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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Sifo on Mon, 03 August 2015, 10:30:20

Title: Canada folks, shipping boxes
Post by: Sifo on Mon, 03 August 2015, 10:30:20
Where the hell do you guys get boxes to ship keyboards? Canada Post has a terrible selection and Staples or Walmart or where ever also has **** all.
Title: Re: Canada folks, shipping boxes
Post by: platypus on Mon, 03 August 2015, 10:32:08
I normally just use the boxes from other people sending me stuff ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Title: Re: Canada folks, shipping boxes
Post by: fohat.digs on Mon, 03 August 2015, 10:40:35
A year or 2 ago somebody posted some nice boxes from a packing company such as U-Line, but they were a bit on the expensive side.

If you need to store your keyboard collection in consistent boxes, in addition to shipping, and only needed a few hundred or so, the price might come down.
Title: Re: Canada folks, shipping boxes
Post by: byker on Mon, 03 August 2015, 11:31:44
I normally just use the boxes from other people sending me stuff ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

That is what I have been doing too.. But I do need some new boxes.
Title: Re: Canada folks, shipping boxes
Post by: BucklingSpring on Tue, 04 August 2015, 19:58:43
Get some cardboard sheets and fold it into the size you want.

There's a UPS store nearby. I've seen the guys making "custom" boxes on the fly. Few seconds of work and they charge you like 15$ for it.

Almost the size of a keyboard...
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Title: Re: Canada folks, shipping boxes
Post by: eddie on Tue, 04 August 2015, 20:02:56
Canada has home depot right? check there
Title: Re: Canada folks, shipping boxes
Post by: Sifo on Tue, 04 August 2015, 20:07:00
Canada has home depot right? check there

Haven't checked home depot, thanks for suggestion I'll be sure to check it out when buying new flooring.
Title: Re: Canada folks, shipping boxes
Post by: platypus on Tue, 04 August 2015, 20:20:37
I asked one of my friends and he said this place is good http://www.boxspot.com/ I think it's the other side of Toronto from Sifo though :{
Title: Re: Canada folks, shipping boxes
Post by: Sifo on Wed, 05 August 2015, 00:09:08
I asked one of my friends and he said this place is good http://www.boxspot.com/ I think it's the other side of Toronto from Sifo though :{

Davisville isn't bad at all, I'll go check it out. Thanks to your friend!
Title: Re: Canada folks, shipping boxes
Post by: BucklingSpring on Wed, 05 August 2015, 12:02:41
Funny - so you guys built keyboards from scratch but don't want to bother at folding cardboard into the box you want. Oh well.