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Spring Equinox a Celebration

Sunday, March 20th, 2011

After the last couple of complex article entries it is time for us to celebrate a little. We have recently learned to pack china and stem ware. We have had this really bad winter and everyone, including myself who likes the winter, is ready for spring. At the writing of this article The Shipping Place has been closed for total of three days due to inclement weather. In the prior 12 years, The Shipping Place had not been closed for two days total due to inclement weather.

Today is the spring equinox. At this point it is time to think back on this harsh winter and look forward to the warmth of spring and summer. In a couple of months we will all be wishing for some cooler temperatures as the heat of summer is having us come unglued. At that point we will be wishing for some cooler weather.

I personally have always said it would be great if we could bottle some of those cold temperatures of winter and let them loose in the summer. The reverse is also true. At this point just sit back and enjoy the season of spring as all our snow and ice melts away. Watching the trees bud and the event of everything turning green is always nice in the spring. It is just a little sweeter this year after our brutal winter.

Welcome to spring! FINALLY

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Buy College Textbooks

Friday, January 7th, 2011

The Holidays are over! It’s time to get ready for the new semester, and we’re here to help you get the textbooks you need. Bring us your textbook list and we’ll let you know if we have them in stock.  If we don’t have all the books you need on hand, we can still get them for you, because we have access to an extensive national inventory.  We’ll locate the books you need and ship them to you. If you need them urgently, we can expedite them for you.

 Don’t have time to come to The Shipping Place to buy your textbooks?  Not a problem!  Just go to our online textbook buy & sell page at http://theshippingplace.com/textbook-buy-sell. No matter what college or university you attend, you can rent or buy just the books you need with a minimum of fuss, right from the comfort of your computer chair. Your textbooks will be shipped to you at standard or expedited rates – your choice.

 One more thing. Could you use some cash? Do you still have old textbooks that you don’t need anymore? Good news! We buy textbooks year round. Just bring your old textbooks to The Shipping Place at 600 Violet Ave Hyde Park, NY 12538.  We will scan the ISBN codes, determine the value of your books, and pay you cash on the spot!

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Cash for Textbooks

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

Cash for Textbooks?  Yes! Celebrate the end of the term by cashing in your textbooks at The Shipping Place, 600 Violet Ave./Rt. 9G, Hyde Park, NY 12538.  We’ll scan the ISBN number into our software and, if your book is eligible, we’ll pay you cash for it on the spot. Can life be any easier? 

Actually, it can! To make things even more convenient, we’ll have a second location during the week of finals, December 13 – 17. That week, we will also be located at the K & D Deli (264 North Rd.) about a block from the Marist College campus.  This is our second time at this satellite location.  We look forward to seeing our old friends and meeting new ones.

If you have purchased a pizza from Pleasant Ridge Pizzeria, 264 North Rd., you should have received a textbook buyback coupon.  With the special coupon you’ll be eligible to receive an extra 10% for each book.  Just bring it in with your books to get your extra 10%. 

That’s not all! The first 50 students to sell us textbooks for $100 or more will get not only the extra 10% but also a free slice of pizza from Pleasant Ridge Pizzeria!

Once you’ve enjoyed the holidays with your family and friends it will soon be time to start the spring semester and you’ll be needing books for all those new classes.  Whether you attend a local college (Marist, Vassar, or Dutchess) or you go to school somewhere else, you can get the books you need without leaving the warmth and comfort of the indoors!  Rent or buy new or used textbooks online at http://theshippingplace.com/textbook-buy-sell. Check it out – we’re ready to help you with all your textbook needs.

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Shipping Virus Alert

Friday, November 19th, 2010

There is currently a “Package Delivery Failure Virus” circulating again.  The original virus was for UPS packages and started circulation in 2008.  After the original release of the UPS virus a FedEx virus soon entailed.   The DHL virus was released late March of 2009.  September 2010 saw the United States Postal Service, USPS, virus being released.  These viruses are malicious and will do harm to your computer. 

UPS, FedEx, DHL, and the USPS occasionally send an emails indicating a package is not addressed properly or can’t be delivered.  The difference is their emails never contain an attached file.  By opening this attached file you will be infecting your computer.  The attached files in the emails are as follows:

Unfortunately we do not know the name of the DHL file.  The UPS and FedEx viruses lure people to open them by indicating a package can’t be delivered due to an incomplete address.  If you click on the zip file a window very similar to a Microsoft Word icon appears making it appear harmless.  From our understanding it is at this point your computer gets infected.

The DHL version has the subject line “DHL Tracking Number”.  This email contains an attachment to infect your computer with the virus.

The USPS virus asks the unsuspecting person to print a mailing label to lure them in.  Upon opening the attachment is when the malware is activated.

The Shipping Place has been contacted 3 times this week with people wanting us to give their correct address to DHL and FedEx.   We have informed our customers this in a virus and to delete it immediately.  Please be extremely careful with these viruses as they are malicious.

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