LaraMN
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Thu Feb-22-07 04:25 PM
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Moving advice? Where do I get big boxes? |
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Preferably ones that don't cost more than the value of their contents. :eyes:
Any wisdom?
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Thu Feb-22-07 04:28 PM
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1. Try one of those storage places. |
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Thu Feb-22-07 04:29 PM
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They have a ton of boxes and usually they'll let you take some for the asking
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Thu Feb-22-07 04:30 PM
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As a recovering alcoholic, that's the only time I ever go into a liquor store, when I'm moving. But only for the boxes! :D
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Thu Feb-22-07 04:29 PM
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2. Look in the yellow pages under moving |
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and then look for used moving supplies. Or just google them up.
When I moved a few years ago, I was able to buy used moving boxes for $1 to $2 each. Often times they were brand new, oddly enough.
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Thu Feb-22-07 04:30 PM
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Thu Feb-22-07 04:30 PM
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Most movie theaters go through a amazing amount of big boxes. If you ask nice they might not break them down and save them for you.
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Thu Feb-22-07 04:31 PM
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Thu Feb-22-07 04:35 PM
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7. Sometimes you can get them free from big box retailers |
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like Target, Sears, etc. Check with the store mgr or stockroom mgr after they get their weekly shipments/deliveries. Most of the time the boxes are cut up and chucked out, and they don't mind giving them away. Don't bother with drug stores - most of them have converted to plastic totes systems and get very little in boxes. I was very lucky last time I moved about 10 years ago - my brother worked for a company that made corrugated boxes. They went out of business a few years ago. :(
good luck!
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Thu Feb-22-07 04:35 PM
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8. The recycling bin behind the mall. |
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At least, that's where I got mine when I moved last.
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Thu Feb-22-07 04:36 PM
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9. Try your local bookstore. |
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Good enough size to pack stuff in, but not large enough to cause a hernia from trying to pick up.
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Thu Feb-22-07 04:37 PM
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10. I got a bunch of boxes from Borders where I was working part-time |
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they aren't really big but they are all the same size and they stack nicely.
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Thu Feb-22-07 04:38 PM
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...They've even got these sweet wardrobe boxes.
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Thu Feb-22-07 04:43 PM
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13. but they charge a ton for them! |
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when we moved, we looked up a box manufacturing/printing company in the phonebook. They sold overruns and misprints of batches done for other companies at a low price. Just not as big a selection in sizes.
Half of our boxes had printing for a liquor company on the side.
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Thu Feb-22-07 04:47 PM
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15. Really? I didn't think they were that bad. |
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Thu Feb-22-07 04:43 PM
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12. Behind a grocery store. They usually have tons. |
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You're moving? Wow! Where?
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Thu Feb-22-07 04:45 PM
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14. I have a ton in my garage... |
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you're welcome to come get them :)
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Thu Feb-22-07 04:56 PM
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there is always someone giving away free boxes.
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Thu Feb-22-07 04:57 PM
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17. The best places I found (sometimes VERY big boxes) were behind |
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office supply stores -- not the chains, but those local ones that don't have a standard system for breaking boxes down and that cater to businesses more than to regular civilians.
For slightly smaller boxes, the best I ever found were videotape boxes outside adult-video companies (the people that actually make the films, with anonymous -- indeed, plain brown wrapper -- offices in new industrial-park areas) in a part of Los Angeles famous for long being a center of that kind of production, but you're a long way from the land of Boogie Nights. :D
Good luck!!
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Thu Feb-22-07 05:06 PM
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24. And what were you doing in the back of an adult video company |
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Thu Feb-22-07 05:16 PM
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Thu Feb-22-07 04:57 PM
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18. Ask for them on Freecycle |
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Thu Feb-22-07 04:59 PM
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19. From the supply guy at the office. |
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When you order office supplies and they come in very good strudy boxes. Also, the copy paper boxes for the Xerox machine.
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Thu Feb-22-07 05:00 PM
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20. Are you using a moving company? When I moved, the moving |
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company offered used boxes to me for free. I got a bunch of them that way. I went to the State Store (liquor) to get the rest.
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Thu Feb-22-07 05:01 PM
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They're the best. Sturdy, nice lid, comfortable weight when filled, equal size, handles. Go to the grocery store and ask.
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Thu Feb-22-07 05:01 PM
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22. Call your local grocery stores and discount stores. |
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In my town places like the grocery store and Dollar General will give you the boxes for free if you pick them up on the assigned day. (Example: one store gets their deliveries on Tuesday. You have until a specified time on Wednesday to pick up the boxes. And you get to pick which boxes you want.)
The produce boxes, the liquor boxes and the boxes for commodity-size cans of fruit and veggies are very durable for packing and moving.
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Thu Feb-22-07 05:05 PM
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23. You guys kick ass! Thanks for all the ideas! |
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Thu Feb-22-07 05:16 PM
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26. don't get boxes that are too big |
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if you fill them up, they may be too heavy to lift.
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Thu Feb-22-07 05:21 PM
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28. Bookstores, publishers, printers, book distributors. |
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Books are heavy, and their boxes are designed to carry heavy loads.
Also, I've had great luck buying multi-packs of file storage boxes from office depot. They're great for moving: they have handles, they're all the same size which makes stacking easier, and they're strong.
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Thu Feb-22-07 05:22 PM
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29. I know they're pricey |
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but resist the urge to use cheap or free "gimme" boxes.
Especially for anything heavy like books, use smallish, proper U-haul boxes.
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Thu Feb-22-07 06:53 PM
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30. Talk to the produce guys at the grocery store |
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The boxes that apples and oranges are shipped in make great moving boxes. They're real sturdy and about the right size. Banana boxes are great but a little harder to come by (they go back to the shipper for credit).
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Thu Feb-22-07 06:58 PM
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31. From a big box store, of course! |
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