I haven't moved for over a decade, but in past moves, I could aways score free partial rolls of clean newsprint from the local newspaper to use as packing material. They yank the roll before it runs out on a printing run.

I was also able to get the used flexible metal printing plates for free to use as a substrate for Bondo to patch rust holes in my car. This was invaluable when I lived in a state with cold winters and salted roads, where you would flunk the annual vehicle inspection if any sections of your car had rusted through.

You could lie on a creeper board back then and read the last year's classifieds inside my front quarterpanel.