Shop online, pick up at local store

Great deal, coffeebreak! I have used Site to Store from walmart.com and love it. The Walmart website actually has a lot of items on there that are not available in the store, but you can order and have them delivered free to the store of your choice. My daughter-in-law asked for a particular item for Christmas, even sent a link from the walmart website for the item(it was a Rubbermaid food storage product), which was not available in stores. There was plenty of time before Christmas, so I had it delivered to the store. It was quick and easy to pick it up, worked out very well, and I will do that again I'm sure. As for ink cartridges, I recently ordered them from Sam's Club online and the shipping to the house was free, so I got a good price there and didn't have to drive 30 minutes to Sam's. I think retailers are being very creative in making shopping easier for everyone in order to gain business. Those who do that should have a leg up on the competition. Unfortunately for you, though, Circuit City is closing all of its stores (last I heard), so you'd better order plenty of ink while you can!

actually if you talk about me i always shop from local stores that actually present in the market. In india mostly people want to buy the things only when thay feel the product from their hand. only than they go for the product purchase after full satisfacion.

I've only done this once before, so far. My husband and I had wanted to buy a shop vac and decided to get one through Lowes.com. As they had offered the pick up at local store thing, we figured we could go pick it up at one of the stores near a restaurant we go to seeing as we didn't want to make a trip out just for that one item. I'll admit, we didn't know what we were supposed to do when we got there so we went to get the shop vac ourselves and continued to one of the checkouts with our printed receipt in my hand. I showed it to the cashier and she was just as lost about the whole thing as we were. She figured we were good to go so my husband, kids, and I proceeded to head out the exit with our purchase. But one of the employees stopped me and asked to see my receipt. When I showed it to him he told me I was supposed to go to the customer service area with the receipt (by this point my husband took the kids to the car). But when I got there they didn't know what to do either and it took a lot longer than expected. Apparently it had been a relatively new procedure at Lowe's, so they were all clueless. After what seemed like forever they finally figured it out I was able to take my vacuum and go home. Boy what a hassle! I promised myself and my husband we would never do that again. If we want to buy something we'll either buy it at the store itself or have it shipped and hang the expense for shipping.

coffeebreak, you got it! So many people don't. This is how I make ends meet on my limited income. As you know, I have a trifold income system of support: reduced military retirement pension; part-time regular job; and i, ndependent contracting/marketing of which a small portion is done online. What I do to make my income go father is leveraging all my programs such as you described above. To answer your question, yes, I have shopped online and picked up at the store. I like the way Circuit City does, pick up in 24 minutes or you get a gift card for $24 verses what placing order through Walmart warehouse and having item shipped to pickup point of your choice which takes upto 10-14 business days. I am an affiliate with sfi and am asked to make my online purchases through their portal, MaxMalls (I am not required to purchase anything), so I get a giftcard from Mypoints and redeem it via MaxMalls, etc. I leverage one site against another so I do not have to spend money I do not have on a program in order to earn more money. I can get very detailed, not appropriate to go into details here, but it really is lucrative is done carefully. You are a smart cookie, coffeebreak, a lot of people do not get so analytical when it comes to earning online. You are an old pro! LOL

Where can you redeem mypoints? I know that circuit city is going out of business. It's not just for that store is it?

That sounds very good . i Remember i just shop online ,and wait sonmeday ,the store on line will sends the thing to my home ,if the thing can not let me satisfy ,i have to sends the thing to store ,there is a very far distance between the store and my home ,so it is very troublesome . If Shop online, pick up at local store ,can avoids that kind of trouble ,very convenient .

We shop online for almost everything we can, lol. I too am a member of mypoints and love them. I've earned several large gift cards over the years. The only time we have ever bought online and picked things up in the store was through Circuit City and Sears. It was very time saving for us and we enjoyed the "no-hassle" ease. I do buy clothes, personal items, and many other things online and it is so much better than fighting the crowds at the stores.

I know Walmart offers this. But I haven't used this feature yet. Sounds convenient, should try it. It would certainly be quicker than sending my hubby for the items.

I've done the same thing! I'm also a member of My Points and have made several purchases where I buy it online and then pick it up, especially with Circuit City. Not only did it save on shipping but I was in and out, which is great if you're busy and have other things to do. And I got points on top of that. I have also used the same option with Best Buy and Linens & Things before they went out of business. Linens wasn't as organized as the other two but I'm just glad I got the points. It would be great if more stores offered that option.

Great! I shop Wal Mart online this way a lot. They have the site to store option that saves you the shipping and they also have special online only deals that you can order and have delivered to the closest one to you. Saves a lot of time and money for me. I love using this option.

Hello, I shop online a lot. I used to buy stuff on ebay all the time because it was so cheap, but some sellers go over thetop with their shipping fees so I stoped buying on e-bay, i figured if I have to pay basically the same price I would pay at a store just for the shipping then I might as well go to the store and buy it. Now I calculate very carefully which one is a better deal considering the shipping price. But on your case I think you got a great deal.