Cardboard boxes that were designed for moving stack well on top of each other and don't compress. This protects you valuables.
“I need cardboard boxes,” said a woman that I met in one of my mommy and me groups. She was talking to her friend about her upcoming move and I could not help but eavesdrop.
She told her friend that “she was just going to get any old cardboard box she could find at grocery stores and liquor stores.” Gulp. To make matters worse, as I continued to listen, I found out that she actually purchased moving insurance and she hired a professional moving company. Two good moves I might add,….. (no pun intended) however……
Buying moving insurance without using quality cardboard boxes for moving is like buying health insurance, yet you still smoke, you don’t excercise and you don’t eat well.
This is the irony. This woman paid hundreds of dollars for moving insurance, hired professional movers, yet she would not spend $89.00 on quality cardboard boxes that could PREVENT moving damages from occurring in the first place. For even if you hire a professional mover, if you use crummy boxes, your chances of moving damages increase drastically.
In saying all of that, I completely understand where this woman is coming from. WHAT? I understand because this was me many, many years ago before I entered the moving world. I didn’t know any better and didn’t realize what the impact was of using used, wet or weak cardboard boxes. However, it has been a long time since I had that philosophy so I wanted to learn more about what this woman was thinking.
So after our mommy and me class, I gave her my card and told her that I own a company that sells cardboard moving boxes and we also own a moving company that has been serving the community f0r over a decade.
Then I asked if she would be so kind as to share her thoughts with me about cardboard boxes. (not the typical conversation amongst 2 year olds and mommies.)
This womans beliefs about cardboard boxes are:
1. I need cardboard boxes, and any cardboard box is fine to use for moving. (False)
2. It doesn’t matter how many different sizes of cardboard boxes she uses. (False)
3. Wet, used, new, as long as they are FREE CARDBOARD BOXES, that is all that matters. (False)
When this woman said that “I need cardboard boxes,” one BIG question should be asked.
Do you need cardboard boxes that will protect your your belongings from moving damages or do you just want cardboard boxes for the heck of it?
If the answer is yes, ”I need cardboard boxes” that will protect my valuables, then I will provide information in relation to this woman’s line of thinking.
Hiring professional movers is great, but still use quality cardboard boxes
Facts
1. Not all cardboard boxes are manufactured to be used for moving or storing. Some cardboard boxes are made to hold fruit and some are made for shipping for example.
Cardboard boxes that are made for moving are stronger in withstanding the pressure of being stacked no top of each other without compressing. This helps prevent moving damages.
Look at the following grocery store cardboard boxes and ask yourself if you think these boxes stack well and/or will protect your valuables? (Some of them don’t even have tops, which moving companies are not suppose to even move!)
This boxes were collected from grocery stores. You see how they don't stack well on top of each other. The risk of moving damages is much higher.
2. There are specific cardboard boxes that are recommended to be used for moving and storing. These boxes have very specific sizes 1.5 cubic moving boxes-All Purpose moving boxes, 3.0 cubic kitchen moving boxes, 4.5 cubic Pillow moving boxes, and wardrobe boxes.
Movers know how to effectively work with these sizes of cardboard boxes, and prefer using them because there is a higher chance of a smooth move with NO moving damages. They also stack well on top of each other in the moving truck, dolly or storage unit. (True)
3. If you add up how much all of your valuables that you will be moving are worth, you might be looking at $50,000, $100,00, $500,000? Why would you risk moving every item that you own inside of wet, used, old cardboard boxes that will not provide the best protection and have a higher chance of getting damaged. (True)
So in conclusion, hopefully when I meet this woman again, she will say “I need cardboard boxes that will protect my belongings.”
Happy moving! If you want to buy cardboard boxes for moving, go to: moving boxes
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