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July 6, 2009
Suggestions - moving boxes?
Wife and I need to pack up our two floors to shunt things upstairs while they are doing renovations on the bottom two floors.
Anyone have suggestions for a cheap source of moving boxes? Preferably used ones that we can pick up inexpensively?
Just want to (1) try to save a little and (2) re-use existing boxes rather than buying new ones.
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you can always try the grocery store
or go to the back of Lowes on 2nd avenue and 13th street in Gowanus and pull up to their loading docks(which I beleive are actually along 9th street) and ask the guys if you can take some of the empty cartons that otherwise they would tie up and throw away...
good luck
Posted by: gemini10 at July 6, 2009 11:58 AM
craigslist - for free . check it out.
Posted by: tsarina at July 6, 2009 11:59 AM
I heard that liquor stores are also a good place to find free boxes.
Posted by: bowl of dicks at July 6, 2009 12:16 PM
Costco sells moving box kits for a reasonable price, i.e 5 boxes in several sizes. Another option if a) you're a Costco member and b) the above suggestions don't work out.
Good luck with the move.
Posted by: nyc221 at July 6, 2009 12:55 PM
Don't get them from the grocery store -- they often have bugs! A liquor store is a good idea, but bookstores also have lots of boxes they'll give away -- and, needless to say, they're the perfect size for books.
Posted by: mpw at July 6, 2009 1:15 PM
You can post on Brooklyn Freecycle as well...especially at this time of the month there are several offers.
Also, if you're interested, I have a bunch saved for a friend of a friend who hasn't picked them up. I'm in Boerum Hill and you can contact me at nodnyc at gmail.com.
Posted by: BKRed at July 6, 2009 1:37 PM
You can get all the free boxes you want at the Park Slope Food Coop.
Posted by: Joe from Brooklyn at July 6, 2009 1:47 PM
No pun, but any "Big Box" type store has to pay people to break down & dispose of large corrugated boxes. Give any one of 'em a try.
Posted by: brooklyndoug at July 6, 2009 3:33 PM
Hi,
My husband and I just moved here 2 weeks ago. Our apartment is not going to be ready for about another 2 weeks, (long story). We will have TONS of excellent moving boxes at that time. When do you need them by?
Posted by: newcomer at July 6, 2009 9:21 PM
When I moved I collected all the boxes I needed from my neighborhood the night before recycling pickup. Those Fresh Direct boxes were generally in great shape.
Posted by: lgs782 at July 7, 2009 1:26 PM
The U-Haul at 4th Ave and 6th St has a used box exchange. You can just drop off your used boxes or take whatever someone else has left.
Posted by: Peter18 at July 7, 2009 4:27 PM
The Park Slope Food Coop always has boxes for the taking, and some are pretty huge. And as someone who does a receiving shift, taking stuff out of them and putting them out front, they're as clean as you could imagine : )
Don't know if a non-member could make out with a bunch, but I just did exactly what you're doing (boxing up during renovations) and my free box of choice is Coop!
J
Posted by: jland at July 9, 2009 1:50 PM
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