posted on April 13, 2003 05:57:13 AM
Bargains Galore is very good I have used them many times. SAM's Club now has bubble at a very good price it is somewhere around $12.00 for 175 feet. But if you need large Bubble or 2' wide stuff Bargains Galore is the best deal I have found.
"For I know the plans I have for you." says the Lord. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope." - Jeremiah 29:11
posted on April 13, 2003 10:52:42 AM
I get all my bubble wrap from a local furniture store. Many of the sofas and chairs come in completely wrapped in very large pieces of bubble wrap that they just throw out. Also I get all my packing peanuts from a local gift shop that gets shipments in weekly and they just throw the peanuts out because they don't ship anything because everything is on display in the store. Sometimes, all you need to do is ask around and these places are often happy to give it to you. Just a suggestion. Good luck!
posted on April 13, 2003 11:24:20 AM
Another suggestion that I have found to be great for weightless packaging / box filler - Balloons. every so often I have a some item that alot of filler in its box and I'm not really interested in buying or more importantly storing bags of peanuts or paying additional shipping costs. Instead I hit the local 99cent store and bought a few bags of various sized party ballons. When inflated, they provide an excellent cushion, extrememly economical, no additional weight and prior to being blown up, store in a little plastic bag stuffed in the corner of a shelf. It's the best of all worlds.
They don't work for everything, but they do it's a beautiful thing
[ edited by neonmania on Apr 13, 2003 11:25 AM ]
posted on April 13, 2003 01:40:43 PM
cta ! lol I do the same thing ! Our local furniture store tells me take all the bubble wrap I want .I can get enough in one trip to last weeks !! Free !! and neonmania what a great idea !! Balloons I would have never thought of that...I have boxes all the time that need fill and I always feel bad putting paper cause it weighs so much.
posted on April 13, 2003 03:31:43 PM
I just bought a huge roll of bubble wrap, the big bubbles, for 9 cents a square foot, free delivery anywhere in Southern California. JMCO, INC. 888-948-0559. Unbelievably good service, even to my home in the remote mountains! Personal service - rare these days.
But--I cadge free bubble wrap (and peanuts)from several sources whenever possible. I hadn't thought of furniture stores yet, so I'll do that next. My Big Bonanza two years ago was a Tuesday Morning store just opening in our town. They had filled two huge (new, clean) dumpsters with bubble wrap, and I in turn filled my car with it. We used the bubble wrap to move to another state, and I just ran out the other day. Electronics stores get a lot of their inventory in boxes with those air pillows, and I have a lot of them now, too. Start asking around. You'd be amazed. And gift stores are just great for the peanuts. Our local one saves bubble wrap, though, for shipping out of town for customers.
I take all my "suppliers" banana bread at Christmas. I looooove them.
