Supermarket crates

KxMx
KxMx Posts: 10,603 Forumite
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in I wanna buy it or do it
Am looking to buy half a dozen crates like the supermarkets use for home delivery, i believe they are called "bale arm crates".

I have looked online but most places seem to be geared up for wholesale bulk orders.

Anyone ordered them as a single customer?
Cheers.

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  • sarah1972
    sarah1972 Posts: 18,897 Senior Ambassador
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    My Asda delivery man said they are called tote boxes or bale arm boxes

    These look exactly like supermarket ones http://www.totebox.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=219&osCsid=a9bb69aaf66b54587cac4b24a7995d2f

    http://www.kitepackaging.co.uk/scp/plastic-boxes-and-pallets/stack-and-nest-plastic-containers/
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  • Daveahare99
    Daveahare99 Posts: 50 Forumite
    Strange post to find. I know this is from a few months ago but it would good if anyone else who’s looking for them finds this.

    Yes they are called tote boxes. Bottom line - you don't need to pay for them in my experience. They are a freebie. I think companies have large surpluses of them. There like shipping pallets it costs more to store or take them away than it does to give them away.

    I only know this as end of last year I was moving house and the company next to me has hundreds stacked outside and in skips. I just asked them nicely and they gave me 10 for free and confirmed the above. They were a bit worn but for free its great.

    http://valdamarkdirect.com/

    Not sure how common this is but if your in the Manchester area and can collect its well worth asking as its win win for both.

    Cheers
  • A.Penny.Saved
    A.Penny.Saved Posts: 1,832 Forumite
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    Strange that Asda got a mention because a few weeks ago I had an Asda delivery and the delivery person wanted to leave 4 plastic bale arm crates in my porch. He did claim that they would be picked up on my next delivery but I think that was just a way of offering them so they could be "conveniently" forgotten. I declined because I did not want them.

    Maybe a home delivery and if you mention that they look like useful crates, they might give them to you, especially as they seem to like to dispose of them.
  • BOBS
    BOBS Posts: 2,871 Forumite
    I had a delivery arrive late a few months ago and the driver was happy just to leave the crates in my hall and said that they would pick up on another delivery. Guess they must have forgot ! - coming in rather handy for storage in shed.
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