Where to get big boxes?

[vaindioux]

Hi

I have some items to sell that are 3 feet long by 10 wide and 3 high. Does anyone know where to get boxes in that range (Doesn't have to be exact measurements)?

I have tried shopping centers dumpsters and my local hospital to no avail.

Thxs

Pat

[thallidguy]

If you're scavenging, furniture stores might discard boxes that big.

Otherwise: moving companies, storage facilities, ULINE?

Have you looked into shipping costs? I wonder if something that large would be worth shipping at all.

[retrose1]

Appliance stores.  I am still cutting up the cardboard box that our new water heater came in.

And yes, check into just how much extra it will cost to ship the oversized box.  That will cost a whole lot more than you think it will.

[vaindioux]

Thank you so much for the answers. I want to sell my large battleship plastic models. I have them listed at a fair price on craigslist and in 2 weeks haven't got a single interest.

I will keep trying I m sure eventually I will find buyers.

Thxs


Pat

[timemachine777]

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@vaindiouxwrote:

Hi

I have some items to sell that are 3 feet long by 10 wide and 3 high. Does anyone know where to get boxes in that range (Doesn't have to be exact measurements)?

I have tried shopping centers dumpsters and my local hospital to no avail.

Thxs

Pat

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Go to your local supermarket or walmart, and get some paper towel boxes. I use them all the time to make my own boxes. Just use a piece of wood or flat metal to bend your new corners and flaps in a straight line.

[flyerfandan999]

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@vaindiouxwrote:
Thank you so much for the answers. I want to sell my large battleship plastic models. I have them listed at a fair price on craigslist and in 2 weeks haven't got a single interest.

I will keep trying I m sure eventually I will find buyers.

Thxs


Pat

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I can't even imagine how something like that would survive a trip thru the USPS/FedEx/UPS gauntlet.

Are you aware of how it works on eBay if the item arrives damaged?  You refund the Buyer all of the money they paid you for the item and the initial shipping from you to the Buyer, AND, if you want the broken battlship model back, you get to pay the cost of shipping it back, too.

[lacemaker3]

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@vaindiouxwrote:
Thank you so much for the answers. I want to sell my large battleship plastic models. I have them listed at a fair price on craigslist and in 2 weeks haven't got a single interest.

I will keep trying I m sure eventually I will find buyers.

Thxs


Pat

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In all honesty, plastic models of that size probably need to be in custom-made wooden crates in order to be shipped safely. 

You should sell them as "local pick up only" and let the buyers deal with the freight.

[thallidguy]

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@lacemaker3wrote:

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You should sell them as "local pick up only" and let the buyers deal with the freight.

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Agreed. Local pickup, cash payment on pickup, let the buyer worry about how to get it to its permanent location.

[pingpong517]

not sure if it's been said... but you can use more than one box..taped togeter to make what you need...so think of two or even three smaller...but wide enough...

other wise bes place and biggest i know of is going to moving places..uhaul...they have bigger type...but you still may two//

[timemachine777]

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@pingpong517wrote:

not sure if it's been said... but you can use more than one box..taped togeter to make what you need...so think of two or even three smaller...but wide enough...

other wise bes place and biggest i know of is going to moving places..uhaul...they have bigger type...but you still may two//

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Wardrobe boxes are pretty good. Strong yet light weight for their size.

[pingpong517]

yes u-haul and moving places have those..and ARE strong ...and with a bit of tape ..work great and take the shipping punishment as good as any....

[southern*sweet*tea]

I once sold a vintage Chris Craft Runabout wooden boat, 36 inches long.It was around a foot wide and I forget how high, but it was NOT little.  I found two of the thickest, heaviest, largest produce boxes I could (both the same size) from Walmart and frankenboxed it.  I used 50 ft of large bubble wrap and almost an entire a 33 gallon garbage bag of packing peanuts to pack it up. It cost almost $50 to ship (Fedex was the cheapest for me), and that was five or six years ago.  I'd hate to think what it would cost today.

[vaindioux]

Thanks so much for all the tips and ideas. I need to make clear to some of the posters that my battleships are not build, they are unbuilt. I bought them all on Ebay.

Pat

[fern*wood]

So do you need a box 10" wide or 10feet?

[wamegun]

Frankenboxes are my favorite! But a certain site also has some surprisingly good warehouse deals sometimes on cardboard boxes. I just got a bundle of 25 of 20" long boxes for less than $20. If you don't mind a ding here or there that is.