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Moving boxes

marvin
marvin Posts: 2,186 Forumite
Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
in House buying, renting & selling
Have a need for some cardbaord boxes and have done the usual searches just wondered if anyone had any sites they have used before for cardboard moving boxes (I'm not moving but need to move some things) .
I started with nothing and I am proud to say I still have most of it left.
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  • BitterAndTwisted
    BitterAndTwisted Posts: 22,492 Forumite
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    I bought some from the vikingdirect website a while back. I suppose you're wanting the ones that come flat-packed with lids. Those were the ones I got and very sturdy they are, too
  • chickywiggle
    chickywiggle Posts: 5,203 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Photogenic Combo Breaker Xmas Saver!
    i always use argos.
    loves how my "I've been censored" signature has been censored. LOL. Happy Christmas. :xmastree:
  • verbyl.belch
    verbyl.belch Posts: 144 Forumite
    edited 20 September 2009 at 7:37PM
    I bought a "moving pack" of boxes from eBay for my last move. It cost £30 for 30 boxes of varying sizes and included tape, bubble wrap and wrapping paper - delivered next day too IIRC.

    EDIT - just had a look and I bought it from this seller on ebay: avmpackaging - but there are lots of similar items from others sellers too (i'm not affiliated with them in any way)

    http://shop.ebay.co.uk/avmpackaging/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=
  • marvin
    marvin Posts: 2,186 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    No more after this type of thing

    http://www.mad4boxes.co.uk/images/photos/mb16.jpg in bulk (ish)
    I started with nothing and I am proud to say I still have most of it left.
  • marvin
    marvin Posts: 2,186 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    verbyl.belch wrote: »
    I bought a "moving pack" of boxes from eBay for my last move. It cost £30 for 30 boxes of varying sizes and included tape, bubble wrap and wrapping paper - delivered next day too IIRC.

    EDIT - just had a look and I bought it from this seller on ebay: avmpackaging - but there are lots of similar items from others sellers too (i'm not affiliated with them in any way)

    http://shop.ebay.co.uk/avmpackaging/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=

    Cheers i'll check that when I get home not allowed to do ebay at work! (sadly)
    I started with nothing and I am proud to say I still have most of it left.
  • GrammarGirl
    GrammarGirl Posts: 1,466 Forumite
    Lots of people offer moving boxes on Freecycle, have you checked your local group?
  • marvin
    marvin Posts: 2,186 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    GrammarGirl wrote: »
    Lots of people offer moving boxes on Freecycle, have you checked your local group?

    Nope, are they flatpack? (they need to be delivered to someone else for me to collect when full)
    I started with nothing and I am proud to say I still have most of it left.
  • BitterAndTwisted
    BitterAndTwisted Posts: 22,492 Forumite
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    GrammarGirl you truly are a MoneySavingExpert! I'm embarrassed that I didn't think of that *blushes*. Martin will have me kicked off here if I don't shape up
  • marvin
    marvin Posts: 2,186 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    BitterAndTwisted wrote: »
    GrammarGirl you truly are a MoneySavingExpert! I'm embarrassed that I didn't think of that *blushes*. Martin will have me kicked off here if I don't shape up

    Sadly my local group (Birmingham) has 14 items on offer none of which are boxes.

    But a good idea none the less.
    I started with nothing and I am proud to say I still have most of it left.
  • stanleyunwin
    stanleyunwin Posts: 108 Forumite
    When we moved recently, we got all of our moving boxes from our local Morrisons. We go them from the banana section. They were happy to give them away and they were the perfect size with lids.

    Had to make a few trips over a week to get them. They had maybe 5 each time we visited and we needed 20. Cost nothing though as we only lived down the road
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