Last minute, Cheap and On-Time Christmas Gifts that Rock
By: Dennis Yu
And no, I’m not talking about gift cards, sending “love”, or ordering flowers.
Given that Christmas is on Friday and that we’d need to get presents delivered by Wednesday or Thursday — one option to consider is Amazon Prime. You get free 2nd day shipping and next day for only $3.95 on most items. Plus, their turnaround is quite fast, so you could literally choose a $10 book (pop-up books are my favorite Christmas book to give), deposit them in your cart this afternoon (Monday) and it will get there by Wednesday afternoon for free.
So if you’re up against the clock and want to ship items for cheap, don’t have time to box/pack, etc…. then Amazon is a great choice. It makes you look thoughtful, when all you did was click around for 3 minutes on Amazon.com and get something shipped for free, wrapped up nicely, and with no sales tax (in certain states).
So you can get your Christmas shopping done in 30 minutes and watch other folks run around the malls like crazy, then try their best at wrapping gifts.
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Amazon is a great choice. It makes you look thoughtful, when all you did was click around for 3 minutes on Amazon.com and get something shipped for free. However I heard about AmazingWatcher.Com which is a free website that will “watch” items for you on Amazon and let you know when amazon has them in stock at regular retail price.
There are only unhappy faces in the mall and it sucks out any Christmas cheer we may have had. Unfortunately, ordering on line still requires money but if the day ever comes I’m on it!
Mom, I see the same things at the malls. Just a bunch of unhappy people. It’s better when we resolve to keep the presents to a minimum and just enjoy our lives for what they are instead
You could also give a gift of experience. (removed link. see Megan’s URL) is a new website that offers certificates for gifts of experience – everything for race car driving for a man to spa packages for a woman.
Love Amazon. We almost exclusively shop online around here and that is one of our go-to destinations (I’m not a big fan of “traditional” shopping – especially in over-crowded malls during the holiday season).
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Stephanie, Amazon is a lifesaver for people like you and I who hate to deal with the malls and crowds. I honestly don’t know why more people don’t do it first and go for the mall second. I suspect it’s that people just don’t know.