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Where to buy packaging for "Moving day"?
gimpymoo
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Where is the cheapest place to buy boxes/bubblewrap and the other bits needed.
Will be hiring a van to help move.
Will be hiring a van to help move.
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We are really lucky and "borrowing" the boxes and bubble wrap etc my sister-in-law kindly saved for us from her move 6 weeks ago. They got their's from one of those storage companies. I can't rememeber the price, but I have to say they seemed a bit expensive.
Lucky with the van too - we're borrowing one of those as well!!
Good luck with the move. I'm off home to do more packing. Does it ever end?0 -
try freecycleThere are times when parenthood seems nothing but feeding the mouth that bites you Peter De VriesDebt free by 40 (27/11/2016)0
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most self storage places sell boxes as well as other packing stuff.
you could try ebay as well, may get yourself a bargain.fatblokexl:EasterBun:0 -
I bought my bubble wrap off ebay something like 75m for £8!!!!
I was lucky I got loads of boxes from tescos and a friends just moved so she gave me hers.
Supermarkets crush them now but if you go in and ask for them to be saved they will do that for you.
Someone told me if you have a comet or pcworld near you ask them as they will have large boxes.0 -
Argos do moving stuff (boxes and packaging), but probably works out expensive if you need loads. Wilkinsons do bubble wrap cheap (99p for the same amount I've seen on ebay at £5 or £6!) Good luck. x0
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...we're paying for the full packing service.
We asked the company for some packing stuff so we could make a wee start. "Sure" they said, "£10 for boxes, £10 to deliver them, tape is..."
"Stop! forget it! we're not paying extra for the privilege of doing some of the work for you! Bring all the same materials on the day and pack the lot on the day"
Some companies look a gift horse in the mouth...
“When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around.
But when I got to be twenty one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.”
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join freecycle.org, people who have moved often put their moving materials on there - all free.I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0
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I've asked on freecycle and someone kindly gave eme their boxes as they unpacked from their move. Lots of proper removal company boxes too
As for bubble wrap... just go around the neighbours asking for their old newspapers and let rip, forgive the pun.
I'd resent paying for cardboard boxes.
Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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See if you can get hold of some industrial size clingfilm. I did and it meant I could move bookcases, cd racks etc without emptying them.FREE THE WM30
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