Move-Out Packing Tips
Uncle Marty’s Move-Out Packing Tips for 2023 It’s move-out season again and students are packing up their belongings to carry home, ship home, and/or put in storage. Here are a few tips from Uncle Marty’s Shipping Office in Collegetown—a locally-owned shipping and storage small business helping Cornell students move out safely for over 12 years …
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Uncle Marty’s will be closed on Monday, January 16th, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. DHL, FedEx, and the USPS may have limited operations on the holiday as well.
2022 Holiday Schedule
We've released our holiday schedule for the upcoming November and December holidays. For your planning purposes, we'll share it here: Regular Hours:Monday-Friday : 9-6Saturday: 10-5Closed Sunday Special Holiday Hours:Thanksgiving (11/24): ClosedBlack Friday (11/25): 12-6Christmas Eve (12/24): ClosedChristmas Day (12/25): ClosedChristmas Observed (12/26): 12-6New Year's Eve (12/31): ClosedNew Year's Day (1/1): ClosedNew Year's Observed (1/2): 12-6
Uncle Marty’s Move-Out Packing Tips
Uncle Marty's Shipping Office in Collegetown It's move-out season again and students are packing up their belongings to carry home, ship home, and/or put in storage. Here are a few tips from Uncle Marty's on how to pack up safely: Fragile Items: Wrap fragile items like dishes, glassware, and electronics individually. Often, you can use …
Uncle Marty’s Featured in FedEx Article
Uncle Marty's has just been featured in the March edition of FedEx ShipSource®! He and another shipping store owner, Norman Froscher of Espresso Mail in West Palm Beach, Florida, were interviewed about how to grow a small business and attract other small businesses as clients using FedEx and other tools. The article, "6 tips from …
Change for Change: Ithaca Children’s Garden
This January and February, please join us in supporting the Ithaca Children's Garden by donating in the Change for Change jar on our counter, or through an electronic donation we can take through our point of sale system. Learn more about the Ithaca Children's Garden at https://www.ithacachildrensgarden.org/ And thank you all for the wonderful donations …
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Change for Change: Family & Children’s Service of Ithaca
This January and February, please join us in supporting Family & Children's Service of Ithaca by donating in the Change for Change jar on our counter, or through an electronic donation we can take through our point of sale system. Learn more about Family & Children's Service of Ithaca at https://www.fcsith.org/. And thank you all …
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New York State Bans Packing Peanuts and EPS Loose Fill
Dear Friends and Neighbors, For over 10 years now, Uncle Marty's has been your local resource to bring clean, dry, used packing peanuts and other packing material to for reuse. We have kept sustainability as part of our mission statement and done our best to reuse any material we can--to give it at least one …
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Uncle Marty’s: Your Holiday Shipping Headquarters
'Tis the season to ship gifts far and near! For over 10 years now, Uncle Marty's has been Ithaca's holiday shipping headquarters, and we're geared up and ready to make this year the best one yet! With nearly 60 different sizes of boxes in stock, certified professional packing specialists to carefully wrap your gifts, and …
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