where to buy packing peanuts?

[pontifex]

Where can i buy packing peanuts? does the post office sell these? wal-mart?

 

[dartworth]

this is what I use...

http://www.esupplystore.com/Pa...-Peanuts_c_16-1-0.html

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

any office supply store, UPS store. not sure is post office has them, probably not.

 

[pontifex]

damnit, i don't want to drive 45 minutes just to get some damn packing peanuts...

i was going to use wadded up magazine pages but the box is too big and i really should use packing peanuts or sometihng similar.

 

[xanis]

Staples and most other office supply stores carry packing peanuts. Try there or a local shipping place.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Xanis
Staples and most other office supply stores carry packing peanuts. Try there or a local shipping place.

he only local shipping place is the post office. maybe i can score something at work.

 

[xanis]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: pontifex
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: Xanis
Staples and most other office supply stores carry packing peanuts. Try there or a local shipping place.

</end quote></div>

the only local shipping place is the post office. maybe i can score something at work.</end quote></div>

You don't have a Staples or something near you? Odd. I would try work then, yeah.

 

[alrocky]

ebay. wasn't there a story about a girl on ebay who made a fortune selling this stuff?

 

[Flammable]

Originally posted by: alrocky
ebay. wasn't there a story about a girl on ebay who made a fortune selling this stuff?

for realsz?

 

[BoomerD]

Geez, come by the house...I have about 3 HUGE garbage bags full of these dammed things...I don't ship nearly enough stuff to get rid of the ones I get when I buy stuff....Funny enough, the mail-center places sell them at a premium price, but expect you to give them to them if you don't want them...

 

[pradeep1]

If you are friendly with any business owners, they usually have tons of this stuff lying around. Have them collect it in large trashbags and give them to you. My father runs a startup company and they order everything online and he hands me about 3-4 large lawn bags worth of this stuff everytime I see him.

The stuff is expensive, BTW.

 

[Shawn]

I usually try to keep the stuff when I can. I hate paying for packaging material. Plus that stuff hurts the environment.

 

[George P Burdell]

Originally posted by: Xanis
Staples and most other office supply stores carry packing peanuts. Try there or a local shipping place.

Agreed, office depot keeps them too.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Xanis
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: pontifex
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: Xanis
Staples and most other office supply stores carry packing peanuts. Try there or a local shipping place.

</end quote></div>

the only local shipping place is the post office. maybe i can score something at work.</end quote></div>

You don't have a Staples or something near you? Odd. I would try work then, yeah.

closest office supply store is about 45 minutes away.
the closest thing i have is a wal-mart near work. at home thats about 30 minutes away. there are a few hardware stores but I doubt they would sell it.

 

[FoBoT]

newegg.com

you buy stuff, they ship it to you with peanuts around it
recycle the peanuts, plus you get new stuff!! win-win

 

[TankGuys]

www.uline.com

If you need lots. Shipping peanuts is expensive - so it's only worth while if you order 5+ 20 Cubic foot bags at a time, preferably more.

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: TankGuys
www.uline.com

If you need lots. Shipping peanuts is expensive - so it's only worth while if you order 5+ 20 Cubic foot bags at a time, preferably more.

uline is probably the best bet for substantial amounts of shipping supplies

 

[manowar821]

Make sure they're petroleum based... ;D

 

[zerocool1]

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
any office supply store, UPS store. not sure is post office has them, probably not.

they do its just expensive. you might be able to get it at walmart

 

[Kelvrick]

I just did a google map search for office supply and called around.

Last time I purchased them in bulk they wre 14 bucks per 10 square feet. needed a couple of those to fill up a coworker's vehicle.

 

[pontifex]

woot! think i got enough peanuts, for free too! found some at work.

also found a bunch of large bubble wrap. i should be good now.

 

[Muse]

They cost, which I noticed at a UPS store when I was donating a boatload of packing materials I'd accumulated from my online purchases a few weeks ago.