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Canada folks, shipping boxes
« 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.
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Re: Canada folks, shipping boxes
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 03 August 2015, 10:32:08 »
I normally just use the boxes from other people sending me stuff ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Re: Canada folks, shipping boxes
« Reply #2 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.
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Re: Canada folks, shipping boxes
« Reply #3 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.

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Re: Canada folks, shipping boxes
« Reply #4 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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Re: Canada folks, shipping boxes
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 04 August 2015, 20:02:56 »
Canada has home depot right? check there

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Re: Canada folks, shipping boxes
« Reply #6 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.
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Re: Canada folks, shipping boxes
« Reply #7 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 :{

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Re: Canada folks, shipping boxes
« Reply #8 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!
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Re: Canada folks, shipping boxes
« Reply #9 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.
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