14
Aug
2008
Finding Cheap Shipping Boxes for a Friend
I had a friend in Chicago who called me all the way just to ask if I know where she can get cheap shipping boxes on her family’s way to migrate to Canada and I told her that I don’t have any idea except if those shipping boxes are the same with moving boxes or air cargo boxes in which case is the nature of this moving blog of mine. Quality wise, I told her that I am not really sure because all I know is that moving boxes are only intended for short distance travels unlike air travel boxes or shipping boxes which has a little edge over withstanding long hours of travel just as what she required for her family’s travel.
What I did is to go ahead in the internet while I told her to call me again after 15 minutes for some information because right that time, they had no internet connection in their home in Chicago, Illinois and I had no idea with shipping boxes more than i do with moving boxes. I tried to look for some businesses online that offer selling shipping boxes just as she told me. So what I did is to find one for here but I failed to see shipping boxes. I arrived at eBay store but so far, just moving boxes and other box supplies were only offering moving boxes as well.
Luckily, since she really intend to buy cheap shipping boxes, I tried to go deeper on my search and was at last after 14 long minutes found a shipping supplies and a box company offering sale of shipping supplies, packaging supplies, boxes and shipping boxes as well. Just perfect and in the nick of time. After 2 more minutes, my friend, Diana called and I am ready for what she just needed for her box company information and I gave her the details about The Box Company Inc. I also decided to put here a post about it as part of an experience with something different other than just moving boxes in Chicago.