"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 22 Oct 2013 15:13:07 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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>>> 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.
When we were in NY, we shopped at the military commissary in Brooklyn about
every two weeks. I usually spent between $300 and $325. Would have cost me
a ton more if I had to shop at regular grocery stores. I did have to go to
other places between times for stuff like milk, bread and some fresh
produce. But I mostly tried to make it on what I could get at the
commissary.
These days it would take some time to figure out what I spend on groceries
because I have to shop at sooo many different stores. Sometimes I am only
buying a few sale items. I had a hard time this week finding a good deal on
Coke products. They were super cheap a few weeks back but a limit of 4 and
I was too busy to go from store to store to stock up like I've done in the
past. Soda is something I will rarely ever pay full price for.