Bagging everything doesn't actually protect the books if you don't change the bags every few years. I pulled a 1992 X-Men out of its original bag last year and the thing had chemical burn spots all over the cover from the plastic breaking down. @perez.willow is right that it can get out of hand, but the real trick is knowing when to toss the old supplies and start fresh. I only bag high value stuff now and keep the rest in short boxes with dividers, way less maintenance.

Preach, @karen_perry38 - less heartbreak that way.

Oh come on, this is the kind of story that just feeds the paranoia machine. I've seen so many of these "my tech is alive" posts and it's always the same thing - someone's kid ordered a toy by accident or they left their card info saved on a random site. The Alexa isn't diagnosing you, it's just a glorified search bar with a microphone. If my speaker could actually figure out my snoring patterns and order medical gear, it would have caught onto my late-night pizza habit and just bought me a whole Dominos by now. The guy probably fell asleep shopping after having a few drinks and forgot about it. Plus, even if the recording picked up snoring, there's like a million steps between "makes a sound" and "authorizes a $300 purchase" that require human thumbs. Let's not give these boxes more credit than they deserve.