Delivery by Valentines Day Is Still Possible

Centsible Valentines Shopping

There is still hope for those last-minute Valentines Day Shoppers. Centsible will be tweeting up a storm for the rest of the week, letting you know what stores can still send your sweetie a Valentine in time for the big day this year. In 2010, Valentines Day falls on a Sunday.

Valentines Day SUNDAY in 2010

A Valentines Sunday puts a wrench in many plans for those who normally order floral delivery for their Valentine: many florists don't deliver on Sundays. UPS is another provider that does not offer Sunday delivery. Your best bet will be to get deliveries made Friday or Saturday. Let Centsible do the legwork on finding out who can still accomodate these delivery dates. Follow Centsible's Tweets to get updates on Valentines Delivery Ordering Deadlines for the rest of the week.

Dinner and a Movie

If you're staying in for Valentines Day this year, we can help you make your evening extra special as well as giving you shopping tips for your gifts. We've been researching BLOCKBUSTER Online and Netflix for your movie at home. Dinner? We've checked out Delivery.com and are prepared to let you know how to make the best of this online service to order your dinners delivered. If you DO decide to brave the weather and the other lovebirds who are out and about this Valentines Day, we've also got the goods on Fandango: find out what is playing where, what the showtimes are and order your movie tickets online, all in one place!

Stick with Centsible all week long and have the best Valentines Day for less this year. And don't forget about our giveaway: you can enter through February 14. We're giving away a $50 gift certificate to NOVICA. If you haven't joined already, you need to get in on it!

Nirvana Chocolates Sales-Tax Free Shopping

Centsible's Sales Tax Free Shopping Series

Nirvana Chocolates Does Not Charge Sales Tax.

Nirvana Chocolates offers sales tax savings for everyone. None of Nirvana Chocolate's orders are subject to sales tax as they are shipping a food item out of Massachusetts.

How much savings does this mean and what are the shipping charges?

Depending on the state you live in, your state sales tax savings are between 1% (Illinois food sales tax) and 5.5% (Tennessee food sales tax).* Standard delivery for Nirvana Chocolate's handmade Belgian chocolates depends on the method of shipment requested, your delivery location and the total dollar value of your order. Standard shipping charges vary between $5 and 9% of your merchandise total: expedited delivery, Saturday delivery, warm-weather delivery and Canadian-Alaskan-Hawaiian-Puerto Rican deliveries all involve additional delivery costs. Although their shipping charges are a little less than some other online chocolatiers, they do charge for warm-weather packaging, whereas the competition includes that free of charge. The Centsible opinion is that Nirvana's Belgian Chocolates have a similar shipping price to other online chocolate sellers. Figuring in your sales tax has the possibility to make this a slightly better offer than say Fannie May Chocolates, provided Fannie May doesn't have any current coupons or free shipping promotions.

Is this a good deal for you?

If your gift recipient (or you as the case may be) likes chocolate, this is a good opportunity to enjoy some handmade Belgian chocolates. If you're not getting it cheaper than from some other online chocolatiers (and you might be at times), you can rest assured that you're not paying much more!

Be sure to check out Centsible's full online review of the Nirvana Chocolates Online Shopping Experience for full details. For part 5 in the series, tomorrow we'll be reviewing Cookies Kids online shopping sales tax breaks.

* Sales tax rate information taken from the FTA State Sales Tax Rates as of January 1, 2008 - http://www.taxadmin.org/FTA/rate/sales.html