I agree about having them sharpened to the manufacturer's standards. I had my small thread snippers that were Ginghers given to me by my mother back in the 80's sharpened by someone at the sewing machine dealer and they ruined them. He did a wonderful job on my non-Gingher scissors but the little pair I used most often he did a horrible job on.
Thank you for the address for this service. I will definitely be taking advantage of this.
Also, I would have been so sad to lose my original box. Good to know they send it back.