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Old 05-21-20, 03:17 PM
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Selling a box

Just an empty box. Should I open it?
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Old 05-21-20, 03:30 PM
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How do I know it's really empty?
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Hey Pandora, if you open it and let the empty out, it won't be original.
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God I hope this doesn't last for 6 pages...
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What if it's half empty?

Do I get a partial refund?
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I was trying to sell an opened box but potential buyer insisted that I close it.
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I am an optimist..it may be half-full....
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Any chance you could turn it inside out just so we’d know it's empty?
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Old 05-21-20, 03:52 PM
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If you clicked on this thread and you are disappointed it’s not more substantial, here is a variant of the Monty Hall paradox for your calculating pleasure

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...-hall-problem/
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Old 05-21-20, 03:56 PM
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Not sorry I clicked on this thread, I'll only be dissapointed if he opens the box.
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How do I know that’s the original box?
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Originally Posted by nlerner
How do I know that’s the original box?
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Is it this one?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Campagnolo-...IAAOSweRJeFPDP
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If this is the box, sign me up. I need a lunch pail.


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Boxes have a model number of what used to be in it, so buyers can reassure themselves that that model is no longer in there. Therefore it has to be original.
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Goodwill has a safe for sale without a combination. I'm trying to decide if I want to buy it.
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Originally Posted by jiangshi
Just an empty box. Should I open it?
Got a picture?
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Old 05-21-20, 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by branko_76
Got a picture?

I'm not opening it. It's empty. Will be shipped flat to fit in envelope. May have to cut the sides to fit flat. If you want it shipped as a box, that will be extra, but shipping flat is the only way I can guarantee that the box is, in fact, empty
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Originally Posted by Wileyone
God I hope this doesn't last for 6 pages...
thanks, now we have a goal to achieve....i wonder if that can be boxed
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Old 05-21-20, 06:11 PM
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is it a box or just a bunch of cardbord that has been folded such that it may be a box or may not? is it a box if it is never assembled?
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Old 05-21-20, 06:13 PM
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to many unknowns and assumptions: is it cardboard, plastic, wood, steel, iron, bronze, tofu? more pictures please
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I only see the front and top, how can I be sure it truly is a "box" ?
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