Free eBay-branded USPS boxes
KeithA
11-12-2005 09:19:26
tracemhunter
11-12-2005 09:23:16
25 boxes for free? are you serious?! good find. +kma even though you can add it yourself P
Brok3n_Sword
11-12-2005 09:24:39
Nice find. I could only order 10, but they never told me how much. Maybe their free?
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Retro
11-12-2005 09:43:45
Last summer I order a whole bunch of boxes. I didn't know they were going to send me so much lol
Sweeney2066
11-12-2005 09:49:57
You can order like 100's of different kinds if you want too. I thought this was common knowledge..want links?
Th3Great1
11-12-2005 09:55:32
hell yea i want links
Whoa, that's awesome! +kma
Sweeney2066
11-12-2005 10:14:08
http//shop.usps.com/cgi-bin/vsbv/postal_store_non_ssl/display_products/productCategory.jsp?prodCat=/Shipping+Supplies/Flat+Rate+Boxes
http//shop.usps.com/cgi-bin/vsbv/postal_store_non_ssl/display_products/productCategory.jsp?prodCat=/Shipping+Supplies/Priority+Mail
http//www.ups.com/content/us/en/resources/prepare/supplies/boxes.html
Daggoth
11-12-2005 10:15:02
If those boxes contained XBOXs in them that would be sweet. I just ordered 25 of em.
ghondi
11-12-2005 10:18:00
I gotcha beat!
I have over 6000 boxes from one website....no shipping or nothing!
You can't get them all at once, but I got one order of 1000 boxes,lol my mail lady was pissed......
the site is......wait for it..........
www.usps.com
All you gotta do is search for something like box, and pick out the ones you want(only pick the free ones) and then add to cart....yadayada........then have them shipped.....I have so many boxes right now.....I started making a fort like I did as a kid....accept now I'm 18 and its my entire garage thats the fort of boxes,lol.
[b5433f59d3e]Edit[/b5433f59d3e]Just realized that the sites you guys linked to was usps.com etc. and the ebay one was the same boxes, just with ebay written on them....
Ohh well,lol
Airkat
11-12-2005 10:21:03
Good find. I jsut ordered a package of each. It's one order per day PER box type
PoPoJiJo
11-12-2005 10:41:35
thanks I ordered some of every type of the ebay ones
kdollar
11-12-2005 10:54:15
this is a badass post, all those times i needed boxes......and never had them, now where am i gonna stock them, i better not go overboard and order a hundred, just stick with like 5 )
Allen626
11-12-2005 11:36:19
Uhh, you can goto your local post office and get them for free there too. I do it all the time. Priority mall boxes can be shipped from your home because they are small enough to send out in a reg mail box.
KeithA
11-12-2005 11:40:56
Really? The post office I usually go to has a separate area that functions as a store. They always make me pay for boxes...
Allen626
11-12-2005 11:47:07
[quoteb33a80c369="KeithA"]Really? The post office I usually go to has a separate area that functions as a store. They always make me pay for boxes...[/quoteb33a80c369]
They are priority mail boxes, all else are not free.
Crynos
11-12-2005 11:59:01
[quoteffd700ff2e="Allen626"]Uhh, you can goto your local post office and get them for free there too. I do it all the time. Priority mall boxes can be shipped from your home because they are small enough to send out in a reg mail box.[/quoteffd700ff2e]How do you do the postage if youre shipping from home? Ive always wondered
Allen626
11-12-2005 12:15:31
Print it up at usps.com and just tape it to the package.
Crynos
11-12-2005 12:17:25
[quote30e241d78c="Allen626"]Print it up at usps.com and just tape it to the package.[/quote30e241d78c]Ahh, then you just stick it into the mailbox? So i could send video games and just stick em in a priority envelope, print off a slip and tape it on then stick it in my mailbox?
Gigante
11-12-2005 12:18:46
Awesome thread, thanks!
Allen626
11-12-2005 12:24:44
[quoteb1d5015a8d="Crynos"][quoteb1d5015a8d="Allen626"]Print it up at usps.com and just tape it to the package.[/quoteb1d5015a8d]Ahh, then you just stick it into the mailbox? So i could send video games and just stick em in a priority envelope, print off a slip and tape it on then stick it in my mailbox?[/quoteb1d5015a8d]
Yep
ConfusedPigeon
11-12-2005 12:35:40
Be careful! I ordered one of each kind (one pack) and now I have about half a room filled with them.
mrwzk
11-12-2005 12:39:29
boxes are fun u can do so much with them
like build a giant castle in your garage
now u have a place to hide all your stuff u dont want anyone to find, put all that porn in a box and than hide it in a big pile of boxes
kevxross
11-12-2005 12:59:18
They've done this for a long time and it didn't used to be co-branded with fleabay. They used to have some kick ass tape and other stuff, but fatwallet threads and people like ghondi ruined it.
RocLaFamilia
11-12-2005 12:59:26
anyone got a link for free tape?
dudelovesFinch1035
11-12-2005 13:06:19
is there any boxes for half.com lol
theysayjump
11-12-2005 13:35:25
Woah I got a little carried away there. oops
Thanks for the links people. D
FreeOffersNow
11-12-2005 14:19:11
Just so you all know...its a Federal offense to use these boxes for anything other than their intended use (USPS Shipping). I'm not sure they've ever actually busted anyone for it...but yea. I remember when they had the tape, was pretty useful when I was moving ) (They don't have it any more...too many people abusing it)
johnjimjones
11-12-2005 14:29:31
I got 10 and 25 of the big ones so my parents can send me more stuff at college wink
ghondi
11-12-2005 15:14:45
I plan on mailing them all out.....just not anytime soon. I sell my random shoit on Ebay. I do actually use them for shipping though......just wasn't paying any attention to how many I ordered....lol
I didn't ruin it.....they didn't have tape when I used the system.....all I got was a shit load of boxes......and I ordered and got them in November......
kevxross
11-12-2005 15:20:53
[quoteb943f3fe34="ghondi"]I plan on mailing them all out.....just not anytime soon. I sell my random shoit on Ebay. I do actually use them for shipping though......just wasn't paying any attention to how many I ordered....lol
I didn't ruin it.....they didn't have tape when I used the system.....all I got was a shit load of boxes......and I ordered and got them in November......[/quoteb943f3fe34]
haha, I know you didn't ruin it personally. There were a lot of kids on fatwallet ordering literally thousands of each item they offered. They fulfill these orders because there are legitimate business that do that much shipping and it would mean lotsa money for USPS. Kids ordering them to build forts in their living rooms and/or just to say they did is a different story..
doylnea
11-12-2005 16:31:11
[quote0f8e0d0dc0="kevxross"][quote0f8e0d0dc0="ghondi"]I plan on mailing them all out.....just not anytime soon. I sell my random shoit on Ebay. I do actually use them for shipping though......just wasn't paying any attention to how many I ordered....lol
I didn't ruin it.....they didn't have tape when I used the system.....all I got was a shit load of boxes......and I ordered and got them in November......[/quote0f8e0d0dc0]
haha, I know you didn't ruin it personally. There were a lot of kids on fatwallet ordering literally thousands of each item they offered. They fulfill these orders because there are legitimate business that do that much shipping and it would mean lotsa money for USPS. Kids ordering them to build forts in their living rooms and/or just to say they did is a different story..[/quote0f8e0d0dc0]
Not everyone on FW is a kid (and in fact most aren't kids).
doylnea
11-12-2005 16:32:59
One thing to consider is that if you're mailing a priority mail box, branded with an eBay logo, and shipping without delivery or signature confirmation, and the box gets left, you're essentially advertising to the passerby that you shipped something cool and worthwhile stealing.
kevxross
11-12-2005 16:33:32
[quote24e518ad96="doylnea"][quote24e518ad96="kevxross"][quote24e518ad96="ghondi"]I plan on mailing them all out.....just not anytime soon. I sell my random shoit on Ebay. I do actually use them for shipping though......just wasn't paying any attention to how many I ordered....lol
I didn't ruin it.....they didn't have tape when I used the system.....all I got was a shit load of boxes......and I ordered and got them in November......[/quote24e518ad96]
haha, I know you didn't ruin it personally. There were a lot of kids on fatwallet ordering literally thousands of each item they offered. They fulfill these orders because there are legitimate business that do that much shipping and it would mean lotsa money for USPS. Kids ordering them to build forts in their living rooms and/or just to say they did is a different story..[/quote24e518ad96]
Not everyone on FW is a kid (and in fact most aren't kids).[/quote24e518ad96]
The ones I'm speaking of are. Or at least I'd hope so. They were, like I said, ordering tons of boxes just to post pictures and brag about it like it was some accomplishment.
mrwzk
11-12-2005 16:40:42
some stuff on ebay isnt even worth stealing people sell some pretty pointless stuff
Peinecone
11-12-2005 17:05:28
The catch is you have to send them Priority, (unless you cut it open, and turn it inside out lol )
I ordered a case a while ago, and 90% of them are still in my closet.
doylnea
11-12-2005 17:58:41
[quotef4c1b242b7="Peinecone"]The catch is you have to send them Priority, (unless you cut it open, and turn it inside out lol )
I ordered a case a while ago, and 90% of them are still in my closet.[/quotef4c1b242b7]
Most of of the new boxes come with "USPS" printed on the inside of them, just for that reason.
cyberpunk243
11-12-2005 18:14:58
haha nice find. I just ordered one order of every size. I have no idea why. I just like the fact that it is free!
dudeextrem2000
11-12-2005 20:33:44
[quote091ebf06b2="RocLaFamilia"]anyone got a link for free tape?[/quote091ebf06b2]
http//www.drugstore.com/qxp144335_333181_sespider/scotch/tape_magic_34_in_x_300_in.htm
cwncool
11-12-2005 21:29:15
i ordered 50 12x12x8 boxes. i plan on ordering more.
manOFice
11-12-2005 21:38:14
i just ordered 400, LOL
cwncool
11-12-2005 21:52:16
[quote621cd1957a="manofice"]i just ordered 400, LOL[/quote621cd1957a]
your house is gonna be filled to the roof with boxes. you'll also probably make your mail person mad....
manOFice
11-12-2005 22:02:58
[quote93a749faee="cwncool"][quote93a749faee="manofice"]i just ordered 400, LOL[/quote93a749faee]
your house is gonna be filled to the roof with boxes. you'll also probably make your mail person mad....[/quote93a749faee]
Its better that way.......my mail dude sux! He delivers the mail every day at different times, and i'm talking hours apart, he sux, he can deliever all my box's ;)
Tholek
11-12-2005 22:18:26
[quote1b9873a5a2="doylnea"][quote1b9873a5a2="Peinecone"]The catch is you have to send them Priority, (unless you cut it open, and turn it inside out lol )
I ordered a case a while ago, and 90% of them are still in my closet.[/quote1b9873a5a2]
Most of of the new boxes come with "USPS" printed on the inside of them, just for that reason.[/quote1b9873a5a2]
You can still use them by wrapping them with paper, then applying the postage and address labels.
What's funnier, is that they caught on to people (like me) who used to cut the tops off the Priority address labels, and use them for parcel post or other stuff. They now have a faint watermark-like pattern on them now so postal workers can yell at you. )
Does anyone remember that guy who got sued by FedEx for making his furniture with their boxes?
[quoted417794976="Tholek"][quoted417794976="doylnea"][quoted417794976="Peinecone"]The catch is you have to send them Priority, (unless you cut it open, and turn it inside out lol )
I ordered a case a while ago, and 90% of them are still in my closet.[/quoted417794976]
Most of of the new boxes come with "USPS" printed on the inside of them, just for that reason.[/quoted417794976]
You can still use them by wrapping them with paper, then applying the postage and address labels.
What's funnier, is that they caught on to people (like me) who used to cut the tops off the Priority address labels, and use them for parcel post or other stuff. They now have a faint watermark-like pattern on them now so postal workers can yell at you. )
Does anyone remember that guy who got sued by FedEx for making his furniture with their boxes?[/quoted417794976]
lol, when was this? lol
EatChex89
12-12-2005 08:25:18
i've known about those for years.
to order the tape, i just call in to the USPS
mrwzk
20-01-2006 12:23:58
never mind fixed it
manOFice
20-01-2006 12:30:39
lol, all my box's came in the other week. There were over 16 box's of like 25 box's in each, lol...
mrwzk
20-01-2006 12:31:47
yeah the boxes they come in are pretty heavy 19lbs i think, i ordered a normal amount 25 small ones and 25 big ones cause im starting to sell a lot of stuff on ebay so these boxes are perfect.
tylerc
20-01-2006 12:32:34
o rly?
theysayjump
20-01-2006 13:03:06
Yeah I got mine a few weeks ago and made a fortress with a drawbridge for my cat. D
EatChex89
20-01-2006 13:07:30
i have a buttload sitting in my shed.. i have the ones before they were ebay branded..
i think i might order some more, and make some stuff for my birds.
KeithA
20-01-2006 13:12:27
[quote211bd31096="theysayjump"]Yeah I got mine a few weeks ago and made a fortress with a drawbridge for my cat. D[/quote211bd31096]
Pictures.
mrwzk
20-01-2006 16:38:59
i want to get the realy big boxes from
http//www.ups.com/content/us/en/resources/prepare/supplies/boxes.html#UPS+25+KG+Box
but when i go to order it asks me for some number that i dont have
the ebay one and other link jsut ask for address and u are done this one needs some like ups acct number or something crazy
theysayjump
20-01-2006 17:38:09
x323smostwantedx
20-01-2006 17:43:00
JordanE
20-01-2006 18:15:26
I'm going to make paintball bunkers with mine D
tylerc
20-01-2006 18:44:56
Paintballs go through cardboard pretty easily.
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