The "original box" thing is overblown for most things. it is something people have made up over the years and it makes no difference in most cases. Paying storage fees means you need to think about rearranging your life instead of throwing money away on storage fees, that's ridiculous. If you feel like you may sell your gear in a short time, yeah, save the boxes. I do save some boxes until I'm certain the devices work properly, but toss them soon afterward. McIntosh will sell you proper packaging if ever needed. For other brands you can pretty much just pack them properly if needed. In my case I have an authorized repair facility in town for all my brands so will never be shipping anything out for service. There is nothing on this planet that can't be packed properly for shipping with materials other than the original. This is not 1890, and most everything we deal with is not and will never be collectible and have the box matter.