Granted this could indicate that some are possibly dodgy but loads of people sell spare spools because they will never use them, look at eBay, it's full of them and throwing away boxes, bet more do generally than don't!

In reply to Post #15
Seems I'm not normal either , nearly new reels with no boxes sounds suss to me too

Having been on forums for a while now I did end up keeping my boxes for my ISOs in case I decided to sell them.

In reply to Post #1
I think some people sell their boxes straight away to recoup some of the costs on reels.

Particularly as I've seen empty boxes go for stupid money, its cardboard FF*

In reply to Post #19
Wonder how much I'd get for my basia custom boxes

In reply to Post #20
I saw someone selling 3 SS3000 boxes not long ago for £100 each.

In reply to Post #21
Already got something selling on eBay fishing wise might stick the boxes on see what happens

In reply to Post #1
I throw all boxes lol

Reel boxes and alarm boxes I keep in the attic everything else gets binned.

In reply to Post #23
If your wanting to sell on its paramount now you keep all boxes and paperwork, makes a difference price wise for sure. The worst thing is selling a set but only having 1 Box, or wrong box or even the different shade of tournie bag etc. Sounds ridiculous but I honestly believe it.

In the good old days, late 60's early 70's, you got a decent plastic presentation box to store your reel in. I still have somewhere all the plastic boxes for my 4 Mitchell 300's.

The only problem was, it took "Half a Day" to get the handle, spool and bail arm in the exact correct position to fit into the slot in the "Liner" inside the box.

Other than that, these days, I just collapse the boxes and stash them flat somewhere, but, as I never part with tackle, I'm not to bothered about what happens to them and usually they end up getting thrown away.