<p>My apologies if this topic has been talked to dealth, but I tried a serach and didn’t come up with what I was looking for.</p>
<p>I just purchased the Kindle fire, signed up for the amazon chase visa card (to get the $40 off and start to earn points ), and I plan on signing up for Amazon Prime for the lending library, shipping and videos for d to watch at college.</p>
<p>So, my ? is…what are the best deals out there? I plan to try to do most of my shopping through amazon now if possible. Groceries?? Toiletries?? Does anyone have them sent directly to college? I am a bargin shopper anyway and usually buy most items aat Target, Walmart or Krogers.</p>
<p>Amazon has good prices on electronics and other items. The free shipping makes it cheaper than sites where you have to pay shipping. You can have things sent anywhere: college, other gifts, etc. you can have multiple addresses saved with your account.</p>
<p>I just ordered a few gifts to be shipped directly to out of town relatives.</p>
<p>Never thought of the “best buy”, but I have been using Amazon, then Prime since it launched, and we have what I call a symbiotic relationship. I ALWAYS check Amazon, and Amazon reviews first. I have a bar code scanner on my android.</p>
<p>The best deals with Prime are heavy objects that you want to get shipped from far away. My husband got an amazing deal on a table saw that weighed 400 pounds, and the shipping was “free” (if you consider $79/year free).</p>
<p>The next best deals are the streaming movies and TV shows on the Kindle Fire. If you are the kind of person who likes to watch TV and movies on a small screen, I think the free stuff might allow you to get rid of cable TV.</p>
<p>I set up my kid as a recipient, and sent her something small. (Until you ship something to an address for the first time, you have to put in the cc info for security purposes. Once you ship to an address, you can send future shipments with just your amazon-registered email and Amazon password.)</p>
<p>I then gave her the email I use and the Amazon password, and showed her how to order used books for school, including checking to see whether the Prime-offers are a better deal than paying shipping. Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn’t. Either way, she’s been able to find books she needs for school at a significant discount over what the bookstore charges even for used books, and the Prime 2 day delivery has worked great.</p>
<p>She also uses it to get awkward items (a space heater) that would be hard/dangerous to drag home on a bicycle, and specialty items (insulating window film) that are a lot quicker to order on Amazon than getting on a bike and riding a couple miles to the nearest Home Depot. </p>
<p>I buy lots of gifts on Amazon and have them sent directly to the recipient. I don’t do the gift wrapping thing. Given the prices I’m charged for shipping if I do it myself, it is generally way cheaper to buy the Lego set my nephew wanted (which was at a pretty good price on Amazon) and have them ship it to him directly last Christmas. Ditto on kitchen knives for another gift. </p>
<p>Amazon often has “Special Offers” in the kitchen and household area …buy three designated items, get the fourth for free. I bought D some good stuff for her new kitchen setup using that.</p>
<p>I’ve also found some items that I can’t seem to locate locally: the extra-wide Swiffer dust mop refills that I use to dustmop the large hardwood floor area. The Amazon package was a three pack, which will last me nearly a year, and the pricing was only okay, but I just could not find them around here and the extra width takes half the time out of mopping.</p>
<p>Check out the daily Gold Box deals for additional discounts. With things that are less than $25, you’ll be able to buy them without looking for fillers to bring the total up to $25 for free shipping. </p>
<p>There are deals websites that report good shopping deals for Amazon and many other places. I personally like slickdeals. Take a look at that once a day (or more often ) to see deals that you might have missed. For instance: yesterday slickdeals told me there was an offer on Amazon for $10 off a purchase of $100 or more if you paid with a MasterCard, plus another $10 off a future purchase of $50. </p>
<p>camelcamelcamel is a website that tracks price history on Amazon. If you’re thinking of getting something, you can see if it’s a low price, or if you should wait and do better.</p>
<p>We use the Amazon “subscription” service to get things like razor blades. Almost always cheaper than anywhere else we can find, plus they show up like clockwork at regularly scheduled intervals, so we don’t run out.</p>
<p>SlitheyTove, your comment about fillers reminded me of a site I bookmarked a long time ago.
[Superfillers.com:</a> Find and Qualify for Free Shipping at Amazon, The Home Depot, OfficeMax, and More.](<a href=“http://www.superfillers.com/]Superfillers.com:”>http://www.superfillers.com/) is pretty good for finding that additional $2.43 item that you need to make an order qualify for super saver shipping. For those who don’t have Amazon Prime, it’s a pretty handy little site!</p>
<p>I love to be able to buy something cheap like a paperback book for S (I might have seen somewhere and I think he will like )and have it shipped to his college without having to pay shipping. I also ship heavy items like a case of Arnold Parmer, cheeze its, groceries etc. to him from Amazon. I also use the free videos. I find the prices are usually equal if not better than many other sites once you include shipping. I know if I didn’t have prime I would be spending more on many orders to get the total up to $25. I will say that I do sometimes feel guilty having small stuff (like a paperback book) shipped because it takes some much packaging material and energy to get where it is going.</p>
<p>I have Amazon Prime, and use it for all sorts of things. I also use their “subscribe and save” service for items that I use regularly or that are hard to find locally. Some examples of items I subscribe to are supplements, laundry detergent, canned organic black-eyed peas, canned jalapenos, jarred pimentos (these last three for Texas Caviar, that I make often), chana dal, pasta, sardines. Subscription items are 15% off the already good prices, and shipping is free (you don’t need Prime membership for this). There are many delivery frequency choices, and it is easy to cancel a delivery or add an extra delivery, or cancel completely. </p>
<p>The only bad thing is that there are usually some dented cans in canned goods shipments. I just do a quick online chat, tell them how many cans were dented, and they issue an immediate refund. I just toss the cans, they never want them sent back.</p>
) to see deals that you might have missed. For instance: yesterday slickdeals told me there was an offer on Amazon for $10 off a purchase of $100 or more if you paid with a MasterCard, plus another $10 off a future purchase of $50. </p>