Thursday November 23, 2006
Thursday November 23, 2006 Recently one of my old bosses blogged about a BBC report around how we only give (web)pageloads 4 seconds before clicking elsewhere. Well, seeing as today is Thanks Giving Day in the USA and tomorrow is Black Friday (the day when our American cousins historically start Christmas shopping in ernest), maybe I can show you something to do whilst you're waiting for the status line to change from Waiting to Read to Done when you're doing your on-line present shopping, particularly if you'll be shopping on Amazon.
Ever find that you're not quite spending sufficient to qualify for free shipping/delivery? Well if you try one of these sites:
Depending on what you're buying and how much the delivery charges are, it can be cheaper to buy something extra than buy just your item and pay the postage fees. For instance buy a electric toothbrush for £14 and you'd have to pay £5.88 P&P, a total of £19.88. But a quick search on one of these websites reveals you could buy Old-Time Cats Stickers: 24 Pressure-Sensitive Designs for £1.28, taking you up to the £15 threshhold. Yet you'd only pay a total of £15.28 saving over £4.50 and getting an extra Christmas present for some distant cat-loving relative into the bargain!
I heard about this website on the weekly Money Saving Expert email sent out by Martin Lewis, the man behind the excellent Money Saving Expert website. This is a great source of money saving tips on anything and everything by finding the best deals and beating the system. The site's honours include a Parliamentary Motion commendation!
Take a look, there's shed loads of hints and tips (almost entirely UK-biased I'm afraid), subscribe to the weekly email (it's free) and listen out for Martin's regular appearance on the Jeremy Vine show on BBC Radio 2 (yes it's true I listen to Radio 2, as well as Radio 1!).
For all of you States-side: Happy Thanks Giving, and try not to over do it!