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If you pay for boxes you might be clinically insane

By Peter Valley 2 Comments

I can think of few things more symptomatic of American excess than people purchasing cardboard boxes.

This is something we are literally surrounded by everywhere we go, with every dumpster behind every strip mall in the country brimming with them in plain view. Yet some people will drive right past 1,000 free cardboard boxes to purchase them from god knows where. Where does one even buy a cardboard box besides a U-Haul store? I have no idea.

Here’s the score: Every dumpster everywhere has cardboard boxes in them. They’re everywhere. It takes the same amount of time to go retrieve them for your Fulfillment By Amazon shipments than it does to buy them somewhere. And if you have them delivered, I fail to see how paying for something there are a million of within two block of your house is a wise business move. As militant as I am with time efficiency, I still don’t see it.

So choose your nearest strip mall, go to one of the dumpsters, and get your boxes there. Its more environmental, and is one small way to break out of the American consumer trance.

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  1. Diana says

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    You can’t always find sturdy boxes, and ANY used box has lost some of its strength. Depends what you ship too – if something is fragile, easily crushed, or valuable, paying for a good box seems like smart insurance to me.

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  2. Kelli says

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    I agree with Diana. Boxes from the dumpster are my LAST choice. They’re filthy, already used at least once, and people pay enough for my items that they deserve a CLEAN, well-constructed shipping package. I do reuse boxes that I receive shipments in, if they’re still in good shape and don’t look obviously “re-used”.

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