Amazon.com has a wide selection of supplies, including office products, pet supplies, health & beauty items, kitchen & housewares, outdoor living, and sports & fitness supplies.
PROs
--Amazon Friday Sale
each week.
--Frequent Amazon promotional coupon codes.
--Free shipping on $25 purchase of ‘eligible’ items.
--Free 3-month trial of Amazon Prime per person.
--Each person in your household can get a separate 3-month trial.
--Amazon Prime items can be shipped to family and friends in other locations with no additional cost.
--Amazon.com does not charge sales tax in many states
--If an item goes on sale within a month of when you bought it from them, you can call 1-800-201-7575 (press 4 for customer service) and they will give you a price adjustment!
CONs
--Many items at Amazon.com are actually being sold by other vendors. Each vendor has their own shipping and handling amount.
--Many items sold by Amazon are not included in their ‘Free Shipping on $25 purchase’ promo.
--This may not be a ‘secret’ to you, but Amazon sometimes has ‘price mistakes’. Sometimes they fulfill these; sometimes they don’t. They will not charge your credit card if they cancel your order, but you have to decide if the time spent ordering something from them at a highly discounted price is worth it for you.
--Certain items listed on Amazon have an inflated ‘list price’ and are ALWAYS on ‘sale’ at more than 50% off. Don’t be fooled.
Joann.com
Jo-ann.com is a great place to get discounted prices on craft, scrapbooking, cake decorating, beading, candle making, jewelry making, wedding, floral, sewing and quilting supplies.
CONs:
--Paying shipping—Joann.com Standard U.S. Shipping charges:
ORDER |
Standard Shipping Rate
(takes 4-8 business days)*
|
|
$0 - $19.99 |
$6.95 |
|
$20 - $39.99 |
$7.95 |
|
$40 - $59.99 |
$8.95 |
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$60 - $99.99 |
$9.95 |
|
$100 - $199.99 |
$12.95 |
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$200 - 249.99 |
$14.95 |
|
$250+ |
$15.95 |
--You can’t buy things online and return them to a Jo-ann B&M store. If you have returns, you have to send them back through the mail (you pay shipping).
--If you used a coupon for an item you return, you don’t get to use that coupon again.
--Limited selection of Wilton cake pans, candle making molds and other items.
--Their Search engine often doesn’t give accurate results--browsing works better.
PROs: 
--They have a “Free Shipping Club.” To ‘join’ the club, you just make three orders over $25 each, with the same name and email address. A few days after your last order has shipped, you should receive an email from them stating that you are “IN”.
--You are allowed to “double dip” or get the free shipping BESIDES using their coupons. At least once a month, they have a 50% off and a 40% off promo coupon, sometimes 5 of each!
CONs:
--Their %-off coupons are off the regular price, so if the item is on sale, you don’t get half-off the sale price.
--There are many exclusions:
Offer excludes Grace Company, Electric Quilt Company, DisplayAway™, Fast Vac, Crop In Style®, Best Value™ and Precious Metal Clay products; Madeira®, Sulky and Gutermann thread sets; Singer® accessories; Xyron® Design Runner; Framed Art & Mirrors; irons; dressforms; sewing machines; sergers; embroidery machines; sewing cabinets & craft furniture; software; embroidery cards; exclusive quilt kits & bundles; die cut machines & accessories; Waverly® and Better Homes & Gardens® home decor fabrics; clearance items; the purchase of Jo-Ann Gift Cards; tax and shipping charges. Additional exclusions may apply. Offer cannot be combined with other offers and is limited to available online stock; no rain checks will be issued. Promotion code can only be used once per person, cannot be combined with other promotion codes and cannot be used on past Joann.com purchases. Not valid on purchases from JoannDesigns.com, JoannArt.com, partner stores and Jo-Ann Stores.
--You still need a $10+ purchase even if you are in their free shipping club. Last year there was no minimum.
PROs:
--You CAN use codes for the three orders to get into the free shipping club, as long as the dollar amount paid, before shipping & tax, is at least $25.
--Once you are in the club, you get free shipping on $10+ purchases for the rest of the year!
Joann.com promo coupon codes
OfficeDepot.com
Sometimes OfficeDepot.com has great sales!
PROs:
--Frequent online promotional coupon codes
--You can stack a dollars-off coupon with a free item coupon (s).
--You can use more than one free item coupon, up to the amount of money you are spending. If you buy a $500 computer, and there are 5 free items with purchase of $100, you can get all 5!
--Free Shipping on all orders over $50!
CONs:
--Codes do not apply to technology, electronics, or software.
--One dollars-off coupon per order.
Discount Pet shopping supply. This store is in Australia, and you do have to pay shipping. However, you can buy Heartworm Pills for your dog without a veterinarian’s prescription, at disount prices!
This is against veterinarian’s advice, and it is illegal for U.S. websites to sell Heartworm Pills without a prescription. Do NOT give heartworm medicine to a dog who already has, or might have, heartworms, or it could die!
That said, they carry a generic (cheap) brand of Heartworm medicine, as well as brand-name kinds, it is NOT outdated, they offer excellent customer service, and have relatively FAST shipping (about 1 week).
Sorry, no coupon codes for PetShed.com at this time.
Staples.com is one of my favorite stores; just ask my UPS man!
PROs
--Staples.com has Free Shipping on orders over $50, or Free Shipping on any order if you are a Premier Rewards member. To become a Premier Rewards member, just order $1000 in a year. To remain a Premier Rewards member, order $1000 each year.
--You can return items bought at Staples.com at a Staples B&M.
--You can use $3 ink cartridge return coupons at Staples.com, up to 3 per order (you can return up to 10 HP or Lexmark cartridges for each visit at a Staples B&M)
--You can use up to 10 total coupons per Staples.com order.
--Staples has .99 and .69 sales, where office supplies costing as much as 5.98 regular price are 99 cents if you order by item number, limit 4 per order. For details on their current .99 or .69 items, see our Best New Deals page.
--Staples puts up new weekly sales every Sunday.
