Last Minute Toy Shopping

We all know that some folks do their shopping at the stores on Christmas Eve. You can almost wait that long with online shopping.  Today was the last day for some retailers to guarantee delivery with ground shipping but  there are still many shipping options to get the things you want before Christmas.

Amazon Prime Shipping – I signed up for Amazon Prime about a year ago and it has been fabulous. Amazon Prime features free two day shipping and one day shipping is just $3.99.  That means you could wait until Dec 22 to do your holiday shopping and still get your stuff shippied free in time for Christmas!  Amazon Prime is $79 per year which at first seems like a lot but I have used it extensively and have gotten way more than $79 in free shipping. I don’t worry whether I have a $5 item or a large item as there is no minimum order size.  The item does have to ship from Amazon so I do watch for the best products available directly from Amazon.com.

Walmart Free Shipping Site to Store has been available for a little over a year.  If you live near a store and shop there anyway, it’s a great way to get free shipping on online orders.  The standard site to store is 7 – 10 days and we’re on the last day to get shipping by Christmas.  Just in time for the holidays, Walmart now has site to store express for just $29 per year.  Express shipments are 3 to 5 days so quite a bit faster but still not as fast as overnight or 2 day shipping.  In order to arrive by Christmas, you’ll want to order by Wednesday or Thursday this week.

Tomorrow some merchants will announce reduced rates on expedited shipping (2 day, 3 day, overnight).  For example, National Geographic, which has some great educational toys will be offering a special rate on Express and Overnight shipping for orders over $75.  This rate will be good for December 16th and 17th only (unless they extend it).

So, if you’re still shopping around, you’re not too late, head back over to Top Toys for Kids and pick up some of the hottest toys of the season!