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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

My parents kept the boxes for many appliance and gizmos they bought over the years. They were all in the attic. We threw away a lot of boxes for crap they bought 30 years ago, and did not even have anymore. And they kept the instruction manuals for everything. I doubt they ever went back to read them.

Lots of crap to toss in their house.

We (my parents and I) kept boxes and instructions for everything too. I think that was because we moved every 2-3 years, so it was good to be able to put stuff back in the original packing/boxes and have the instructions in case you needed them when setting stuff up in a new location or needing to check if some appliance could be switched between 110 and 220v or 60 Hz and 50 Hz. We went to Japan twice. Most of our stuff was switchable, but I think my parents fried a mixer the first time we moved because of the different power provided in Japan.

I still keep some boxes and some manuals, but then do occasionally prune boxes/manuals that are no longer needed/useful.