Nordstrom – free standard shipping in the U.S. – even Alaska and Hawaii. No minimum purchase needed. You get free returns too.
Nordstrom is certainly a pricey store, so there are things you wouldn’t necessarily want to buy…but free shipping in the U.S. does help lower costs. However, if you look around online, you can get some nicely priced gift items for the home, etc.
The Book Depository– free shipping worldwide, as long as you live in a country on this list!
I’m sure all of you know about The Book Depository. It’s a great place to buy your books online since you don’t have to pay for the shipping costs. Sometimes the books are even cheaper here than at Amazon or some other website. However, I wanted to include TBD on this list because you can also buy some fun gift items on this site, apart from books. I wasn’t aware of this for awhile so I figured I might not be the only one.
One of the easiest ways to find some of these fun items is to go here. I simply logged onto the site, clicked Stationary in the left hand list of categories, and then clicked All Category Books at the top.
Here are some of the items I found by doing so –
Tim Burton playing cards from $4.99 – buy it here
Sukie Button Factory (kit) for $14.97 – buy it here
Origami Paper for $4.95 – buy it here
Desk Notes Keep Calm and Carry On for $7.43 – buy it here
Office Kit (inspired by the TV show “The Office”) for $17.00 – buy it here
Cupcake Shoppe Stationary for $8.68 – buy it here
I enjoy no more rack. One must be careful what they get. I once bought a necklace w/a diamond "F" and boy was it craptastic. Lolz. They do have quite a few awesome things though.
I cant win em all!
Book Depot is great. I also buy books usually older ones from the used section on Amazon. I got Cinder hardcover for 1.25$ great shape 3.99$ s&h. I was stoked how cheap it was, how great it looked.
Its fun to find great deals online.
Free or cheap shipping is a huge plus! Shipping can cost so much money taking away from your gift budget. Thanks for all the tips here! 🙂
Ah, that's some great info! Thanks for sharing.
Oh how I absolutely love The Book Depo. <33
I buy from Nordstrom whenever possible – the Free Shipping and excellent return policy is too amazing to pass up! 🙂
I do like buying from Nordstroms. ^_^
I really like The Book Depository. I almost always use it for giveaways. Prices have gone up on the books but I have to keep reminding myself the shipping is free. 🙂
I hadn't thought about buying other things from TBD, that's a good idea! I do like free shipping. There's been too many times that I get a coupon for someplace so I go and shop for hours to find the perfect item and then I go to check out and the shipping is so high that I just back out and say forget it.
Easy Canvas Prints is free shipping to the US and I've had good luck with them so far…
I'm a member of Amazon Prime and there are some non-book items that have free shipping.
I love the Book Depository.
I didn't know the Book Depo sold things that weren't books-thanks for enlightening me. I look forward to checking it out too!