The Bloomington Stock Center does not ship stocks during the last half of December. The combination of cold weather, increased postal traffic, and holiday closings makes this a poor time for shipping stocks. In the past, many stocks mailed during this period died in transit and had to be reshipped in January. We now close to the public during this interval and use this time for annual billing and other projects, and staff holidays.

Please order stocks that you will need in late December or early to mid January no later than 12:00 noon EST on December 10. If you work outside the USA, we strongly encourage you to order stocks by December 3.

The last shipment of 2009 will be on December 15.

Orders received by 12:00 noon EST on December 10 will be shipped in 2009.
Orders received after the deadline will be shipped sometime in the first half of January 2010.