Just a heads up to get your orders in now, on the TickleMe Plant Greenhouse and TickleMe Plant Party favor.If you haven't seen it yet, its that amazing plant that closes its leaves and even lowers its branches when Tickled. You can now grow them indoors year round! Http://www.ticklemeplant.com

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This list is great to have. I do all my shopping online and knowing the deadlines is important as I don't want to have add an extra $15 in shipping fees. This time of year is expensive enough. The amount of hioliday tips I have to give out seems larger and larger each year and my salary seems smaller and smaller!

I did find a shopping web site that has saved me money as well as helped me to make a few bucks. Not buying any yachts yet! I shop online to save money on gas, use less gas and save money period. I shop at all my favorite stores through an online website that gives me the unpublished codes at about 300 stores (including Target, The Gap, Best Buy, Old Navy,
Drugstore.com, etc) as well as giving me between 5 and 50% back in cash on my purchases. The site is http://www.fatcrumbs.com I am being
good to the environment and great to my wallet.

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Do NOT order from Walmart site to store shipping.They will send everything at different times and give you a certain amount of time to pick it up so If you order 5 things they will make you you have to go to walmart 5 different times to pick it up.I wish I would have ordered from target and paid the shipping fee's I will NEVER shop at walmart again they think they are going to get you to spend more money the more times you have to go in This is THE LAST time I order from WALMART.

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The post office is one of the best ways to ship. It delivers to every street address, 6 days a week, and with no extra charge for Saturday delivery or residentail delivery. Express mail is the only guaranteed service with overnight delivery to most zip codes. Priority mail has a 2 - 3 day time frame, but is not guaranteed. First class mail usually adds 1 day to delivery and parcel post usually takes about 1 week. The post office offers free eco-friendly shipping boxes in several sizes for priority mail. You can arrange free pick up by your mail carrier by calling 1-800- ASK-USPS or at www.usps.com/pickup. Additional services like insurance, certified mail, & tracking are also available. There are many on line sites where you can purchase and print your own postage. Most post offices have automated postage centers where you can weigh your package, purchase additonal services, & print your postage without having to wait in line for a retail service clerk. If you comparison shop, you will find that the post office prices are often less than the competitors. So when you buy on line or from a catalog, request that they ship with the US Postal Service and when you send gifts to out to your loved ones, use the post office.

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Why would anyone with an ounce of sense by a Dell Computer where customer service and support are non-existant and you can have a custom computer built by people like "Horison" get a 3 year warranty at no additional charge, get service support, (i've never waited longer than a minute or maybe 2. When oyu have a problem you can either talk to some one who speaks and understands English or they will just remotely take over your computer and fix it right on the spot. DELL NOT IF YOU WERE FREE!

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I agree with Robb. Dell is a complete joke, I wouldn't buy another Dell if my life depended on it. The customer service is horendous if you can even get someone who understands you (not in your lifetime). They will then charge you an arm and two legs to try and help knowing that they don't know how to help you.

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I am a letter carrier 4 the post office who is sick of people putting us down because "THEY" put off mailing their packages until the last minute! We know how important these thing's r 2 the sender & the reciever. We try very hard 2 get them delivered 4 you that during the holidays. We run parcel runs in the early morning hoping 2 catch u all "BEFORE" u leave 4 work or school! If u live in a complex with an office we will leave them there because we know it might be more convienient then going 2 the po 2 pick them up! We also do another parcel run in the late afternoon for packages that came in after we completed our routes! Most of us work 10 to 12 hours a day, 6 days a week during the holidays away from our families so that your packages get 2 your families.So please don't say we don't care! "WE CARE MORE THEN YOU'LL EVER KNOW"!

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I think at some point we all have bad experiences with just about everything there is to do in this world. I like Dell, and never had a problem with them. I like WalMart's Ship to Store service, and never had a problem with them, but I am sure, at some point along the way I just might have a problem eventually. It's a crazy time doing business in person or online during the Holiday season, and that's when I have had some issues in the past, especially with rude employees in stores, who are usually frazzled and tired by the time I came along with my problem. Let's hope we all get through the Holidays in good health and with close family and friends around us!!! That's really all that matters.

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Just a heads up! If you are sending a package to Africa, the post office says 2-3 weeks, it's really more like 6! The packages arrive at their destinations, although sit in customs for several weeks after arrival! My family learned that lesson the hard way last Christmas! We sent a package to Zambia the first week of November, and it arrived the second week in January!

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In these economic hard times, send a gift box to our troops and give whoever would receive a gift at Christmas a card telling them it was sent in their name. My wife and I do this and get more satisfaction out of it, than if we exchnged gifts to each other.
The troops serving have very little and appreciate the gifts more than you could ever imagine.

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