If you are looking for boxes, there are always a lot of folks giving them away on freecycle or craigslist. All sizes, too. If you feel guilty about it, maybe you should listen to your conscience. Why get greedy? I always had a policy to either take the whole thing or leave it for someone else.
Besides, I gave up curb shopping because it seems like 9 times out of 10 I go through $10.00 in gas for $5.00 worth of scrap after breakdown.
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