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E-Commerce Warehouse Wage Slaves Race Against The Clock To Send Your Crap
Consumerist readers, and Americans in general, love having things shipped to us online, but resist paying for the actual shipping. But those aren't robots pulling your stuff off the shelves shortly after you hit "submit order." They're real people, pushed to work at an impossible pace for middling pay, with mandatory overtime. Mother Jones writer Mac Mclelland briefly worked in one such warehouse this past holiday season, pulling books, dildos, and cases of baby food off the shelves. She wrote about the experience. It might make you think twice before placing your next massive online order. Or not. More »

Amazon Extends Free Shipping Deadline To Woo Last-Minute Christmas Customers
If you're not already shopping online, Amazon is trying to make sure that you do so with them this year, by extending their free shipping deadline by one day to Dec. 19. It's not exactly the equivalent of heading out to find gifts Christmas Eve, but for online shopping, the clock is definitely ticking. More »

Fine Print In Ad Offering Free Shipping Explains It's Not Actually Free
Funny how an ad with a big "Free Shipping" graphic can then turn around and warn in the fine print that shipping isn't included in purchases. Confusing, and exactly what Corey spotted in a promotion for Vistaprint.com. More »

How To Make Sure Your "Free" Shipping Doesn't Cost Too Much
Online sellers don't offer free shipping with minimum spending amounts just to be nice. They're trying to squeeze enough extra purchases out of customers to justify the expense of eating their shipping costs. Savvy shoppers can use such offers to their advantage, but they'll have to out-smart the rigged system. More »

Earning Free Shipping Isn't As Cheap As It Used To Be
As you click away, happily shopping for Cyber Monday sales, it's important to realize that you might have to spend more to trigger that free shipping at checkout. While more retailers are offering free shipping this year compared to last year, consumers will likely have to pay a minimum on goods first. More »

50% Off Amazon Prime Renewals For Students
Students who signed up last year for a free year of Amazon Prime are getting close to their expiration date. So, Amazon is offering them a renewal for $39, 50% off the regular price of $79. More »

Shipping Rates And Info For Over 50 Online Retailers
Here's a handy to the shipping rates and free shipping info for over 50 top online retailers. From Amazon to Zappos, they've got it all so you don't have to go digging through the site or go through the entire checkout process just to see what you'll get charged. Consider it a candidate for your bookmarks list. More »

Put A Lid On Shipping & Handling Charges
The price of a clock radio we found at Target.com: $9.99. The cost of shipping and handling said clock: $6.13. That's reasonable, based on what UPS or the post office would have charged, but who wants to pay two-thirds of a product's price to have it sent? Especially at holiday time, you'll want to avoid S&H gotchas. Here's how: More »

Walmart Offers Free Shipping
Starting today, Walmart.com is offering free shipping on gift items, including toys and gadgets. More »

Get Amazon Prime Free For 1 Year With .Edu Address
Amazon is giving students a free year of Amazon Prime, which gives you free two-day shipping and some other nice bonuses. More »

IKEA Wouldn't Sell Me An In-Stock Item, But It Did Ship It To Me For Free
Responding to last week's post about a guy who couldn't get IKEA to sell him a desk it had in plain view because the store does its restocking overnight, Ross writes in with a story of how he found himself in a similar situation. Only Ross came out a winner by guilting the staff into shipping the item to him for free. More »

See Which Retailers Offer Free Shipping

—>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.  More »

Note The Scare Quotes Around Target's "Free Shipping" In This Headline

—>Lisa ordered a sewing machine and a dress from Target.com and had the silly idea that clicking on the "free shipping" option, purportedly available on orders over $50, would lead to free shipping. Lo and behold, she was stuck with $5 in shipping charges!  More »

Not-So Accurate Free Toys 'R' Us Shipping Promise Makes Reader Shoot Self In Foot

—>Toys "R" Us has a clever little "free shipping" trap going on with its Nerf guns, reader Chi writes. The site offers a couple of compelling deals that, when combined together, cancel one another out and pretty much screw you over.  More »

Free Shipping Day Is December 18th

—>Check out the 18 and counting online retailers at freeshippingday.com for stores that will give you free shipping and guarantee delivery by Christmas if you shop there on Thursday, December 18th. The retailers include Amazon, Zappos, Dell, Target, Macy's and other big names, with perhaps more joining before the 18th. Nothing like getting rewarded for waiting until the last minute.  More »

Free Shipping Today At Thinkgeek

—>Free shipping at Think Geek with coupon code CYBERMONDAY. Gawd, is "Cyber Monday" an obnoxious/perverted-sounding name or what? [ThinkGeek] (Thanks to Geoffrey!)  More »

Free Shipping At ALDO

—>ALDO: Free shipping with coupon code: FS11. Good until November 9th, '08.  More »

Find Over 800 Free Shipping Coupons At Freeshipping.org

—>There's nothing like free shipping to make an online deal really sweet, and freeshipping.org is a place to find free shipping coupons and discount codes to do just that. The free site sports a clean and readable interface, search alphabetically by store name, product category, expiring or new coupons for over 800 stores, including Amazon.com, Target, Newegg. Most of the free shipping comes with stipulations. They're not always straight up free shipping coupons, sometimes it's more of a statement of store policy, like how many places will offer free shipping if you order online and pick up in-store, or free shipping on gift-card orders. So you'll have to do some digging and you won't always find one that will work for you, but still, bookmark-worthy.  More »

Morning Deals

• WarCry: Free Warhammer Online Beta 10 days
• Amazon: Kitchen deals for under $7, all eligible for 4 for 3 promotion
• Buy.com: Logitech G51 Gaming Speakers for $71.99 Shipped After Rebate

Highlights From Buxr

• Deal Extreme: Rechargeable Digital Pin-hole Spy Camera + USB Drive Disgused as Working Pen for $35.53 w/ Free shipping
• HP Home : New stackable Laptop coupon, up to $350 off $999 w/ coupon code NB3325
• OfficeMax: Oscillating 16" Pedestal Fan for $7.99 + $7.95 Shipping

Highlights From Dealhack

• OfficeMax: Olympus FE-320 8MP Digital Camera $120 Shipped
• Shoebuy: Pay via PayPal & Save $20 off Shoe Orders of $50+ and get Free Shipping
• Bike Nashbar: Save 10%, 15%, or 20% off Entire Order with Coupon Discounts

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Want To Use Amazon Prime? You'll Pay $50 More For This TomTom Unit
Steve was going to split the cost of a TomTom GPS Navigator unit with a friend so they could give it to his sister as a gift. More »