Date:         Thu, 9 Aug 2012 02:29:37 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: US Plastic was Re: vanagon Digest - 8 Aug 2012 (#2012-65)
Comments: To: Robert Stevens <mtbiker62@gmail.com>
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At 02:00 AM 8/9/2012, Robert Stevens wrote:
>I started to order 2 of the 18 gallon containers as back ups (I
>figure these that I'm using will susplode one day) and found that the shipping
>was going to be over $43.00!

Yeowch!  My 2,ooo bags came in a box the size of a large book...

>  So I cancelled. The containers themselves were only about
> $11.something each. They are Sterilite which
>isn't a hard brand to find.

I've had mostly poor impressions of Sterilite stuff, with some
exceptions.  They definitely seem to believe in the "lite"
part.  Been a while so I can't remember any specific horrible
examples now, but we were into plastic boxes in a big way for a
while, trying to get a handle on my mess, and Sterilite didn't do
well in large flattish containers with lids.  We did better with
Rubbermaid.  I think we also had some plastic stacking
drawers-in-frames from Sterilite that were utter disasters we grew to
loathe.  Great fun poking them with pointed sticks when we ditched them.

Yrs,
David