Massive Free Shipping Day Coming December 18

1,000 on line merchants are offering one day of free shipping for orders placed on December 18 --- and they guarantee arrival by Christmas if ordered on that date. 

www.FreeShipping.org     search for what you want among the 4,000 listed merchants who offer free shipping and discounts through the site.

Then, use a price comparison site, such as Amazon or PriceGrabber.com to see whether another retailer offers a similar item at a lower price.  Try www.JR.com  or www.BHphotovideo.com or www.tigerdirect.com as but two or three examples of sites I use for price checking and useful information.  These, plus Amazon, EBay, and sometimes WalMart on-line will almost always give you plenty of electronic comparisons and additional useful buying information. 

Then go to  www.freeshippingday.com   that lists the retailers who, on that day only, will ship free, with no minimum order … that’s a deal, for sure (unless they raise prices for that one day).   A Staff Favorites portion of the site will show which merchants they think offer the best discounts in addition to free shipping. 

Mobile version will also be available (check for dates and APP names later).

Will this replace “Black Friday” as the largest on-line shopping day of the year? 

Remember the “tax-free-back-to-school” day (or two) we used to have in SC? No sales tax that day, or those days?  I think they are going to eliminate that in 2014.