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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Deadline For Standard Delivery by Christmas - Buy.com, Cafe Press, Famous Footwear and The Swiss Colony

Have you got your Christmas shopping done yet? Now is when you need too! If you don't want to pay for expedited shipping but still want to get your Christmas shopping done online, you need to place your orders for both Buy.com, Café Press, Famous Footwear and The Swiss Colony TODAY.

Be aware that these deadlines apply to in-stock items shipping to locations within the 48 contiguous United States. Items shipping from the manufacturer themselves (rather than the online store) will generally take longer to deliver and will follow different deadlines.


Buy.com Christmas Delivery

The deadline to order books/movies/videos/games and get oversized delivery on appliances/TVs for free in time for Christmas has already passed: this happened on Sunday, December 13. If you order today, however (December 15, by 12:00pm EST), you can get free shipping on electronics, computer hardware/software, home & outdoors and toys or ground shipping for sports & bags and get your order still delivered in time for Christmas. You can order anything sitewide at Buy.com through tomorrow, December 16, and still use standard shipping and get your order delivered in time for Christmas. Both budget and standard shipping are not available for Alaskan or Hawaiian orders.

Generally, you will receive free standard shipping on book/music/video/dvd orders totaling $25 or more and sports/games orders totaling $75 or more. If you see a green truck icon next to an item, that item will ship free of charge with no minimum purchase to be met.

Café Press Shipping Costs

Café Press is another online store that you can still get Christmas delivery on your orders from with standard shipping. Café Press lets you print your own (or someone else's uploaded work) design printed on t-shirts, coffee mugs, calendars, bumper stickers, messenger bags, caps, etc.. In fact, this is through a special upgrade offered free of charge today. ("Just choose Standard Shipping, and at no extra cost we'll automatically upgrade you to 2-Day Shipping (when needed) to ensure delivery on or by December 24, 2009. Delivery address must be within the United States and cannot be a PO Box. Promotion ends on December 16, 2009 at 11:59 PM (EST). Cannot be combined with any other CafePress.com coupons or promotions and this offer may change, be modified or canceled at anytime without notice.")

Standard shipping at Café Press costs $7 on the 1st item and adds $0.50 for each additional item in your order.

Famous Footwear Shipping Costs

Get not only delivery by Christmas with your online orders from Famous Footwear that are placed today (11:00am CST) but also get your order shipped free. This applies to ground shipping. Famous Footwear also has a "Buy One, Get One Half Off" sale going on today, so you can add to your value.

Ground shipping at Famous Footwear costs $4.50 for one or two pairs of shoes. When you purchase 3 or more pairs or you are a "Gold REWARDS" member, your standard shipping order has free shipping.

The Swiss Colony Shipping Costs

$15 off $75 or more purchase at The Swiss Colony thru 12/31
Place your Swiss Colony order today, December 15, for regular delivery and still get it delivered in time for Christmas. When shopping online at The Swiss Colony, you'll want to check out their new "Postpaid" gift collection. This group of products already has shipping and postage included in the rate: what you see is what you get on the charge. The Postpaid collection usually features a reduced rate on the shipping charges applied as well. Finally, as if this wasn't enough reason to order Swiss Colony holiday classics today, Swiss Colony is offering an early bird discount to orders placed by today, Wednesday, December 15. Typically, this "early bird" discount is about 10%.

Standard Swiss Colony shipping charges are $3.95 for orders totaling up to $15. After that, your shipping charge will increase by $2 for every additional $10 of product you order until your order total reaches $50. The most you'll pay for shipping at the Swiss Colony will be 11% of your order total, and that's on orders of $285.01 and up.

Sunday, December 6, 2009

APO / FPO shipping Policies

We've had a few requests for information on shipping to APO/FPO addresses, particularly regarding free shipping. We're doing our best to compile a good listing for you and would LOVE to put together a separate page focusing on APO/FPO friendly companies. While we're compiling this though, we'd like to feature a few companies we know of that ARE offering free shipping to APO/FPO addresses.

Hickory Farms

Hickory APO/FPO Free Shipping

Hickory Farms always offers free shipping to APO/FPO addresses. In fact, Hickory Farms offers a special 'Military Gifts' section of pre-selected items that will be permissable for APO/FPO deliveries, taking all of the guesswork out for you!


The Swiss Colony

$15 off $75 or more purchase at The Swiss Colony thru 12/31

While The Swiss Colony does still charge regular shipping charges for orders shipping to APO/FPO addresses, they've waived the $5 surcharge normally applied to these orders. Shipping charges at The Swiss Colony are based upon the total dollar value of the merchandise ordered, as well as the order's destination and speed of delivery requested, with rates ranging from $3.95 for continental US orders of $15 and under shipping via standard delivery up to 11% of the merchandise total of the order for those totaling $385 or more. All orders shipped outside of the continental United States are shipped by air: there is no expedited shipping available for APO/FPO addresses as it is all air shipping.


Timberland

Timberland

Timberland always offers free shipping for APO/FPO orders. Timberland advises online shoppers to order by December 21 to ensure timely holiday delivery for orders with standard shipping, but we assume they are referring to orders shipping to the 48 contiguous United States. In fact, Timberland states that you should allow extra time for APO/FPO deliveries as they are all performed by the USPS. Finally, Timberland does not claim responsibility for your package once it reaches the APO/FPO processing center.


Hopefully this information gives you a few ideas of shipping options for those at APO/FPO addresses this Christmas. Please comment if you know of any other businesses offering free shipping to APO/FPO addresses for Christmas. Also, let everyone know if you're aware of any ordering deadlines on APO/FPO addresses for Christmas delivery!

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

The Swiss Colony Sales Tax Free Shopping

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Centsible's Sales Tax Free Shopping Series


The Swiss Colony Does Not Charge Sales Tax on Orders Shipping Outside of Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois.


Swiss Colony offers sales tax savings for orders shipping outside of Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois.


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


The Swiss Colony Online Fudge

Depending on the state you live in, your state sales tax savings vary dramatically. Standard delivery for The Swiss Colony's cheese, meats and dessert items depends on the method of shipment requested, your delivery location and the total dollar value of your order. Standard shipping charges varying between $3.95 and 11% of the merchandise total: expedited delivery and deliveries outside of the 48 continental United States all involve additional delivery costs. Perhaps one of the biggest advantages to ordering your gifts online from The Swiss Colony is the ease and affordability of sending gifts to multiple addresses from one order. One relatively low-cost shipping fee is assessed based on the total dollar amount of the merchandise value of your ENTIRE shopping cart: a charge of $2.95 per additional address is then added to that standard shipping charge. The Centsible opinion is that The Swiss Colony offers possibly the BEST option for sending gifts to multiple addresses. With low shipping costs, ease of ordering, fantastic options for placing your order, you can hardly beat The Swiss Colony.



Is this a good deal for you?


If you're looking to send gifts to several recipients, The Swiss Colony is an excellent choice for avoiding sales tax and their website makes it very easy to deliver to multiple addresses, as well as an extremely affordable option.



Be sure to check out Centsible's full online review of the Swiss Colony Online Shopping Experience for complete details. For part 10 in the series, tomorrow we'll be reviewing The Barnes & Noble online shopping sales tax breaks.