Annabelle
Sometimes I keep set boxes, and sometimes I don't.
I usually keep the USG set boxes, because they hold the decks and books so neatly, and don't take up extra space.
I usually dispose of the Llewellyn set boxes, because they are far too big and too flimsy. And those little cardboard inner boxes that they suggest you keep the decks in - those go right in the trash, every time.
St. Martin's Press usually produces very sturdy, nice outer set boxes, and so I almost always keep those, with the decks and books still tucked securely inside.
Now, as for those AGMuller (and other) sets that come in plastic "videocassette" style boxes - I keep the sets in their boxes for as long as the boxes hold up. When the plastic becomes brittle inside and the inner structure of the box begins to collapse, then I toss the box and put the deck in a bag.
And with other publishers it just depends on how big and bulky the packaging is, and how much (if any) value I think will be lost if I dispose of the box. For example, I still have all the packaging for my 1st edition of the Tarot of Prague, but it's folded flat in a big storage bin.
All in all, I've probably trashed as many set boxes as I've kept. I don't worry much about it . . . nor do I usually care if a deck that I buy used or acquire via a trade still has its box or not.
I usually keep the USG set boxes, because they hold the decks and books so neatly, and don't take up extra space.
I usually dispose of the Llewellyn set boxes, because they are far too big and too flimsy. And those little cardboard inner boxes that they suggest you keep the decks in - those go right in the trash, every time.
St. Martin's Press usually produces very sturdy, nice outer set boxes, and so I almost always keep those, with the decks and books still tucked securely inside.
Now, as for those AGMuller (and other) sets that come in plastic "videocassette" style boxes - I keep the sets in their boxes for as long as the boxes hold up. When the plastic becomes brittle inside and the inner structure of the box begins to collapse, then I toss the box and put the deck in a bag.
And with other publishers it just depends on how big and bulky the packaging is, and how much (if any) value I think will be lost if I dispose of the box. For example, I still have all the packaging for my 1st edition of the Tarot of Prague, but it's folded flat in a big storage bin.
All in all, I've probably trashed as many set boxes as I've kept. I don't worry much about it . . . nor do I usually care if a deck that I buy used or acquire via a trade still has its box or not.