On Tue, 22 Oct 2013 15:13:07 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Mon, 21 Oct 2013 21:42:47 -0700 (PDT),
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Monday, October 21, 2013 12:22:24 AM UTC-5, Cheri wrote:
>>>> > wrote in message
>>>>
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> On Sunday, October 20, 2013 8:02:51 PM UTC-8, Cheri wrote:
>>>> > Many years ago Amazon offered free shipping on orders over 25.00 at a
>>>> > cost
>>>>
>>>> > of 50.00 for life. I've really never ordered anything from Amazon that
>>>> > wasn't over 25.00 so it has saved me a lot of money in shipping and
>>>> > handling
>>>> > since most of my shopping is online. Judy (gramma) lives in Alaska so
>>>> > it's
>>>> > especially good for her. I don't know if they still offer it.
>>>> > Cheri
>>>>
>>>> I have been ordering from Amazon about 6 years, and never paid them any
>>>> certain amount in order to get free shipping, so all I know when I place
>>>> an
>>>> order from them, I don't pay postage on most items. If any item has to
>>>> come
>>>> from another destination, then there can be postage added, but I have
>>>> the
>>>> option whether to cancel those item(s) or accept the small amount of
>>>> postage, and if I want it bad enough, I will accept, but the majority of
>>>> what I order, that comes direct from Amazon, is definitely FREE
>>>> shopping,
>>>> and no gimmicks attached.
>>>> Judy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> They might have different guidelines for Alaska then, because I don't
>>>> know
>>>>
>>>> how you're getting free shipping without having had to pay the one time
>>>> fee
>>>>
>>>> of 50.00 and buying over 25.00 in merchandise to qualify. Never heard of
>>>>
>>>> that.
>>>
>>>I live in Nebraska and have ordered from Amazon for over ten years.
>>>'ve never heard of the one time fee of $50, most of my orders are
>>>ver $25 and it's free shipping. I don't know what the hell you and
>>>sf are yammering about.
>>
>> A lot of idocy. I've been shopping at Amazon for like 15 years and
>> have never paid for shipping nor have I paid any fee. All I do is
>> simply buy more than $25 worth at a clip, which couldn't be easier to
>> do... in fact it's not easy to find much that costs less than $25. And
>> for low cost items I put them in my "Wish List" and add them to more
>> expensive purchases... but many times I reach the $25 by buying two of
>> something... if it's worth buying one it's worth buying more than one,
>> especially food items... before I'll pay shipping I'll pay for that
>> second bag of candy. Amazon typically makes suggestions of similar
>> items that complement each other and at a nice discount, especially
>> snack items like gummy bears, or pretzels. About two weeks ago I
>> ordered a package of Haribo licorice wheels, I ordered their
>> suggestion of Twizzlers too, to bring the price over $25... I happen
>> to like black licorice.
>
>I do the wish list too. Both there and Overstock. I keep hoping someone
>else might buy me these things. I can keep hoping. Right?

Don't hold your breath. Amazon is my first go-to place to shop, but I
have a list of many other places to shop for specialty items, like
clothing, shoes, tools, food products...
Naturally I still go to stupidmarkets for foods; today I went to the
market in town to buy a boneless pork loin on sale at $1.99/lb. I
picked an eleven pounder and the butcher sliced it into two roasts and
some steaks for free. I was there pretty early this morning (7:30
AM), there was a slew of manager's specials in the meat case, I picked
a dozen very nice thick cut pork loin chops at half price ($2.19/lb).
I added like 18 pounds of nice pork to my freezer. Also dropped over
$500 between BJ's and Walmart today. $500 doesn't buy many groceries
these days, I don't know how Democrats make it.