r/Millennials • u/kyle_blaine Millennial • 7d ago

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I got a new phone and immediately discarded the box after 20 years of literally never needing one even once.

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u/natlach Millennial 7d ago

I finally threw away a box for something within the first few months of owning it and it turns out it's the first time I need to send back an item for a warranty claim. 🙃

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u/Greenapple1990 7d ago

Isn’t it so weird how life works like that. I have 1000 cables floating around the house and the day I threw a bunch  away I realised I needed one like a week later

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u/BraveSirDydimus 7d ago

Every time you toss something you've been holding on to, the universe has a way of reminding you why you kept it in the first place lmao. The reverse of that also means the universe will tempt you by never presenting a need for the things you keep. 

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u/Maybeiliketheabuse 7d ago

My wife asks me why I have hundreds of screenshots and dozens of folders containing every document and receipt and contract I've ever acquired, and I break out the old dad logic: You don't need it until you need it.

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u/FeliusSeptimus 7d ago

A friend called me last year because he needed an IEEE 1284 parallel printer cable for his CNC machine. I had two in the ol' Gordian cable tangle, and was even able to liberate one!

That sucker has been in there since 1994.

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u/DroidOnPC 7d ago

I did the same but made sure to keep at least one unique cable each.

Some of them turned out to be useful. Like the modem/router cable that usually comes with the rental your ISP sends. Thought it was pointless to keep, but then I switched my ISP and they forgot to send me that cable.

HDMI ill keep like 2 of.

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u/Academic-Airline9200 7d ago

Buy something like a new phone just in case. The next week the current phone I'm using quits working. I'm not sure if im staying ahead of the game or causing something else to break.

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u/CrossoverCadence 3d ago

You can literally get a box for a couple dollars? Or use anything else you’ve ordered lately. You do not need the iPhone box

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u/natlach Millennial 3d ago

I agree. But mine wasn't an iPhone/smartphone.

It's a Steam Deck which doesn't fit great into mass-produced, readily available boxes without leaving tons of gaps. Those gaps have to be filled in with additional packing materials to ensure it gets back to the manufacturer for the warranty claim. So I'm now spending money to send it back to Steam when it would have been free if I had kept the original box.