
Four days before Christmas, haven't you started your holiday shopping yet?
You're not alone.
A survey by the National Retail Federation found that 12% of shoppers did not plan to shop until Christmas Eve.
Fortunately, for these delays, retailers plan to offer discounts before the big day.
We have collected some.
Minute sales from major retailers and final salesminute gift-
Buy advice from experts.
Photo credit: Eric Kilby at this time of the season most people have canceled the possibility of ordering Christmas delivery online for good reason: most of the deadlines for free shipping have passed if you want to receive the package before Christmas Eve, it's too late to ship it by standard land.
This means paying for expedited shipping, which will greatly increase the price of your purchase. Take Amazon.
For example, com: for next-
The toy will be shipped on the same day and you will be charged $16.
Shipping costs $99 plus $1. 99 per pound.
If you want to buy and get the box online before Christmas Eve, you need an arm and a leg.
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Some selected online merchants finally offer
Minutes of fast shipping are less than you think, and in some cases it's not at all.
Brad Wilson of BradsDeals
Com points to jewelry merchant Blue Nile and it offers free overnight delivery as long as you place your order by Thursday afternoon, December. 23. (
Check out the website for a full schedule of deadlines. )
Before you run to the mall, check your favorite websites to see if they offer fast shipping at a discount.
Nevertheless, these merchants are exceptions, not rules.
So if you end up in the mall, here are some bricksand-
Provide mortar shops for the delay.
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Mart or any other store is looking for a big sale of toys-all parents who leave their toys shopping until the last minute are no longer there, meaning the toy store has no incentive to discount.
"Toy prices have really risen this week," said Dan De grand pre of DealNews . ". com.
"There are deals, but much less than two weeks ago. ” Still, Wal-Mart (
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At least one big problem was provided, and a lot of people ended up-
Shoppers in one minute will find attractive.
From now until Christmas (
Or the last supply.
Retailers pair the latest two iPhone models-4g and last year's 3GS-with $50 worth of WalMart gift card.
The price of this phone is $197 and $97 respectively, you have to sign a new two
A one-year contract to get this price, but once you buy it, you can complete your holiday shopping with your gift card or put it in someone's socks.
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Go all out and try to finish the strong performance of the season.
The e-retailer will continue to offer a range of free smartphones in December (
Although, as we pointed out earlier this month, many of them are already free online).
There are a few last --
In the weekly ads, tiny deals like 8 "HP digital photo frames can be found for just $74.
$99-35 discount.
Best Buy stores are closed at 5. m.
On Christmas Eve
Photo source: Ian Mutu can find some gems in the ad for the last week of the Target holiday.
Like many other retailers, Target offers gift cards as an additional benefit-in this case, the Target gift card for buying iPod Touch is $40 and can be used to buy more items. Target (
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It also seems to be one of the few retailers who are still selling discounted toys-all Imaginext space, pirate and Super Friends toys have a 50% discount.
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The latest weekly ads offer a variety of deals and final price cutsminute shopper.
The Sylvania 32-stage LCD HDTV comes from the electronics department and costs $289, with a discount of $90.
The retailer also offers a big discount on jewelry (for Mom)and slippers (for Dad)
And promise to enjoy a discount on selected toys (for kids).
Photo Credit: Rob StinnettIf you still have a hard time getting your family, here are some potential gifts to consider as you go to the mall, these gifts come from our favoriteGood luck!
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Christian FischerYes, the important thing is the idea that gift cards don't need much thought.
But you can get a gift card at the checkout counter and leave there in five minutes, which is much easier than running from one store to another to try to find the last copy of the video game your son wants.
Also, many stores will give you a bonus card or other rewards when you buy one.
Also, to be honest: Maybe you don't know your son/daughter/spouse/brother as you wish, so unless you write a letter to Santa or a dog
Early copy of the Zales directory, you will most likely get the wrong thing.
Let them not wait on the return line, just get the card.
But be warned in advance: socks filled with gift cards may be greeted with a cold reception from a child who prefers cold cash.
"People don't like to get [gift cards]
But they like to give it to them, "said Dan de grande Pree.
"It's like a fruit cake.
"Photo credit: Danielle scottray from Ballers, personal finance website, suggests the last gift --
Minute Shopper: data storage.
"Electronics will not go wrong for men, but I will not spend hundreds of pounds," he said . ".
"A lot of people will be on the external hard disk space and one-
The cost of a Terabyte external drive is less than $100.
"One option for the downloader in your life is this 1 tb West Digital Drive for $78. Best Buy 99 ($11 discount).
Flash drives are a great stocking tool for smaller, more mobile storage devices, and the cost is not high.
Photography: Radio Shack.
Most people don't think it's Christmas to shop in a pharmacy, but a lot of personal items can be great gifts.
Razor cartridges can become expensive, so anyone with Mach 3, Schick Quattro or other expensive razors will love the complementary blades in the stockings.
For women, they usually prefer bath salt or bubble bath.
Penny Ray pointed to another unlikely Christmas gift: "A good friend of mine bought me an electric toothbrush," he recalls.
"It's definitely not the gift idea I would have thought of, but it's one of the better gifts I 've received over the years.
"Photo credit: the PeteA that subscribes to the magazine is actually a gift that goes on (
Well, at least a year or so).
Today, it's also very cheap-subscriptions to some of the most popular magazines of the year can now be found online for less than $10, in some cases just $3.
Also, as we pointed out last month, many of these subscriptions are free and you can keep them yourself.
One drawback is that the first issue of a new magazine subscription usually takes a few weeks, but the explanatory note or card hidden in the latest issue is to say "yes, you get more than just this magazine.
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Candy and Candy are popular gifts at Christmas, but as a result, you will find yourself having a bunch of baked goods that you actually feel obligated to eat.
Erin Huffstetler, a savings.
A blog about frugal life.
Com, it is recommended to stir a batch of cookie dough that the recipient can stick to the refrigerator for baking at some point in the future.
When they decide to break the New Year's resolution by the end of January, it will save them a supermarket trip.
"Any gift you can save someone time is great," she said . ".
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