The website istobe offers a daily free shipping report for over 500 online retailers, where you can quickly see whether there’s a minimum purchase requirement or if the retailer offers free shipping at all. It’s a good resource to use as you compare prices, and istobe says they update it daily.
Daily Free Shipping Report [Istobe]
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I know that is a major consideration I have for any online store. I will almost never pay for shipping.
I want free shipping from Think Geek for my taun-Taun sleeping bag. I am not paying ~$14 for shipping AND sales tax on the shipping as well. Damn I hate Corzine.
Amazon Prime. Love it. I’ve saed probably $600 in shipping in the year or so I’ve had it. Free 2-day shipping on most products on the site.
Free shipping will entice me to buy more. I tend to purchase on Amazon a lot; I get 3x points on my Amazon card and it’s not hard to hit the $25 free shipping threshold.
I have noticed they don’t use UPS and are using USPS. The USPS tracking is crap.
@Starfury: They sometimes use UPS. And you don’t know it til you check out, so I get my packages sent to my work now, so that UPS won’t either lose it, “forget” to deliver it or throw it into my tree.
I agree; USPS tracking sucks. When you go to their website and enter the tracking number, you get a message saying “There is no information for this package. Try again later.” I’ve gotten that message when I’m sitting there with the package in my hand.
JC Penney has some items excluded under free shipping. One item I considered was 21.50 but they wanted 28.00 for shipping. I canceled on that one quickly
I like this site, since I always hunt for a free shipping code. I will only shop with free shipping. I can do a lot of running around town looking for the item instead of the $10 you’re charging me to get it to my house. And don’t tell me I “need” to buy $100 to get it.
Kohls lets you put in 2 codes online. And one can always be free shipping.
I don’t understand why people like free shipping so much. Can someone explain?
@pecan 3.14159265: I don’t usually shop in those stores, mostly because I am still too small for “regular women” sizes. I still need juniors sizes : /
Stupid smallness.
Now, everything would be different if I could afford tailoring to go with all those nice expensive clothes. Lol.
@vladthepaler: I’m surprised to hear this. I’ve been pleasantly surprised to get packages two days after ordering — even when the delivery estimate was originally 5-7 days.