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 non-routine stock center work 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 8. If your BDSC account type is APSingle or POSingle you must order early enough to have received our quote and made your payment or sent us your Purchase Order by the 12:00 noon EST December 8 deadline.

If you work outside the USA, we strongly encourage you to order stocks by 12:00 noon EST on December 6. If your stocks are sent via courier and your BDSC account type is APSingle or POSingle you must place your order no later than the deadline on December 6 (earlier is better) and you must make your payment or send us your Purchase Order by noon on December 8.

The last shipment of 2011 will be December 12.