.

>>61972454
I mean, keeping the boxes is one thing (I do that too), but buying boxes is just pure autism.

>>61972454
Autism

>>61972367
>>>/int/kurva anyátok/

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>>61972454
low function autism

>>61972485
buying an 850 evo box is true autism as there is nothing special about it. but I certainly wouldn't want to skip on a high end motherboard box (z97 g1 wifi-bk comes to mind).

and i honestly wouldn't pay more than 5$ for a box. hence why i wrote if someone gives it as a first choice.

>>61972367
for return purposes.

Believe it or not, some shops will not refund you if you return an item without it's packaging.

>>61972367
Because Hungary is a shithole

>>61972367
Stuff sells better when it has the packaging. This entrepreneurial young man has deduced this drive sells for an additional $14 or more with the packaging.

Sometimes I buy a box for things I'm trying to sell

It attracts more people into buying my stuff vs everyone else's

>>61972367
>buy some ssd from your good friend jamal/vladimir/ahmed/zhang
>buy $14 box from some guy on ebay (or your good friend zhang's fake packaging factory)
>sell for $120+

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>>61972454
you want the box... for your ssd?

>>61972454
True, it used to say the resale value is higher if it comes with the original packaging. Though I didn't have my original package when I trade in my g4 for the s8

>>61972367
People buy packaging.

If the guy bought 50x SSD's for his server, and sold each empty box for $14, that's an easy $700 right there.

>>61972454
I can understand it for a game console or maybe a macbook or something but no one will ever want your used Samsung SSD, whether the box is included or not.

>>61972367
>Why do people do this?
because there is a demand for it
don't blame the people selling them

>>61972454
if i'm buying something off CL and the serial number on the box doesn't match what's inside it i'm not fucking buying it

>>61972367
>your SSD stopped working
>Want to return for RMA
>Shop asks for original package
>what do

>>61977196
>Shop asks for original package
that's already illegal in non-thirdworld countries

>>61977249
It's actually illegal in my thirdworld shithole since the 90s.

>>61972367
Put shitty hard drive in packaging, return item without receipt for store credit. Hope they don't check too much

>>61977175
>This.

>>61972367
Because people will buy it, at least they aren't hoarding the boxes like my dad.

>>61972367
Money laundering in the drugs business. Same as >>>/g/mkg/ keycaps.

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>>61972454

>>61972367
For /g/ humor threads.

>>61972367
I bought a videocard box one time for the UPC so I could RMA that shit.

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>>61972454

I buy used SSD's and source Samsung enclosures from Korea and China then stick the old used SSD into the enclosure and then into genuine packaging and sell them to idiots. I make around $70 profit per SSD, my best was a bulk buy where I made $15000 in one go from an online store who needed them.

>>61972454
I do the same.
I get more money when I sell items with original boxes.

>>61979206
>things that never happened

When you opened it did you hear:
>Stop. STOP. STOP! This is not a SSD. This is not a SSD. This is not a SSD. This is not a SSD. This is a product box. It's a box. It's a box for collectors. This is a product box. This is not a SSD. STOP! READ. READ the description. This is not a SSD.
>Still, after this, people will still be ignorant and buy it. This is a not a SSD. STOP. READ. READ what this is. This is a product box. This is not a SSD. STOP and read. READ THE DESCRIPTION. READ THE DESCRIPTION.