Packing - boxes??

bigmomma051204

We are moving into our new house next Wednesday :eek: and i have just had a look on Argos at packing boxes - HOW MUCH!??!!?!!?!?!? :mad: For a bit of cardboard?!?! We would be looking at £70ish :cool:

How are you all/did you all do it - did u just pay through the nose or am i missing a trick here?!

becominganobsessivesaver

We negotiated with the removal company and got them thrown in! Try and get in touch with a packaging firm, you're probably looking at £1 per box

ash28

We got them for free along with a huge amount of packing paper from the removal company - wardrobe boxes were on loan and had to be returned.

However, we had a big house with a lot of stuff - so I bought a package from a company on line that ranged in size from dvd sized boxes to tea chest size and style with a couple of sizes in between - there was packing tape, marker pens and bubble wrap too. The boxes were next day delivery.

I can't remember the company name now - but it was something like this:

http://www.packingboxes.co.uk/

(hope I'm allowed to post a link)

QBSBuck

Small hardware stores and fruit shops have been a score for me.

An email to work colleagues has paid dividends!

Top tip, is pop in to your local high school and ask the caretaker, there are usually boxes growing out of his ears on a daily/weekly basis.

The big stores were useless for me. Automated recycling etc.

flutterbyuk25

Freecycle?

jbainbridge

Our removal firm lent us cardboard boxes / packing material for a £60 deposit - now reclaimed!

Ivana_Tinkle

Possibly worth asking on Freecycle/Freegle. Otherwise, I recommend a drive around the neighbourhood on recycling day!

bigmomma051204

Hiya - thanks for all the replies!! Forgot to say, we have been in rented and thus dont have TONS and tons of "big" stuff to move (no white goods for example) so we are just hiring a box van for a day and doing it ourselves!! Apparently my mum has been going to Homebase every few days and getting boxes from there so will have a few.... she didnt tell us though LOL - helpful!! Bless her

cte1111

When I was packing up my Gran's flat, I found the local small Co-op helpful for boxes. Might just have caught them at the right time, but they brought out as many as I could carry, nicely flat packed.

The big supermarkets seem to have them all automatically recycled I think, but worth asking in smaller shops or businesses.

Callie22

I use archive boxes when I move, and I'm lucky that my work often gives the old ones away - it might be worth asking around, often they're only too grateful if you'll take them away as they have to pay for recycling.

chunkychocky

Local bookshops are a godsend for boxes. Their boxes are usually very sturdy as they have to support the weight of books, and in my experience usually come in standard sizes, eg the smallest one is exactly half the size of the next one up, so they stack well.