Today I put a sticker that said Vegan on a watermelon at a popular grocery store. I bought a roll of little food label stickers and I stick them on random plant-based foods while shopping. 500 stickers are $11.19.

You were THE coolest kid in first grade if you had one of these. Also the RGB star stickers.

Ok I have moved about a dozen times in my life. Trust me I'm a pro at this. This will be long so I'm gonna divide into sections.

Furniture

• Don't buy most furniture until after you move. Why pay to move it when you can just have it shipped to your door, probably for free, or if you buy it locally have it delivered?
  
• Don't buy more than the bare necessities at first. It is tempting to make your whole house pretty, but money won't go as far as you think, and its easy to buy things in the beginning that don't work as well as you think or end up being wrong for the space. Better to have what you really need and take time to consider what you actually want to make your life better in that particular space. For me the necessities are:
  
  
  • A mattress
    
  • An inexpensive bed frame that replaces a box spring. You can always buy a headboard/footboard later. This one is great, has room for storage underneath, and it easy to put together/break down/move. We still use it for our guest bed: https://www.amazon.com/Zinus-SmartBase-Foundation-Replacement-Noise-Free/dp/B006MIUM20/ref=sr_1_5?s=furniture&ie=UTF8&qid=1539803465&sr=1-5&keywords=bed%2Bframe&dpID=41hb1VrV1NL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch&th=1
    
  • A nightstand
    
  • A dining room table (eating at a table will make you feel like a real adult)
    
  • A couch
    
  • A TV and something to put it on
    
    
• Craigslist, Amazon, Ikea are your friends. Online, read reviews critically. If people are saying it fell apart, don't buy it.
  
  
  • I have to give a particular shout out to Ikea stuff, I have some furniture I bought 10 years ago from them still in my home
    
    
• Shop Homegoods for discounted decorations, housewares, kitchen stuff, etc when you are ready aka after the move.
  
• If you need bedding Target often has cute bedding on sale.
  
  

  Moving itself
  

  
  

• Don't hire a moving company. Hire a U-haul, then through the U-haul website hiring people to load/unload the truck. You can have them load/unload only heavy stuff and take the rest yourself to save cash.
  
  
  • I did this on my last move and they moved all furniture from our 3 br house as well as most of our boxes for like $200. I think we spent less than $500 total on truck and movers (including gas).
    
  • I actually highly recommended this over moving furniture yourself in a borrowed pickup, or even yourself with a U-haul. The cost is well worth the convenience. Moving is hard.
    
    
• Don't pay for boxes. Boxes are easy to find for free. Typically I take 2 or 3 evenings late at night (around 10 pm) and just drive around behind strip malls until I find enough. (They don't put gross stuff in the dumpster, if there is I skip that one). Sometimes it only takes 1 night. Don't bother with grocery stores or large department stores, they crush their boxes. Check out liquor stores and the dumpsters behind strip malls.
  
  
  • Places I have found boxes in plenty:
    
    • Behind a Barnes and Noble
      
    • Behind a party store
      
    • Behind an Ulta
      
    • Behind clothing stores in strip malls (these are usually pretty larger, great for bigger and lighter items)
      
    • Liquor stores (they get so many they are usually happy to tell you what day they get their deliveries if you call. These are smaller boxes great for heavier items like books)
      
      
• Don't box clothes. Take plastic trash bags, cut a hold in the bottom, put clothes hangers through the hole, close the tie part, now your clothes are still hanging up but contained and ready to move. When you get to the new house, hang up in the bag, then just rip the bag off. Way easier than unpacking.
  
• Don't buy bubble wrap, find a place that stocks free local papers (every city usually has these around) and use paper to wrap your dishes and breakables. Save junk mail and store flyers as well for this.
  
• The one thing you should buy is moving plastic wrap, the kind on a 14" roll. Use it to secure blankets around wooden furniture to protect from scratches. Use it wrap any fabric furniture to protect from tears. Use it to group some awkward small boxes into one entity. I only discovered this the last time I moved and will never move without doing this again. This is the only time I have ever moved nothing got damaged, and there is also this very satisfied and "mission accomplished" feeling when your couch is wrapped and ready to go.
  
• Label everything with not only the contents but the room it goes in. Even in a small apartment this helps a ton when you unload. When you go to unpack everything will already be in the correct room. I recommend these inexpensive, color coded labels to make it even faster/more convenient: https://www.amazon.com/Immuson-Removable-Packing-Different-Stickers/dp/B07DQDSX9H/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1539805227&sr=1-1-spons&keywords=moving+stickers&psc=1
  
• Pack a box in each room of the things you will need your first night/week so you can easily find it in the unpacking chaos. So in your bathroom pack your shower stuff separate, in the bedroom your sheets, and in the kitchen keep your pots/pans and dishes clearly marked. This may not seem like a money tip but if you don't do this you will find yourself running to the store for paper plates or toothpaste you don't really need.
  
  

  Once you are in
  

  
  Don't forget you are going to have to buy things you forgot about or that just come up those first few weeks. Somehow you will move in and realize you don't have a mop, or a kitchen trashcan, or about 50 other things that just happened to be your roommates, or where the hell is the dish detergent and oh fuck I forgot that I need toilet paper and I ran out two days ago.
  
  I try to set aside about $100-$200 for these weird incidentals. If you are worried about running low buy stuff at the dollar store, you can get a better version next paycheck. Also if you are low on dishes this a great place to get some that are honestly perfectly fine. Big lots is also good for cheap dishes. Also not a bad idea to plan for the money to eat out a few days during the move when you normally wouldn't. For me its the one time I let myself have fast food.
  
  Once you are moved in, be careful about your grocery bill if previously you were splitting groceries and not just buying your own. Buying for one is very different than buying for two, easier for things to go bad in your fridge.
  
  

  Utilities/Bills
  

  
  There will be deposits and unexpected service fees. When you set up your accounts ask specifically what will be on the first bill other than normal recurring charges. Do not think the bills will somehow be half of what you used before. Use A/C or heat sparingly until you see a couple bills. Replace all your lightbulbs with LEDs. Shop around to make sure you buy the cheaper ones they work just as well and they will save you a fortune on electric.
  
  Buy a programmable thermostat if your unit doesn't already have one. They are easy to install yourself, will save you a lot of money buy avoiding running the heat/air while you aren't home, and are only about $40 on Amazon.
  
  You need internet, you do not need cable. You do not need the fancy internet plan the company wants to sell you. Start with the lowest tier internet plan and buy Hulu or Netflix or maybe both. If you have streaming issues upgrade the internet later. When you set up cable request that you not be on a contract (cancelation fees when you move and don't want it are a bitch).

500"for Rectal Use Only" Stickers Waterproof - 1.5" x 3/8" Fluorescent Orang Stickers with Permanent Adhesive (Orange) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QP7DKY1/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_v5uMDbWY9WA1J

Paste these stickers on everything he owns.

Here.

Ditto. 1000 of the cheapest paper plates you can buy, and a roll of 1" black dot stickers

I have fancy targets when I'm shooting my 308, but anything less than that I'm using paper plates

“For Rectal Us Only” stickers. Why? For science. And annoying people while amusing myself.

500 for Rectal Use Only Stickers / 1.5" x .375" Blue Stickers with Permanent Adhesive https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GYRJ99X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_jJuGDbR0ETHJY

https://www.amazon.com/ChromaLabel-inch-Color-Code-Labels-White/dp/B0147CNH4M/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1539544070&sr=8-5&keywords=1%2F4+inch+circle+stickers

If you’re ok with 1” rounds, how about 1000 for $9? There are other similar options on Amazon. Take a look.

https://www.amazon.com/Retail-Package-envelope-Circle-Labels/dp/B00NVKO6LK/ref=mp_s_a_1_8?keywords=mailing+seals&qid=1557264631&s=gateway&sr=8-8

I would use something like this, available in different sizes.

That's why I always carry around one of these. If I see someone arguing in favor of a theory not backed with evidence, I downvote it and slap on another sticker to my shirt.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GYRJ99X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_DyaTCb4ES0FWR

Well, now I know what my boss is getting for his birthday...

We just used these. (tag u/CiroFlexo)

This is a poor indicator of price, but let's take this single roll of stickers as a guideline. $20 for 500 stickers, or 4 cents per sticker. And it's probably significantly cheaper than that, since governments likely purchase these in bulk.

Thank you! Here are the stickers I used: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0731Q24NT/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

> Free things cause of the sticker are kind of illegal.

I suppose one could argue that they are rewarding you for having a sticker, not for voting. No one says it has to be a sticker from a voting place, it just has to say you voted. It could also be a sticker showing you voted in 1972...

I use half inch round stickers from Amazon. It was $6 from Amazon for a thousand stickers haha.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0731NYS7G?psc=1&ref=yo_pop_mb_yo_pop_mb_pd_t2


http://imgur.com/a/J7ZhD4O

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07SFJB66J
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GYVF3L2

https://www.amazon.com/Hybsk-Detection-Sticker-Stickers-Water-Sensitive-Authentication/dp/B07HH4PWV2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1550730233&sr=8-1&keywords=water+detection+sticker

I have a cutter so I made mine, but these have been used by others: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0731Q24NT/ref=nav_timeline_asin?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Looks like simstickers in the UK makes keyboard and controller stickers already.

https://simstickers.co.uk/product/keyboard-black/

Or print your own colored stickers.

https://www.amazon.com/Coding-Circle-Labels-Bright-Printer/dp/B0731NYS7G/ref=sr_1_8?keywords=1%2F2+inch+colored+stickers&qid=1567190003&s=gateway&sr=8-8

Also, use these labels in the future. You can ways just peel them off and don't even need to use a sharpie.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.amazon.com/Avery-Coding-Labels-Assorted-Removable/dp/B004INFQJ0&ved=2ahUKEwie6Ynj8eDaAhXOxlkKHSYDCeQQFjAAegQICRAB&usg=AOvVaw2IH7meBt-pnzNwqGm_P_y7

Used to just use 3/4" painters masking tape wrapped from the neck over the top and back down the neck. Now I use 3/4" circle labels (these specifically) for all my bottles and they work pretty well. You can get bigger sheets for use with a printer but I'm just handwriting for now.

Amazon

ChromaLabel 1/4 inch Color-Code Dot Labels | 1,000/Roll (White) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0147CNH4M/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_SpxuDbVQ65674

lol I was just about to say the same thing. It's been a while since a picture has given me anxiety just looking at it. OCD is a terrible thing!

Also, while we are talking about protective cases, I got some clear dot stickers to hold mine closed on one end. They work wonders!

A quick google of "round clear tape" yields

http://www.amazon.com/Clear-Labels-Stickers-Circle-2CIR/dp/B005IT1DPE

There are cheaper ones in the related-items section.

Exactly. I was going to add 'x' later.


Letter X Inventory Labels .5 Inch Round Circle Dots 1,000 Adhesive Stickers https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F19SVQY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_u9ZRDb9YDYGW7

Bahahaha, that's what Amazon is for!

Laminate!!!!! OMG so much Laminate!!!! And Sharpie Pens I don't need anything else! Okay...maybe some post its. Because I mean you need those...but while you're at it you may was well grab a whole bunch of amazing Expo markers for the board....but then you would need Chart paper you know...just in case you can't use the board for some reason.But then you need the star stickers because they come in handy for so many things!!!!!....>Gah /u/ichooseyoupika2 LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE!!!!!!!

Having the same dilemma. I was looking at these 6mm circles.

A roll of 500 is only $8.50...

500 for Rectal Use Only Stickers / 1.5" x .375" Fluorescent Red Stickers with Permanent Adhesive https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GYVF3L2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_MuXDDbS2JWCF7

As pointed out, anyone can buy stickers like that.

If MS wanted to screw you over, they would ensure that console wouldn't have a registration history, but I can't imagine a almost Trillion dollar company trying to screw their customers over refurb'ed Xboxes.

Put some Tape Dots and some box cutters on your order, haha.

It has been a while since I read the return policy, but last time I checked stuff had to be "unused, resellable condition" to process a return.

It's your call as to whether having a look-see from your living room is fair use. Sending items back "just because" incurs a small surcharge so you don't ding the seller's account. It's cheaper than the fuel you'd use to drive to Cabelas.

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/WrvZxr/be-quiet-bl066-505-cfm-120mm-fan-bl066

plus

This or this. I can't remember which size it was, but it covered the logo perfectly.

Just had the same thought, then I found this https://smile.amazon.com/InStockLabels-Voted-Stickers-Apparel-Adhesive/dp/B017BUT8PE/

Blank dice and stickers. You're going to change things.

Here's 50 blank dice for nine bucks:

https://www.amazon.com/Nakimo-Blank-White-Board-Teaching/dp/B00BAKWKP2

Here's a thousand half-inch round stickers you can print on for six bucks:

https://www.amazon.com/Round-Circle-Labels-White-Printer/dp/B0731Q24NT/

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Fifteen bucks and you've got perfect tools for prototyping. Bonus: use colored pencils and you can revise as you playtest.

https://www.amazon.com/Hybsk-Service-Reminder-Stickers-Premium/dp/B07QM85F29

You can easily buy those. https://www.amazon.com/Clear-Labels-Stickers-Circle-2CIR/dp/B005IT1DPE