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Phil is our resident packing and shipping expert, providing helpful guides and tips on how to ship items properly.

Pack and Ship Succulents and Cacti

Important Considerations When Shipping Succulents and Cacti

As of late, succulents and cacti have become all the rage among gardeners, collectors, and events stylists. Apart from being easy-to-take-care-and-propagate houseplants and interesting conversation pieces in the garden, succulents and cacti are fast becoming the decor of choice in events like weddings, baby showers, and parties because they are unique, long-lasting and come in

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How to Ship a Golf Cart

Important Guidelines When Shipping a Golf Cart

Golf carts are more than just vehicles for carrying golfers and their golf clubs around a golf course. Quiet to operate and with decent gas or electric mileage, golf carts are fast becoming the vehicle of choice in certain non-golf communities, especially in areas with sizeable senior populations. In fact, most golf cart manufacturers claim

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ship an antique stove

Important Tips When Shipping an Antique Stove

Antique stoves, those massive cast iron stoves used for heating since the eighteenth century and for cooking since the nineteenth century, are all the rage right now among collectors. They can be simple in design or extremely ornate and can be fueled by wood, coal, gas, or kerosene. Retrofitted with gas/electric conversions, an antique stove

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How to ship a farm equipment

What You Need to Know When Shipping Farm Equipment

Farm equipment, which includes mowers, excavators, tractors, backhoes, and trenchers, are usually large and bulky, making them difficult to move to different parts of the country. It is a good thing that many companies offer shipping services for farm equipment and other massive items. If you are shipping or transporting farm equipment, the following tips

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Santa Claus - North Pole Post Mark

How to Receive a North Pole Postmark on your 2016 Holiday Cards

Writing letters to Santa Claus has been a Christmas tradition for children for many years. To brighten the Holiday spirits, many parents and grandparents send kids a “reply” from Santa complete with a postmark from North Pole, where the beloved Christmas icon is known to live and work. This tradition has been made possible with

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stress free holiday shipping tips

Essential Shipping Tips to Save Time, Stress, and Money this Holiday Season

With the holidays just around the corner, it is best to start planning your gift shipping strategy to ensure that loved ones get their presents on time. In case you are not aware, Christmas is the busiest season in the shipping industry and not being caught in the frenzy is the best way to go.

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USPS Holiday 2016 Mailing and Shipping Deadlines

USPS Holiday 2016 Mailing and Shipping Deadlines

To avoid delivery delays during the Holiday Season, the United States Postal Service is encouraging customers to ship chrisntmas cards, gifts and holiday parcels early. The USPS recently announced its mailing and shipping deadlines to ensure that cards, letters and packages are delivered within the United States by Dec. 25, 2016. The Postal Service recommends

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How to ship a drone

Important Considerations When Shipping a Drone

Aerial photography using drones with cameras are currently exploding in popularity across the world whether for professional or recreational purposes. With these unmanned flying objects equipped with video cameras, one can capture sweeping overhead views without the need for massive cranes or actual plane/chopper rides. In fact, one does not even have to leave the

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Unpoppable Bubble Wrap

New unpoppable Bubble Wrap is more effective, cost-efficient and environment-friendly

Sealed Air, the originator of the bubble wrap, has launched an upoppable version of the ubiquitous packing material. Called Bubble Wrap IB, the new protective packaging solution is aimed at the ever-growing e-commerce and supply chain sector. Unlike the original bubble wrap which features individual air pockets, the Bubble Wrap IB has specially-designed air channels

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Shipping Axolotls

Important Things To Consider When Shipping Axolotls

Axolotl, also known as a Mexican salamander or Mexican walking fish, is a specie of Salamander which originated from the Lake Xochimilco in Mexico. It is known for living its whole life in larval form without undergoing a metamorphosis, unlike other salamanders. Despite growing legs, the Axolotl retains its gills and remains living underwater.  These

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How to Ship Hoverboards

What You Need to Know When Shipping Hoverboards

Hoverboard, or more accurately, a self-balancing two-wheel motorized board, is all the rage last year until reports of injuries and catching fire due to overheated lithium batteries made headlines. Since then, establishments such as malls, hotels, airports and other public places, banned the personal transport device in their premises. These devices, prototypes of which were

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