I got a bunch of free moving boxes from Old Navy! And all I had to do was ask nicely. :)
I'm not sure when I did this or what organization I was involved with at the time, but I vaguely remember calling our local Old Navy during college to ask if they would give us their shipment boxes. Somehow, I also remembered that they got shipments in on Tuesday morning. Just call me random trivia girl (though I am no good at Trivial Pursuit).
Two days ago, I was going to deposit some checks at our bank near Old Navy. I suddenly remembered all that random college information and popped in to ask if I could have the boxes from that morning.
Unfortunately, they had thrown them all away, but the employee informed me that they get shipments on Tuesdays AND Thursdays. She told me to call on Wednesday night and "reserve" the boxes so that they could save them for me.
Last night I did just that. And after removing all this random camping equipment (
Yes, that is also a body pillow.
Meant to be donated to our church rummage sale...not used for camping.
...I am now the proud owner of more than twenty boxes in good condition.
My backseat is full, and there are more in the trunk!
If you are moving and need boxes, I highly recommend this course of action. The only danger is that you will look silly in public trying to wrangle all those broken-down boxes into your car by yourself. But you'll survive. At least, I did. :)
However, maybe you're moving AND you like a challenge. Maybe this first option seems a little too tame for you.
Another way to obtain moving boxes is to wait until a family or couple moves into a condo down the street from yours.
The steps:
Drive down and park in their driveway.
Take all the nice-looking boxes from beside their trash can and shove them in your car.
Drive away quickly.
(This works best with a partner.)
We may or may not have done this about a month ago. I will say that the Old Navy option felt slightly more legitimate. But maybe you'll enjoy the thrill of the box heist.
That is great to know! So nice of Old Navy, too! We will have to remember that eventually.
ReplyDeleteLOL. We'll probably be doing the Old Navy box heist when the time comes. Unfortunately/fortunately, hubs can be a bit of a packrat, and so we never actually threw out the boxes from when I moved in ... so I guess we can re-use those.
ReplyDeleteLiquor stores also have great reinforced boxes for dishes (and you can get the dividers from bottles a lot of times for glasses, breakables, etc.). They're normally happy to have someone cart them off.
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