color doesn't matter...free would be nice, but i'll pay for them, too...let me know how many you've got and how much for each

also, if you know where i can get some, let me know

10/17/2010 11:37:17 AM

Suggestion 1: Ask your local grocer!


Suggestion 2: Find the youngest, most irresponsible kid in a big grocery storechain and "slip him $5" if he puts #ofmilkcrates out back.

10/17/2010 2:44:56 PM

no way you get a legitimate source of crates from a grocery store. they package them up once they get a certain amount and sell them back to the milk companies.

10/17/2010 9:03:48 PM

Well, they don't sell them. They are property of the processing dairies and they are retrieved when new milk is dropped off, and they are also counted. A shortage in crates costs groceries stores, and inflates the prices to consumers. In recent years, toy companies have been paying people to steal them, shred them, and melt them down into toys because the cost of hydrocarbon plastics has skyrocketed. It is to the point that dairies are actually sending people out to confiscate them, and to take legal action against people that have them. Take them at your own risk, if they are in public view there is a small chance you'll get that $10,000 fine p/ crate that is embossed on the crate. You think I'm kidding, but it is similar to stealing music on the internet. You don't think about it, and you'll probably not get caught, but if you do you're fucked my friend.

10/18/2010 12:12:05 PM

well, i certainly wasn't PLANNING on stealing them...i have a couple with brand names on them already, but none of them are dairies

i don't really care where they come from, though

10/18/2010 12:51:16 PM

I got mine from the back of west cary middle school. They're great for holding softballs

10/18/2010 2:51:39 PM

US Mail containers are way better for this...


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10/18/2010 3:05:25 PM

^ way better for WHAT?

10/18/2010 3:42:26 PM

did someone just compare stealing milk crates to copyright infringement...i wonder about you people

10/18/2010 4:09:54 PM

http://norfolk.craigslist.org/for/2013130471.html

10/19/2010 9:50:37 AM

unfortunately, i live in raleighwood, so driving to va for milk crates isn't really feasible

[Edited on October 19, 2010 at 10:00 AM. Reason : but i don't suppose i specifically mentioned "local" or "raleigh", so...touché]

10/19/2010 9:59:19 AM

I think we left one at evan's when we moved. Ask him if he's seen it.

10/19/2010 10:09:56 AM

Become buddies with someone that works at a Starbucks

10/20/2010 10:57:00 AM

I got one you can have. Its bright green. Unfortunatly I only need one due to hitting the long ball into tree lines. Let me know when/if you want it.

10/20/2010 2:20:37 PM