Bug Breeders - cheapest 12x12 egg flats I could find

This is a bump/repost for anybody looking for Egg Crates. I had found two sources that were much cheaper than anywhere else, http://www.eggboxes.com/Item/13 and http://store.timberlinefresh.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=1913. The Timbeline site ships standard as $40/overnight shipping as most of their sales are live insects and such, but if you call them (number at the bottom), they will ship via ground service at a lower rate. I just bought 70 egg crates/flats, the 12x12 size for $19.60, and the shipping was about $10. Unless Eggboxes can ship for about $2, Timberline is cheaper. On the flip side, you can order online with Eggboxes, but the default for online purchases at Timberline is $40/overnight so you would need to either call them or e-mail their sales department at [email protected]. I just called them and spoke to a rep named Donna. She was a sweetheart and easy to work with, and I'll likely use them in the future. Eggboxes makes their own egg flats and bakes them so there is not risk of salmonella or parasites. Timberline resells egg flats and Donna said they do not make their own, but with the volume they sell and as picky as they are about their products, I really doubt theirs are recycled.

Taffer":1cxbmqga said:

http://www.eggboxes.com/Item/13 - direct link, and all made in the USA!

So long as you buy domestic the shipping is free, so that breaks down to:
38.6 cents per egg crate when you buy 70 for $27.00.
32.9 cents per egg crate when you buy 140 for $45.99.
19.0 cents per egg crate when you buy 3,920 for $745.00.

Blasted OCD in effect...<sigh>

Only thing unclear is if these are new or recycled, so I called and these are ALL 100% NEW. They make them from recycled news paper and form the egg crates themselves in molds, and they are baked which will kill any germs or parasites, so these are perfect. They also have normal egg crates if anybody needs these, and they have some with misprints, which are not faulty, they are just products someone had ordered with specific print on them that either never paid or they lost the account.

http://store.timberlinefresh.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=1913
This site has good prices too, but I didn't get time to call. They are from Marion, IL 62959.
$0.29/1 egg crate
$5.60/20 egg crates - 28 cents per egg crate
$19.60/70 egg crates - also 28 cents per egg crate
All of their shipping is next day which is $40, but I e-mailed them and they said "We can absolutely switch an order of just egg crates to ground shipping for you, just give us a call and order over the phone. 800-423-2248" - Andy Petit - Sales Manager.

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