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Old 08-31-2009, 06:26 AM   #1
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Default Looking for wooden crates

I've got a 24"x12" shelf full of cookbooks that my 9mo old son thinks is a great new toy, so I'm looking for a box or something to put them in and avoid picking up fallen books every 5 minutes.

I'd really like to use a few wooden wine crates to use for storage. The few I've seen on eBay look to be about the right size, but they're selling for anywhere from $50-$100 depending on the winery. I don't really care about the name on the box, so I was hoping to do a little better. Anyone here have a hookup for empty crates, or better yet have a few lying around your house you need to get rid of? Willing to pay, just not $50/ea.
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Old 09-03-2009, 05:14 PM   #2
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Usually, the local big liquor store sells them or gives them away. If they are cool, $5 each.
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Old 09-03-2009, 05:32 PM   #3
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Usually, the local big liquor store sells them or gives them away. If they are cool, $5 each.
I work in a small wine shop, and we will often just give them to our better customers - or I will to a friend. Fifty bucks for a crate is highway robbery.
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I work in a small wine shop, and we will often just give them to our better customers - or I will to a friend. Fifty bucks for a crate is highway robbery.
Ebay is usually highway anymore.
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Old 09-15-2009, 11:39 AM   #5
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Fifty bucks for a crate is highway robbery.
YES, but until people refuse to pay it, it's called the going rate, lol.
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YES, but until people refuse to pay it, it's called the going rate for suckers, lol.
I edited the above a bit to more closely describe the actual situation.
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Default Re: Looking for wooden crates

I would consider buying the crate ends of classic vintages and growth's just to collect them for a future project. I want to make a dining table with crate ends under glass. I would have to have at least a bottle from any crate end in this project.
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