Cheap cardboard boxes for moving house
If you are really on a tight budget and need to save every dollar possible, there are some great ways to get free boxes for you move. Buying boxes for your move isn’t cheap, especially at places like U-haul. The bill alone for buying new boxes to box up your belongings can easily range from $20-50 depending on how many you need. I know I’m not the only one who thinks that’s just outrageous for some cardboard. I always advise people to start saving boxes for a move about 6 months ahead of time so they don’t have to buy them last minute before they move.
This article will teach you how and where to get free boxes to save money and help out the earth while your doing it!
Where Can I Get Free Boxes For My Move?
There are actually quite a few places that are likely to give you free boxes of various sizes for your move. If you are near a grocery store then that is usually your best place to start. Go to the fruits and vegetables department and ask a store employee if there are any extra boxes in the back that you can have.
Grocery store’s especially, as well as places like Walmart, Target, Costco, Sam’s Club, etc will all usually have a large supply of empty boxes folded up in the back from inventory shipments. The high traffic and sales in these type of stores means that they keep emptying tons of boxes day and night.
I’ve never been turned away from these type of stores when asking if they could give me some of their extra boxes, as they usually go to be recycled or thrown away anyways.
A few other great places to get free boxes are stores like Sears, Best Buy, Walgreens, CVS and even gas stations if they have a decent convenience store inventory. All of those beverages and snacks get shipped to the stores in boxes and almost any employee or manager would be willing to give you some of them for free as long as they aren’t too busy.
Tip: Large appliance boxes, especially refrigerator boxes, make wonderful moving boxes.
Other Ways & Places To Get Free Moving Boxes
If you are a good planner and are starting to prepare for your move early, then you can start to accumulate free moving boxes in other ways. Christmas, holidays, birthdays and big shopping weekends are also great times for box collecting.
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@Gingerhazing can you cut some cardboard and use it to make the cone a tiny bit higher? The kind from a cereal box should work.
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