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Originally posted by Gandalf97:
Just curious... I was thinking about doing something similar and storing my boxes flat but I'm not sure what to do with the inserts. What is your thinking on this? Keep them with the boxes? I may end up using a bunch of plastic totes and not folding up the boxes.
IMHO, any gain form the flattening is lost with the issue of what to do with the inserts, as Eric suggests.
With all the different types of packaging today, it's likely to be a challenge to do anything truly space saving with the inserts.
I suppose if you had a bunch of the same type of rolling stock that had a clam shell insert, you
might save a little space if you separated everything and stacked the similar clam shell pieces together. Then if you want to ever put something back in it's box though you either need good notes or good jigsaw puzzle skills to end up with the right solution.
Everyone will have a different answer though.
Hopefully the folks who will tell you to toss them will be able to restrain themselves (so far so good!), as you stated up front you intend to store them.
Good luck with your decision.
-Dave