Cheapest bubble wrap?

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NobleX13

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I am on my last roll of 3/16" bubble wrap and my usual supplier has jacked up the price. I used to order 700' from an Amazon seller for $21 shipped, but everyone seems to have jacked the price up to $32 for some reason.

Where do you guys get yours from? With COVID being a thing I'm not about to go harass local business in person to give me their scraps.

I am sure there is some seedy direct-sales website I can order this stuff from at good prices. As an example, I order air pillows for void fill from discountairpillows.com.

I'm a FS/T junkie and I need to feed my habit.
 
I just use sales papers, or reuse the bubble stuff from amazon if I haven't tossed it. But I suppose if you're ordering 700' at a time, that may not sate your need. lol
 
I looked around and couldn't find anything that beat that Amazon price. You might just have to pay the piper. A 50% increase sucks, but $32 is still the cheapest I could find for 700 sq/ft of the stuff. Pretty sure I bought the same item as you and it lasts a long time unless you're shipping a -lot- of stuff. If this is the first time that you've needed any since Covid was a thing, then I'm guessing another box of that stuff would last you quite a while.
 
Verado said:
Scalper needs bubblewrap for shipping. Don't help him out.

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LOL if I was a scalper I could afford retail. :)
Lateralus said:
I looked around and couldn't find anything that beat that Amazon price. You might just have to pay the piper. A 50% increase sucks, but $32 is still the cheapest I could find for 700 sq/ft of the stuff. Pretty sure I bought the same item as you and it lasts a long time unless you're shipping a -lot- of stuff. If this is the first time that you've needed any since Covid was a thing, then I'm guessing another box of that stuff would last you quite a while.
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Yeah, I figured as much. Generally a 700' order lasts me six months to a year, maybe longer. There is one local place I can call, but I'm guessing they want me to order 4,000' or something nuts.
 
There are some heavily discounted items at Grainger.

Here's an example.
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NobleX13 said:
What is Grainger smoking? I know this is three big boxes, but still... I've had TVs delivered via LTL freight for less.

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Due to the large physical size they have to ship it via a pallet generally which means freight that service starts at about 100$ if you need a lift gate.
We encountered the same thing with uline and some giant bags of packing peanuts.

30$ for 700 feet still seems like a decent deal to me, but I dont ship that often I guess.
 
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Spartacus09 said:
Due to the large physical size they have to ship it via a pallet generally which means freight that service starts at about 100$ if you need a lift gate.
We encountered the same thing with uline and some giant bags of packing peanuts.

30$ for 700 feet still seems like a decent deal to me, but I dont ship that often I guess.
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Heck, I would give it away. We get tons at work every day.
 
NobleX13 said:
I am on my last roll of 3/16" bubble wrap and my usual supplier has jacked up the price. I used to order 700' from an Amazon seller for $21 shipped, but everyone seems to have jacked the price up to $32 for some reason.

Where do you guys get yours from? With COVID being a thing I'm not about to go harass local business in person to give me their scraps.

I am sure there is some seedy direct-sales website I can order this stuff from at good prices. As an example, I order air pillows for void fill from discountairpillows.com.

I'm a FS/T junkie and I need to feed my habit.
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Order cardboard tubes and tell them that you want them bubblewrapped so they aren't damaged
 
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