My hubby and I have gotten pieces of styrophom (sp?)for free lots of it too from appliance stores and anytime I get stuff in the mail that had peanuts I use them again also the plastic bags from supermarkets seem to work real well too and I always have way more than we can ever use. So far the only stuff I have had to buy was bubble wrap to ship framed pictures. We don't want to ship any framed ark again ugh our best experience was some one who said use our fedex account and sent us a box for the picture then arranged for pick up too. Wish there were more ebay buyers like that!!