SEARS carries a little bit of everything. It is a true discount department store. You can shop and save on toys, apparel, shoes, jewelry, electronics, housewares, and of course, tools. Do you know all of the ways to save money when shopping at SEARS though? It isn't difficult. Features hot items are right on the SEARS.com home page. But some SEARS savings strategies take a little more time and knowledge to uncover.
This information was taken from the Sears.com website on Thursday, August 28, 2008, and is correct as of that date.
SEARS cannot deliver to P.O. Boxes, Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, the US Virgin Islands or internationally. Sears gift cards can be shipped via the US Postal Service to all 50 United States as well as APO/FPO addresses. The US Postal Service makes all product deliveries for APO/FPO addresses. Billing addresses may be P.O. Boxes, Alaskan, Hawaiian or from US Protectorates such as Guam and the US Virgin Islands as long as the delivery address is within the 48 contiguous United States. The US Postal Service makes deliveries to APO/FPO addresses: please allow 4 to 6 weeks for the package to arrive at its destination.
* Sears can haul away the items you are replacing for a charge of $10 per item
* To price home delivery to your location, enter the ZIP code in the delivery calculator on the Product page (Delivery & Availability tab) or at your Shopping Cart. One charge applies per trip made by Home Delivery regardless of the number of items.
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One of the best ways to save when shopping online is with a coupon or discount code. Sometimes you'll find these on a store's home page. Often you'll get them in an email from the store when you're on their mailing list. And other times, stores will distribute these coupon codes to "coupon websites" such as Centsible.net in an effort to attract customers to their store over the others. It's always a good idea to check Centsible.net for the latest online coupon, promo or discount codes before finalizing your purchase.
Another way to save is with a knowledge of hot sales or discounted items. Sure, these will sometimes be listed on the homepage. But sometimes they are hidden deeper within a website. You could check even 10 or 15 pages of a website, and if you don't follow the right path, you won't be aware of a sale. And the deeply discounted aren't always advertised. Anyways, if they are, they'll probably sell before you can get to them. Check out Centsible's hot deals page to make sure you know about all of the bargains going on at SEARS.
Shipping expense figures heavily into online shopping. All of those savings gotten from coupon codes and hot sales could be wiped out if you get a big shipping charge on your order. ALOT of times, you'll find coupon codes for free shipping alongside coupons for dollar amounts off your total purchase or percentages off. With the coupons, usually you have to choose: do you want the discounted price or the free shipping? You have to decide which option is cheaper. Having a knowledge of a store's shipping policy definitely helps when making this decision. Maybe that "free shipping" coupon is only worth $4.99 or so. That's a savings, but is it worth more than the other coupons? Could you add a few items to bring your purchase price up to a free shipping threshold and take advantage of your discount coupon and free ground shipping? Centsible.net makes it easy for you to arm yourself with this info and make the best decisions.