The old adage says “fast, cheap, or good. Pick two”. You want it done quick and cheap? Well the quality will suffer. You need it good and fast? You better be willing to shell out the big bucks. But does it really apply anymore? Before the internet, it
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We love hearing our users’ success stories about uShip, but it’s even more rewarding when we hear that our Highway to Help program is helping generous people and service providers to work together for a good cause. Recently we heard from Paul Malmont
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uShip CEO & Founder Matt Chasen takes a look under the hood of moving and shipping to see how it’s evolving and the innovations shaping how customers and transporters do business. This series addresses the recent NPR Marketplace piece entitled, Online
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see more Fail Blog Maritime ventures need to be well played and wisely timed, especially during Hurricane Season. Erika, Fred, Grace and Henri and the rest of this season’s blowhards are sure to follow Danny, which is currently breathing down the neck
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uShip CEO & Founder Matt Chasen takes a look under the hood of moving and shipping to see how it’s evolving and the innovations shaping how customers and transporters do business. On a recent NPR Marketplace piece, Online competitors move in on shippers
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The big three have just released their July sales numbers and they don’t look good. With the exception of Ford, which managed to grow 2.3% in sales over July 2008, American car sales continue to crash. Chrysler’s sales are down 9.4% over last year while
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uShip.com now gives users more options when placing and reviewing bids. Service Providers can now offer additional services to shipping customers through the new Bid Options feature. This streamlines the bidding process, allowing Service Providers to
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Summer is finally here – and it’s hotter every day. With record temperatures of over 100 degrees here at the uShip offices, it’s hard not to think of global warming and the environment. But as they say, we can all do our part to help keep the skies cool
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Today in the Summer Moving Series we’ll attack another crucial part of summer moving: planning a garage sale. If you’ve started the packing and sorting process, you’ve surely realized you have a lot of stuff you no longer want or need. Moving gives you
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So you’re done creating a moving checklist , and have taken an inventory of your home. It’s time to start contacting some moving companies. Being prepared and choosing the right moving company can help avoid a lot of stress and headaches later on in the
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Letting go of home and embracing a new place can be very stressful for adults, and this is often magnified for children. Of course, moving across town is not as daunting as across the country, but for families with children it is important to take the
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With all the prep finished we are finally getting to the meat and potatoes of the Summer Moving Series. Your junk is all gone and your packing supplies are ready; now it’s time to box everything up. If you have hired a moving company to do the packing,
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Continuing on with the Summer Moving Series, we now turn our focus to acquiring packing materials. This is important because, well, you can’t pack the boxes if you don’t have any boxes right? Although this step can easily be overlooked, having an adequate
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As we continue on with our Summer Moving Series we thought it would be a good idea to get back to the basics. Therefore, the second installment will focus on how you can get organized pre-move to help maximize efficiency and minimize your moving costs.
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If you know you’ll be moving this summer, you should prepare a checklist of everything you need to do for your move. Checklists are fantastic because they break a big unmanageable task – like moving all of your earthly belongings to a new home – into
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