I cannot find coroplast cheap!!!!!!

[Karsluma]

I've been calling around the sign stores and they are giving me prices for of more than $50 for a 2X3 cage - is that right? I just got off the phone and they told me $75, another place was $90, and another $60something.

This is for 53"X39" which is what the site says to make a 2X3 cage - is that right?

Someone here (Jenni_feathers, I think) did give me a place near me to buy it from and my luck, it went out of business She told me she paid $20 so I'm thinking that's more reasonable!

[Haley0489]

I've read some where that if you tell the sign shop the Coroplast is for a guinea pig cage, they may knock the price back, since you aren't actually using it to print on.

27" x 41" assembled (7.6 sq feet)$31 + $14
That's for a 2x3 piece of Coro on the main site, so yes $30-$40 is probably what you should be looking for.[FONT=arial, Arial, Helvetica][/FONT]

[furryfotografia]

It could be the size you asked for because they would need to cut it.
Maybe you could try asking for a 4 x 8 sheet and cut it yourself.

[Ly&Pigs]

I'd ask for the full sheet price and tell them what it's for. And I'd also look up printing shops in the phone book and call them as most print shops carry coroplast. You really shouldn't have to pay more than $20-25 for a full sheet.

[Karsluma]

Thanks - after calling and calling, I found a place that sold it to me for $25 and I went and got it - they even cut it for me while I was on my way (the other places wouldn't cut it until I got there which is a pain because I had my kids with me.)

So I've put it together, and now I need to get it on the table and filled - yay!

[CF#5]

A full size 4' x 8' sheet should cost anywhere from $10-30. Many sign stores jack up the price because they assume you'll be using it to make signs, either doing it yourself, or paying someone else to do it. They look at this as competition, since after all, they're in the business of making signs themselves. They want you to pay them to do the work. But definitely tell them it's for a guinea pig, and print out some of the pictures from this website to show them if they don't believe you or seem confused. Offer them $20 for a full sheet and be very clear that you won't be using the coroplast to compete with their business in any possible way. Hopefully they'll be nice and offer to cut it for you as well for that price.

[laylaspike]

I got mine from RONA fro $14 for a huge sheet, large enough for a CC cage 4x3 grids

[Harrys Dad]

I got lucky the sign place I go to had a lady who used to buy it for her pigs so they didn't have a problem with it and I got the first partial sheet which worked for a 2 X 4 for $10.00 but they did tell me the full sheet would be around $25.00

[paula.m.moore]

The cheapest place out here is $12 for any color - for a full sheet, but I never would have thought would have it. It's a plastics place - called Multi-Craft Plastics.

It's not a place that came up anywhere in a Google search when I looked for sign shops. Maybe you could find a Plastics shop, or Moldings, or Laminating, or something like that?

And it's definitely true that if you tell them what it's for they drop the price. When I originally called they said it was $15 something but when I told them it was for a GP cage the price became $10 for white and $12 for color. (Not a big difference, but a difference just the same.)

[Arielle72]

When I went to pick up my coroplast, the first thing the guy in the sign store asked was, "guinea pigs or hamsters?" Apparently they are quite used to this use for a single sheet of coroplast up here.

For those who are interested, it was called "FastSigns" in Wilmington, DE. cost of the 4x8 sheet was $20.

[Harrys Dad]

I just got a new sheet of 4 x 8 white coroplast and paid $21 and some change at Biltrite Sign all they had was white this time around