Best place to buy bubble wrap/packing supplies?

[Uppie1414]

I'm looking for a place to buy bubble wrap and packing/shipping supplies in bulk.

Does anyone have the "best deal" for me? thanks!

Dane

 

[Ns1]

uline or bust

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

God, if you lived near Seattle, I have TONS I'd happily give you.

 

[kranky]

uline or bust

Uline FTW.

 

[edro]

Free in dumpsters behind stores.

 

[Kelvrick]

Have you tried local office supply stores? I remember only needing to call around to like 2-3 places before buying enough packing peanuts to fill up a bmw 328.

EDIT: Shippers work too, but stay away from the fedex/ups type stores. They're ripoffs. I think I got a discount in exchange for a picture after we were done.

 

[Uppie1414]

Hahaha--sounds good Kelvrick.

Yes, I'm checking CL right now to see what else I can get. I appreciate it--looks like ULine is the top dog right now.

 

[MotF Bane]

Find a place that receives a lot of packages without sending them out, they'll trash tons of the stuff.

 

[BoomerD]

God, if you lived near Seattle, I have TONS I'd happily give you.

No shit. I have 2 40 gallon garbage cans full of peanuts and a couple of large trash bags full of bubble wrap and the like...

 

[alfa147x]

Have you tried local office supply stores? I remember only needing to call around to like 2-3 places before buying enough packing peanuts to fill up a bmw 328.

EDIT: Shippers work too, but stay away from the fedex/ups type stores. They're ripoffs. I think I got a discount in exchange for a picture after we were done.

How much did it cost?

 

[Kelvrick]

How much did it cost?

I think it ended up costing us like a hundred bucks. We had to finish filling from the moonroof.

 

[Uppie1414]

I can't imagine what that would look like -- pic??

 

[TechBoyJK]

If you can wait for shipping, uline FTW.

 

[DrPizza]

I just got a catalog from Uline the other day. There were a bunch of things in it that I never suspected they'd sell (and that I'll probably buy from them.)

 

[Kelvrick]

I can't imagine what that would look like -- pic??

No pictures. This was years ago before everyone had a 5mp picture in their phone. It was also a very quick operation as it was his last day at work and we're in a parking garage. We didn't want to be seen dumping giant bag after bag of packing peanuts into someone's car.

 

[zinfamous]

http://www.virtual-bubblewrap.com/popnow.shtml

 

[Pardus]

i get all packing material from ebay, prices can be beat.

JUMBO ROLLS 2" Packing Tape Carton Sealing Box $12.50 shipped
Clear Small Bubble Wrap ® 200' X 12 $15.00 shipped

 

[stargazr]

Uline

 

[juiio]

Home Depot has really cheap boxes. Your favorite dollar store probably has tape.

 

[Ns1]

Home Depot has really cheap boxes. Your favorite dollar store probably has tape.

buy scotch rolls @ costco.

fuck dollar store tape. scotch packaging tape or bust.

 

[juiio]

buy scotch rolls @ costco.

fuck dollar store tape. scotch packaging tape or bust.

The Dollar Tree here sells 3M package tape. It is good quality.

 

[andylawcc]

beside Uline, there's also papermart.com; you get free shipping, but at the end prices are strategically comparable with Uline. Per unit wise, Uline is cheaper, but freight will kill ya. On the other hand, Papermart is similarly price after factoring in the free shipping.