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Frogbox
Category: Home Services Movers Movers [Edit]
1631 Powell StVancouver, BC V5L 1H5
Neighbourhood: Grandview-Woodlands
(877) 376-4269
- Hours:
Mon-Thu 8 am - 8 pm
Fri 8 am - 6 pm
Sat 8 am - 5 pm
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
About This Business:
We are proud to be one of Vancouver's Best Moving and Mobile Storage Company.
7 reviews for Frogbox
7 reviews in English
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Review from Robin M.
12/11/2011
Soooo, I'm basically renting a box? For the same price I would pay if buying rubbermaids? Suspicious. Why would I do such a thing?
Why, robin? (yes, I'm playing call and answer with myself) Because moving is complicated enough that I don't want to have to deal with going to some big box store to buy a couple of giant rubbermaids, haul them home in what's likely to be either some form of public transit or a tiny car-share type of vehicle. Also, Vancouver apartments are small. Just where the hell do I think I'm going to put the the big ugly blue rubber boxes once I'm done with them?
Mies would not approve.
Smart idea, Frogbox. The whole process was so SO easy. Order the boxes online, call to let them know that I don't actually need that many, they change my order, no questions asked. A couple of days later, an entirely friendly Frogbox delivery man shows up with a whack load of big green boxes for me to fill with physical objects that represent my life. And because I like to torture myself, I moved everything on my own. Even with my sometimes erratic driving, these bad boys stayed in place. Not a box toppled the whole drive across the city.
A few days later, friendly Frogbox delivery man shows up at my new door, and just like that, the giant green boxes are gone. Poof!
Also, as an aside, Frogbox is local, Frogbox is sustainable, and Frogbox works to help those little froggies in the Pacific Northwest restore their own homes. You know, so they don't go poof... a reason to use the service right there, I'd wager.Listed in: Five Star Holler, The Essentials, Shopping with a conscious
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Review from Allen W.
Vancouver, BC
10/21/2011
Long live the frog!
I'm sure you're thinking, 'it's just boxes, what's the big deal?". I'll admit that I was skeptical at first too, but when we decided to do much of our recent cross-town move by ourselves ... frogboxes seemed like a nice fit.
The local company rents frogboxes which are big, sturdy, stackable, reusable boxes. I'm all for not killing the environment by using an abundance of cardboard, but I was more drawn to how easy the boxes would be to handle. Super sturdy with built-in handles, as well as the ability to stack.
Frogbox rents the boxes in various size quantities and we found 25 boxes the perfect fit for our one bedroom. We re-filled some of the boxes and probably packed about 35 in total.
The boxes were delivered on time (2-hour window) and were super clean (no smelly, sticky boxes). The delivery guy was so down to earth and friendly (no sketchy dudes).
We used the boxes for two weeks .... and decided we needed one more day. I called Frogbox and got a cheerful voice who said, "no problem!". They arrived today and picked up the boxes, once again ... a super nice driver.
Couldn't be happier -- using Frogboxes and Go Truck Go (see my other review on this mover) allowed us to do our move for just under $300 in total! Both are great local businesses! -
Review from Nicole F.
8/13/2010
I will use Frogbox next time I move for sure.
They were recommended strongly by a friend so I checked them out and they seemed really great. 1% of the proceeds go to Frog Habitats! Hell yeah, frogs rule. AND, no wasting paper!
I will never use cardboard again. I never realized how annoying all the flattening, taping, folding and disposal was until I didn't have to do it.
The boxes are a perfect size. It's hard to get carried away and make them too heavy... unless you fill them with only books, but that's unavoidable. Also, they're stackable! Good for saving space when you have a lot more packing and organizing to do.
They are really really flexible about the delivery and pickup time (you can select while you order online!) and they show up right away.
There are also wardrobes you can get if you have any items of clothing that you want hanging and not folded. I ordered one as well just in case, but didn't really end up needing it.
My delivery guy gave me a roll of labels to put on top of each box. They stick well but peel off really easy. Handy!
They even included a bottle of complimentary enviro-friendly multi purpose cleaner. I think it was for me at least... because I didn't give it back...and they haven't asked for it. :|
Oh, and they lend you a moving dolly too. Freaking awesome.Comment from Doug B. of Frogbox 8/16/2010
thanks Nicole -We do in fact include a bottle of Nature… More » -
Review from Tim S.
8/19/2010
Frogbox is a simple service, well-executed. You need boxes? They got boxes: big, solid (but lightweight), plastic affairs. They'll drop them off at your old pad, you pack and move them, and then they swing by the new place to take 'em back. They'll make drops on the weekend and at convenient weekday hours. The drivers are friendly and efficient, and can show up on pretty short notice.
The Frogbox guys are smart enough to ask for Yelp reviews a couple times in their follow-up customer satisfaction survey, which I think explains why they have so many: not just shenanigans!
Give them a look if you don't have time to look for cast-off boxes and won't have a place to store purchased cardboard boxes from e.g. Uline; it'll be the lowest-drama part of your move. -
Review from Ysabelle R.
Vancouver, BC
6/20/2010
We used them when we moved, and it was a dream. Hassle-free delivery. The boxes were light enough for me to carry, stacked well, and saved us TONS of space when we were unpacking.
I chose Frogbox not for any environmental reason, but because I didn't want to go through the trouble of finding boxes for our move, and because I didn't want to further attract silverfish into our new place (they love feeding on paper and paper-based products). It was just a bonus that FB delivers and picks up after work hours, and that their boxes eventually made us more space-efficient during our move. All of the boxes were the same size, so there was little wasted space in the back of the van where our boxes were.
All in all I'd really recommend them. No surprises, the price and service were exactly as advertised, and they ended up saving us a lot of time in the end. I'm planning on using them again when I move in a few months.
As a side note, knowing that the boxes had to be returned after a week prompted us to unpack faster. The entire apartment was set up 5 days after our move. Success! -
Review from Vincent v.
Vancouver, BC
11/18/2009
I will never move without them again!
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Review from Carlos O.
North Vancouver, BC
3/24/2010
I like companies like this, everyone wins when they succeed. It is such a great idea to rent reusable moving boxes as opposed to scramble around trying to find cardboard boxes that will only be used for a few hours.
