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I can be a bit of a procrastinator. Last year I was ordering the last of the Christmas gifts at the last minute when I found a reason to rejoice: I just happened to stumble upon free shipping day. (I usually buy presents throughout the year, but there's always those last couple that seem to slip through the cracks.)
This year I'm seriously thinking about procrastinating on purpose. If I wait until December 17 to place my order, I can get free shipping on any order to a crazy amount of retailers. Seriously, everywhere I've ever thought to shop participates. AND you'll get all your stuff by Christmas Eve. That's almost better than the time frame they guarantee I get when I actually PAY outrageous yet standard S&H fees.
There's actually an entire website dedicated to this phenomenon. It lists a bunch of retailers that participate and has an e-mail list that you can sign up for. (You know, just in case your procrastinating self forgets that the big day is December 17. Because then you're screwed.)
Will you be procrastinating to save money on shipping?
*Part of Frugal Friday at Life as Mom*
*This is a Frugal Tuesday Tip*
Retailers with physical stores often let you order online deals, but pick up in the store, too! That way you don't need to wait for a free shipping day if there is a store nearby.
ReplyDeleteGreat tip! Thanks for sharing!
DeleteWow, its not often you are actually rewarded for procrastinating. I do a lot of my shopping at Amazon so I can get the free shipping deals.
ReplyDeleteI love that option, too. I run into problems when I want to order an item that doesn't get fulfilled by Amazon. I'll still order it, though. :)
DeleteI'll have to check that site out. I hate to pay for shipping, so I'll do pretty much anything to get around it.
ReplyDeleteDitto!
DeleteWoo-hoo, procrastinators are vindicated and you have absolved me from my guilt over having the dawdling gene. (Seriously, this is so great to know.)
ReplyDeleteI know! Planned procrastination can pay.
Deletei tend to procrastinate, but now i'm finally given approval!! thanks for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteNo prob!
DeleteI'm a big procrastinator as well, with too many things. Gotta love free shipping day. I use to order my blue jeans from Eddie Bauer online and tried to do it on those days. Happy Friday!!
ReplyDeleteNice! Hope you're having a great weekend!
DeleteThat's one way procrastination can work in your favor! As long as you know what you want, why not!
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ReplyDeleteI am trying to get all my gifts by the middle of this month *fingers crossed* but this is a great website I totally forgot about! Depending on normal s&h prices, I may just wait it out!
ReplyDeleteGood for you! We try to get it all done early, but there's always a couple items that linger on our list...
DeleteOh wow, getting the gifts picked out by Dec 17 is NOT procrastinating to me! That is early!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip about the free shipping, though. We have to ship all our (many, many) gifts this year as we are traveling over Christmas. We shop through amazon for SuperSaver shipping as much as possible but this is great for the gifts we can't get through amazon.
Haha the boyfriend (used to?) have a tradition where he and a family member would go out and finish their Christmas shopping on New Years Eve. Probably not the most frugal, but it WAS planned procrastinating. :)
DeleteI never thought of it that way. What a great idea. I hate shipping costs!
ReplyDeleteThey truly are the worst.
DeleteI will have to check this out. Living in Canada, shipping costs are very rarely free.
ReplyDeleteLet us know if the retailers participate in Canada as well!
DeleteAh! Cheryl's family exchanges gifts at Thanksgiving because they're scattered around the U.S. and only get together at that time. Could you work to get this changed to some day next week? That'd help me immensely. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI will do what I can.
DeleteWhich is pretty much nothing. :p
That is a fun tradition, though. At least everyone gets to see each other and their recipient's faces when they open up their goodies.
Wow, I had no idea! Whether for Christmas presents or not, that seems to be the day to wait for for online ordering. Thanks for the tip! :-)
ReplyDeleteNo prob!
DeleteI'm loving your strategy, but I can't bring myself to do it! The planner in me has caused me to buy all my Christmas presents in advance. No one left to buy for but the Mrs!
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome! If you find yourself desperately searching for something for her on the 17th, though....you know what to do. :)
DeleteWow that's awesome! I'd be way to nervous to do that!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWe pull names out of a hat in my family so I don't have that many gifts to buy.
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