Beating the House Packing Blues
One of the biggest hassles of moving is packing – and one of the biggest hassles of packing is finding boxes! For a commodity that is disposable, the cost of cardboard boxes sure is expensive.Â
Getting boxes from local retailers can be a major pain. Most retailers today send their boxes straight to the compactor. Others get shipments on certain days and you’ve got to get there at just the right time to get a few. The only other option for getting free boxes is to scrounge around in dumpsters, feeling less than respectable while poking around through disgusting garbage.Â
If you’re looking for an easier route, don’t overlook the internet! Instead of paying high prices as rental truck and storage facilities, the internet allows you to find the most competitive prices without even leaving home.Â
Here are a couple of interesting places we found online with good deals on packing supplies:
When you go to the store to buy boxes and supplies, it’s almost guaranteed that you won’t get the right amount for the job. Moving Day Boxes offers “kits†with boxes, tape, and markers that you can select based on the number of rooms you’re moving. The kit shown below of 36 boxes (you get two of what you see pictured) costs $93 and is recommended for a 2-3 room home.
Box Kits.com uses a quick online calculator tool that allows you to select the number of rooms in your house and then recommends a kit that includes boxes, tape, bubble wrap, and markers. The best part – shipping is free!
The price for 48 boxes from BoxKit.com (recommended for 3 room home) plus 110 yards of packing tape, 80 feet of bubble wrap and 2 markers costs $129.95.
Need odd shaped boxes? ULine has boxes for all sorts of odd shaped items like floor lamps, bicycles, golf clubs, mattresses, and art.Â
The cost to pack a 2-4 bedroom home with ULine which includes 60 boxes, 6 tape rolls, 1 bubble wrap roll, newsprint bundle, 1 knife and 1 marker is $149.
If you’re facing the moving blues, we hope this helps relieve some of the frustration that packing can bring on. When you’re organized the entire process from packing up your old place to starting fresh in your new home can be a much more pleasant experience!
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