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Shipping boxes on the cheap (YMMV)

Alpinemaps · 2014-12-18T03:08:45.000Z

This brilliant thought just occurred to me yesterday. Might as well share this with the group, in case you're in a similar situation. I live in a neighborhood of about 800 homes. We've got a private Facebook group, with about 900 people participating on it. Conversations are about everything, from lost dogs, to school dropoffs, etc. It's the electronic version of the neighborhood gossip. There was a lot of discussion about packages - especially this time of year, packages seem to get lost, or delivered to the wrong address, etc. Realizing that a lot of people were receiving packages, I just put out a plea for empty boxes. And within 4 hours, I had about 20-30 more boxes that are perfect for mailing out sets. I had been running back and forth to Staples and Walmart to get onesies and twosies on boxes. Finally figured out I won't ever need to do that again. So, if you live in a community like that, and have the means to ask around, do it. Even if you just ask your neighbors, they'll probably give you their boxes. Most everyone is just tossing them in the recycle bin anyway.