Boxes for moving

[Lawnie]

Does anyone know where I can get cardboard boxes from? I'm moving house soon, and they would be very useful... I don't even mind paying a bit for them. The only place I can think of is a supermarket, but as I used to work in one, I know that most of them are the short ones used for fruit and veg... which wouldn't be much use.

[Itchy]

staples sell box it boxes,

you can also get boxes from those self store places , prety thick card board and large but pretty steep too,

Some other places,

fast food places busy ones, they go through boxes of hot food trays real quick and have lots of spare boxes which used to contain those food trays , kinda weak and can't hold much though.

You can always ask for super market boxes not the ones they put out , but stuff from the store room , you just have to ask (much like the way I asked for some spare live yeast in 2002 , which went into a home brew kit and made some booze that made you go blind).
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[thx1138]

Tried eBay? bit and miss at times I suppose



https://motors.listings.ebay.co.uk/Packing-Posting-Supplies_Boxes_W0QQfrisZ2QQfromZR40QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQsacatZ19278QQsocmdZListingItemList


here are some for example

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Medium-Size-Removal-Pack-All-You-Need-To-Move-House_W0QQitemZ140009127663QQihZ004QQcategoryZ19278QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Lawnie]

Thanks guys, this has helped a lot

I can't believe I didn't think of Staples/eBay

[Kaben]

Just Go to Tesco's or ask any bar in town. I promise you, they throw away countless boxes EVERY DAY.

You will get perfectly good large boxes for free.
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[Whosthedaddy]

Storage places will sell appropriate boxes. When we moved all of our crap into storage, we bought a package

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[m99dws]

Try your local council IT department as they will install new PC's on a regular basis and always like to get rid of boxes for free.

Another option is your local recycling depot as they will have a cardboard collection.

[Rookie]

In my local town there's a place that just sells boxes, there might be one in yours.

I have no idea how they turn a profit.

[Serendipity]

I moved not too long ago and I had a load of old Compaq PC boxes I saved from work. Good tough boxes so another vote for the IT dept.

I also picked up a couple of boxes, some bubble wrap and a load of tape from the Surgard self storage place near to me. Probably paid over the odds, but time was short.

A relative also turned up having kindly bought this for us:

https://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/0171544.htm

Bit pricy for a bunch of cardboard, but invaluable as it turned out. Huge boxes and pretty tough.
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[Leggy_Girl]

You can also buy a set of boxes for moving house from Argos. You can different packages and sizes but it seems a bit expensive to me...

https://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10001&catalogId=4501&langId=-1&searchTerms=moving+house
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[Lawnie]

Thanks all

I'll look into them as well